On 2010-05-23, <bri...@aracnet.com> <bri...@aracnet.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 May 2010 23:25:19 +0300
> Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun,23.May.10, 12:45:02, bri...@aracnet.com wrote:
>> > 
>> > WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
>> >     Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and the
>> > appropriate headers, most likely linux-headers-amd64.
>> > 
>> > after spending a lot of time with the (incorrect) wiki page and
>> > package search, I can't make it work.
>> > 
>> > any advice ?
>> 
>> Yes, install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package ;)
>> 
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> virtualbox-ose-dkms is already the newest version.
>

>From the output of 'apt-cache show virtualbox-ose-dkms':

"This package provides the source code for the virtualbox kernel module
to be build with dkms.  The virtualbox-ose package is also required in
order to make use of these modules. Kernel sources or headers are
required to compile this module."

Have you met those requirements?

-- 
Liam O'Toole
Birmingham, United Kingdom



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