'fix' Virtualbox vboxdrv every time I boot Mint [SOLVED]

[ron_h]

LMDE Cinnamon 201403 64bit

I have installed Virtualbox 4.3.12 downloaded from Oracle. When I tried to install Win XP in a VM, I got an error and had to run the command

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/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

So I did, and all was well, I installed and then used Win XP.

However next time I booted up LMDE, and went to run the Win XP VM, I got same error and had to rerun the command. I've now found it happens every time I boot LMDE and go to use the Win XP VM. Closing Virtualbox and restarting it, does not cause the error.

Is there a (relatively) permanent way I can fix this once-and-for-all (subject to later updates, I accept) ? I mean apart from making sure the command runs every time I boot up LMDE - I can just run it, or make a startup script or modify rc.local, but these are far from elegant solutions.

Ron

[ron_h]

See https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11233

Ron

[ron_h]

If the gnome-system-tools package is installed, then the vboxdrv service can be turned on in services-admin tool.

Ron