On Installing Virtual box on Ubuntu 14.04, I got following message:
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a >permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executing
'/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
as root. If it is available in your distribution, you should install the DKMS package >first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv >kernel module if necessary.
Then on following the link
I entered these commands:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms
sudo apt-get remove --purge virtualbox-dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms
On Running the last command
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms
I get an error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
virtualbox-dkms : Depends: virtualbox (>= 4.3.10-dfsg-1)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Just for reference, I checked the version of the Virtual Box, I got 4.3.16 r95972
It worked using the solution
sudo apt-get install build-essential module-assistant
sudo m-a prepare
Second as mentioned in the error reinstall kernal module.
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
More Details are from link
Best Answer
You need to compile some kernel drivers:
First
Second, as mentioned in the error, reinstall the kernel module.
This should solve your problem.
Sometime only second step can solve your problem (so try it first).
Source: http://www.binarytides.com/fix-vbox-kernel-driver-error/