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From: "Jesús Guerrero" <i92guboj@×××××.es>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is my machine too old for virtualbox?
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:52:33
Message-Id: cc43a74efda28d9ba801cf4b396caee3@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Is my machine too old for virtualbox? by Walter Dnes
1 On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:51:45 -0400, "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
2 wrote:
3 > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 09:28:03AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote
4 >
5 > I apologize for wasting everybody's time. I didn't RTFM thoroughly
6 > enough. Apparently, with the Sun install, and any time you build a new
7 > kernel, you have to "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup". The result is...
8 >
9 > [d530][root][~] /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
10 > * Stopping VirtualBox kernel module ...
11 > * [ ok ] * Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module ...
12 > * [ ok ] * Starting VirtualBox kernel module ...
13 >
14 > [d530][root][~]
15 >
16 > ...and on rebooting, I get...
17 >
18 > * Starting VirtualBox kernel module ... * [ ok ]
19 >
20 > While I'm at it, here's what I have in my .config regarding KVM.
21 Since
22 > I don't use KVM, can I turn off all the options here without affecting
23 > virtualbox?
24 >
25 > # CONFIG_CRYPTO_HW is not set
26 > CONFIG_HAVE_KVM=y
27 > CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP=y
28 > CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION=y
29 > CONFIG_KVM=y
30 > CONFIG_KVM_INTEL=y
31 > # CONFIG_KVM_AMD is not set
32 > # CONFIG_KVM_TRACE is not set
33 > # CONFIG_LGUEST is not set
34 > # CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI is not set
35 > # CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON is not set
36 > # CONFIG_BINARY_PRINTF is not set
37
38 kvm and virtualbox are not related, you can turn those on if you don't
39 need kvm. Virtualbox will continue working.
40 --
41 Jesús Guerrero