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On 07/24/11 22:02, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Daniel Wagener<stelf@×××.net> wrote: |
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>> On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:09:13 -0700 |
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>> Mark Knecht<markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> Hi, |
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>>> I just got around to trying my Virtualbox VMs under the new 3.0.0 |
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>>> kernel and they aren't working. It says vboxdrv is not set up. I drop |
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>>> back to 2.6.39 and they run fine. Please note I really mean only the |
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>>> VMs won't start. The Vbox GUI runs fine but then cannot start the VMs. |
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>>> |
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>>> I used make oldconfig to get 3.0.0 working so maybe that caused the |
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>>> problem but I don't yet see what's wrong looking at the config files. |
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>>> |
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>>> Most likely this is some problem caused by the new numbering but I |
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>>> Googled around looking for a solution and didn't find one. Has anyone |
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>>> else here checked Virtualbox under the new kernel? |
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>>> |
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>>> Note that VMWare seems to be running fine under 3.0.0, only |
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>>> Virtualbox is failing. |
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>>> |
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>>> Thanks, |
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>>> Mark |
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>>> |
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>> You know that these Modules have to be compiled against the running |
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>> kernel? A re-emerge should do: |
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>> emerge -1av virtualbox-modules |
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>> Almost forgot: youd also have to reload these modules via modprobe (or |
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>> rebooting *hides*) |
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> Actually, I think I just figured it out. The new way of loading |
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> modules re Baselayout/OpenRC I think requires that we tell it what |
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> kernel version we're loading the modules for. I'm on the wrong machine |
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> right now but this machine has this sort of stuff in |
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> /etc/conf.d/modules: |
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> k2 ~ # cat /etc/conf.d/modules |
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> # You can define a list modules for a specific kernel version, |
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> # a released kernel version, a main kernel version or just a list. |
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> #modules_2_6_23_gentoo_r5="ieee1394 ohci1394" |
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> #modules_2_6_23="tun ieee1394" |
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> #modules_2_6="tun" |
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> #modules="ohci1394" |
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> I'm guessing I need to modify this file to tell it to load the vbox |
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> modules for 3_0 kernels.... |
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> Would you concur? |
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> Cheers, |
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> Mark |
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Yes, I believe that would be your issue. I just handled that when I |
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first moved over to openrc that i just added: |
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modules="vboxdrv vboxnetadp vboxnetflt" without even thinking |
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out/dealing with kernel versions. |
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Give it a whirl and see if it works after you reload 'em. |
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