I have the same problem on 64-bit Ubuntu 8.04. I also notice that virtualbox-modules is "recommended" and therefore not installed, could that be it?
my uname -a: Linux galactica 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 12:47:45 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux my apt-get install virtualbox-ose output: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libxalan110 libxerces27 Suggested packages: xalan bridge-utils virtualbox-ose-source Recommended packages: virtualbox-ose-modules The following NEW packages will be installed: libxalan110 libxerces27 virtualbox-ose 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 9204kB of archives. After this operation, 31.5MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe libxerces27 2.7.0-5 [1389kB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe libxalan110 1.10-3.1 [1182kB] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe virtualbox-ose 1.5.6-dfsg-6ubuntu1 [6632kB] Fetched 9204kB in 15s (611kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package libxerces27. (Reading database ... 113934 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libxerces27 (from .../libxerces27_2.7.0-5_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libxalan110. Unpacking libxalan110 (from .../libxalan110_1.10-3.1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package virtualbox-ose. Unpacking virtualbox-ose (from .../virtualbox-ose_1.5.6-dfsg-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Setting up libxerces27 (2.7.0-5) ... Setting up libxalan110 (1.10-3.1) ... Setting up virtualbox-ose (1.5.6-dfsg-6ubuntu1) ... * Starting VirtualBox host networking... [ OK ] * Starting VirtualBox kernel module vboxdrv * No suitable module for running kernel found. Processing triggers for libc6 ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place -- virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-12-generic couldn't find kernel-modules https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210127 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
