Ubuntu 12.10 After a kernel update,VirtualBox startup error

virtualbox-vbox-80px  以往Virtualbox在Linux kernel更新後,啟動時都會跳出一個錯誤訊息,訊息中也會指示只要在終端機輸入"/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup"即可修正錯誤,但是到了12.10,輸入指令後卻出現錯誤訊息,並提示我們去"/var/log/vbox-install.log"查看錯誤紀錄。

  在log中可以看到下面這個訊息

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

 

  國外也有不少網友遇到同樣的問題如果出現這個錯誤那麼請試著在終端機輸入

sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic

 

  將編譯所需的相關套件安裝完後這時再來執行

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

 

  執行完即可正常啟動VM

 

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