[Ubuntu 12.10] install VirtualBox-4.2 and start

[Install]

$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox

Setting up virtualbox (4.1.18-dfsg-1ubuntu1.1) ...
 * Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules                                                         [ OK ]
 * Starting VirtualBox kernel modules                  

 * No suitable module for running kernel found                                           [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
Setting up dkms (2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up fakeroot (1.18.4-2) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/fakeroot-sysv to provide /usr/bin/fakeroot (fakeroot) in auto mode
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (4.1.18-dfsg-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Loading new virtualbox-4.1.18 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.5.0-17-generic
Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the
kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed.
 * Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules                                                         [ OK ]
 * Starting VirtualBox kernel modules                                                            

 * No suitable module for running kernel found                                           [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
Setting up virtualbox-qt (4.1.18-dfsg-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

[Start]

Ubuntu 升级VisualBox后无法启动 Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

VisualBox之所以在Linux上比传统的VMware快得多，关键一点就是它和Linux内核的结合比较紧密，这也是开源的优点。

不过Linux内核更新很频繁，每次更新内核后启动VirtualBox都会提示：

VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Re-setup the kernel module by executing ‘/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup’ as root.

所以需要重新编译VirtualBox的内核，Ubuntu下执行如下命令：

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

如果提示

 

* Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules                                                                                                                                                                    [ OK ]
* Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules                                                                                                                                               [ OK ]
* Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS
* Failed, trying without DKMS
* Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules
* Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong

 

找到/var/log/vbox-install.log文件，内容大致为：

Makefile:172: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again.  Stop.

所以需要安装当前Linux内核的源文件，编译VirtualBox内核的时候需要它，Ubuntu下执行如下命令安装当前Linux内核的源文件：

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

注意括起uname -r的不是单引号，而是Esc键下面的那个符号。

然后再编译VirtualBox内核执行如下命令：

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup