#/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup Not Found - VirtualBox Fix!
When setting up Virtual Box I was faced with the immortal error telling me to run sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup. Simple enough, until you're told it doesn't exist.
Thus began my fight to get it working. The fix is here in the hope that it helps someone else.
To follow this guide you need to have a basic understanding of shell commands. If you don't, then just be careful.
First off I like aptitute so let's install it.
sudo apt-get install aptitude
Now update.
sudo aptitude update
And upgrade.
sudo aptitude upgrade
Now remove Virtual Box.
sudo aptitude remove virtualbox
Install Virtual Box.
sudo aptitude install virtualbox
Install generic headers.
sudo aptitude install linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic
Remove dkms. It's bugged at this point.
sudo aptitude remove virtualbox-dkms
Install dkms and it will build. Why does it not do this originally? Who knows?
sudo aptitude install virtualbox-dkms
Now start it. This is where we see the fix for the not found. It's a different file name!
sudo /etc/init.d/virtualbox start
Add your user to the vboxuser group so you can access USB devices.
sudo usermod -aG vboxuser youruser
Finally a reboot.
sudo reboot
There you go all setup and working.
Save and close everything and run this.
sudo apt-get install aptitude && sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade && sudo aptitude remove virtualbox && sudo aptitude install virtualbox && sudo aptitude install linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic && sudo aptitude remove virtualbox-dkms && sudo aptitude install virtualbox-dkms && sudo /etc/init.d/virtualbox start && sudo usermod -aG vboxuser youruser && sudo reboot