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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is my machine too old for virtualbox?
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:51:50
Message-Id: 20090927185145.GA5320@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Is my machine too old for virtualbox? by Walter Dnes
1 On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 09:28:03AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote
2
3 I apologize for wasting everybody's time. I didn't RTFM thoroughly
4 enough. Apparently, with the Sun install, and any time you build a new
5 kernel, you have to "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup". The result is...
6
7 [d530][root][~] /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
8 * Stopping VirtualBox kernel module ...
9 * [ ok ] * Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module ...
10 * [ ok ] * Starting VirtualBox kernel module ...
11
12 [d530][root][~]
13
14 ...and on rebooting, I get...
15
16 * Starting VirtualBox kernel module ... * [ ok ]
17
18 While I'm at it, here's what I have in my .config regarding KVM. Since
19 I don't use KVM, can I turn off all the options here without affecting
20 virtualbox?
21
22 # CONFIG_CRYPTO_HW is not set
23 CONFIG_HAVE_KVM=y
24 CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP=y
25 CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION=y
26 CONFIG_KVM=y
27 CONFIG_KVM_INTEL=y
28 # CONFIG_KVM_AMD is not set
29 # CONFIG_KVM_TRACE is not set
30 # CONFIG_LGUEST is not set
31 # CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI is not set
32 # CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON is not set
33 # CONFIG_BINARY_PRINTF is not set
34
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37 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Is my machine too old for virtualbox? Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Is my machine too old for virtualbox? "Jesús Guerrero" <i92guboj@×××××.es>