VirtualBox won't start in Ubuntu 13.04

Question

I am trying to run VirtualBox so I can install a copy of Windows XP for school. I can get through setting up a new VM but when I try to start it there's a problem with kernels.

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows XP.

The virtual machine 'Windows XP' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1.

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: Machine
Interface: IMachine {22781af3-1c96-4126-9edf-67a020e0e858}

That's the VirtualBox error then there's one that says:

error in sublibOslnit

kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv.
Please reinstall the kernel module by executing

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

as root. if it is available in your distribution, you should install the dkms package first.

I have ran that and get errors everytime. I dont know how to change the permissions if thats the problem.

Answer 1

did you get the installation trough the apt-get? i couldn't get any VMs working on virtualbox in ubuntu 12.04, i fixed it by removing the virtualbox i installed from the apt-get and installed the version provided on the oracle site, afther that i added myself to the vboxusers group. this fixed all my problems i had.

hope this helps

Answer 2

Add your user to group "vboxusers" is only important to use the usb-drives in a virtualmachine and for some other thinks. It´s not neccessary to create a new virtual machine....