error messages refer to non-existent /etc/init.d/vboxdrv

[Rolf Leggewie]

It seems that the suggested fix for a number of issues is "sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup" (bug 1466046 being just one example, the Debian wiki at https://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox#Kernel_driver_not_installed_.28rc.3D-1908.29 another). The referenced file does not exist, but it supposedly exists in packages shipped by Oracle. Looks like the file might be missing unintentionally from the Debian and Ubuntu packages.

For reference sake, I do have /dev/vboxdrv. dpkg-reconfiguring virtualbox-dkms succeeds but does not change the situation.

$ ll /dev/vboxdrv
crw------- 1 root root 10, 56 Feb 16 22:05 /dev/vboxdrv
$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-dkms
virtualbox-dkms:
  Installed: 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1
  Candidate: 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 0
        500 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages
        500 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4.3.10-dfsg-1 0
        500 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/multiverse i386 Packages

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

hello, did you try with xenial+ versions? I remember fixing this issue a while ago...

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[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

I think I fixed this error message in virtualbox 5/5.1 release, please give a feedback if this is not the case