[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#494891: Bug#494891: Bug#494891: virtualbox-ose:The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist

[Patrick Winnertz]

On Wednesday 13 August 2008 08:53:53 Jari Aalto wrote:
> Patrick Winnertz <winnie at debian.org> writes:
> > Hey,
> >
> >> The virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.25-2-amd64 was installed in the system,
> >> so the prblem with the error message was:
> >>
> >>    $ lsmod | grep vboxdrv
> >>    <empty>
> >
> > ...The error msg suggests to load this module, so in my eyes there
> > is no error.
>
> If you refer to the start command "virtualbox" -- it gives message
> that suggests that appropriate *modules* package is not installed in
> the system. It does not hint however, that it may be that the kernel
> module that is possibly not activated.
That's not true.. see below.

Here the important part of the text: 
         Please install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for your kernel and
         load the module named vboxdrv into your system.
                                               ^^^^^
There is written which module is missing and what you have to do to make 
virtualbox work: load the module. 

Greetings
Winnie

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