Comments on: How to fix Virtualbox error “Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)” on Ubuntu

By: Nasrul

Nasrul — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:35:42 +0000

Error
/sbin/vboxconfig ?

By: fethi

fethi — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 11:04:18 +0000

In reply to Adriana. ı cannot enter a password on a blue screen

By: Silver Moon

Silver Moon — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:08:54 +0000

In reply to Adriana. thanks for the new solution

By: Adriana

Adriana — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 17:02:39 +0000

For those who this post didn’t solve the issue. I’ve posted the solution here:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/760671/could-not-load-vboxdrv-after-upgrade-to-ubuntu-16-04-and-i-want-to-keep-secur/1199583#1199583

By: andre

andre — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 02:42:10 +0000

In reply to Mandlha. Guys please try disabling secure boot on bios. After hours googleing this was te soluto for me. Ubuntu 18.04.

By: Mandlha

Mandlha — Tue, 22 May 2018 01:49:53 +0000

i get this error

sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup

vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use ‘dmesg’ to find out why.

By: aaronfranke

aaronfranke — Sun, 15 Apr 2018 22:16:00 +0000

$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
sudo: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: command not found

By: bozeyman

bozeyman — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 19:28:01 +0000

Is there an easy fix for macbook? i know the terminal uses similar comands

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 02:02:28 +0000

In reply to eda.

make shure you have the kernel-headers installed –> http://paperiniktips.sviluppo-siti-web.com/arch-linux-how-to-get-installed-the-linux-kernel-headers/

By: xamiell

xamiell — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:18:07 +0000

It works! Thanks!

By: bob

bob — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:42:33 +0000

when i got the error message it said modprobe and not /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup.what do you do for that?

By: Jackson

Jackson — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:20:39 +0000

Everything worked up until this step:

“And now compile virtualbox kernel driver with the commanded as reported by the error message earlier.
$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup”

I am however using an external storage too hold my .iso if that means anything. Rather than “etc/init.d/vboxdrv” on the erroor message, it says “/sbin/vboxconfig”.
When I type iin “$ sudo /sbin/vboxconfig setup” it says “Bad argument” and thats it. I wooould appreciate any help. Thanks.

By: Anderson Finsterbusch

Anderson Finsterbusch — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 15:59:06 +0000

Worked perfectly!!!

By: thiago

thiago — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:20:46 +0000

Not work

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv: /usr/share/virtualbox/src/vboxhost/do_dkms: not found
…failed!
(Failed, trying without DKMS)
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules …failed!

By: amiine

amiine — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:26:14 +0000

In reply to Daniel P.

i get sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
sudo: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: command not found
:( more than one weak and no solution !!!

By: eda

eda — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 08:34:04 +0000

ı took —> sudo: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: command not found ????

By: Edy

Edy — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 00:30:21 +0000

In reply to Daniel P. Same error

By: linux_addict

linux_addict — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 22:10:01 +0000

This is beautiful! Works majestically!

By: Daniel P

Daniel P — Tue, 31 May 2016 19:45:04 +0000

In reply to Edy. Try this: sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup

By: Edy

Edy — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 03:18:26 +0000

I Put sudo /ect/init.d/vboxdrv setup Command Not Found.