On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 12:51 PM, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > < big snip > > >> > >> Hi Norman, I have just installed VirtualBox in 8.04 from the repos... >> where are you getting stuck at the moment? >> >> Sure I can help... > > When I try to start a virtual machine I get the message headed Failed to > start virtual machine br. Underneath the heading it starts VirtualBox > kernel not installed. > > Using Synaptic I installed virtualbox-ose-module-generic but this made > no difference. Could it be because the kernel on my laptop is 2.6.24-18 > generic? > > Norman > > It might be worth upgrading to the newest kernel in Hardy which is 2.6.24-19
Aha, there's the problem, virtualbox-ose-module-generic will have installed -19. You can install the right kernel number manually, it should be, virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-18-generic and uninstall the -19 kernel modules. If using Synaptic, I would do a "mark for complete removal" --Michael _________________________________ Michael Fletcher Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
