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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 10:06:41
Message-Id: 30977377.9Nf3h2uq5j@wstn
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox by "J. Roeleveld"
1 On Wednesday 17 February 2016 20:42:44 J. Roeleveld wrote:
2 > On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 05:01:51 PM Peter Humphrey wrote:
3 --->8
4 > > > I only have the following set:
5 > > > # CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN is not set
6 > > > CONFIG_HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN=y
7 > > > CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS=y
8 > >
9 > > Okay. I've tried that and I still get the pop-up notice "VBoxClient: the
10 > > VirtualBox kernel service is not running." This is with version 4.3.32.
11 > > I'll try later versions and see what happens. Thanks for the info.
12 >
13 > I actually run 4.3.28 myself at the moment.
14
15 Right.
16
17 --->8
18 > One other thing, are you in the "vboxusers" group?
19
20 Of course. Also the vboxguest group recently.
21
22 > My user is and I have the following devices:
23 >
24 > % ls -lsa /dev/vbox*
25 > 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 56 Feb 7 13:16 /dev/vboxdrv
26 > 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 55 Feb 7 13:16 /dev/vboxdrvu
27 > 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 54 Feb 7 13:16 /dev/vboxnetctl
28 >
29 > /dev/vboxusb:
30 > total 0
31 > 0 drwxr-x--- 3 root vboxusers 60 Feb 7 15:24 .
32 > 0 drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 6360 Feb 17 18:13 ..
33 > 0 drwxr-x--- 2 root vboxusers 100 Feb 17 18:13 001
34 >
35 > What do you get for the following:
36 >
37 > % ls -lsa /dev/vbox*
38 > % lsmod | grep vbox
39
40 # ls -lsa /dev/vbox*
41 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 58 Feb 17 16:54 /dev/vboxdrv
42 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 57 Feb 17 16:54 /dev/vboxdrvu
43 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 56 Feb 17 16:54 /dev/vboxnetctl
44
45 /dev/vboxusb:
46 total 0
47 0 drwxr-x--- 3 root vboxusers 60 Feb 17 16:54 .
48 0 drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 3.9K Feb 18 09:40 ..
49 0 drwxr-x--- 2 root vboxusers 80 Feb 18 09:40 002
50
51 # ls -lsa /dev/vboxusb/002
52 total 0
53 0 drwxr-x--- 2 root vboxusers 80 Feb 18 09:40 .
54 0 drwxr-x--- 3 root vboxusers 60 Feb 17 16:54 ..
55 0 crw-rw---- 1 root vboxusers 189, 130 Feb 17 16:54 003
56 0 crw-rw---- 1 root vboxusers 189, 133 Feb 18 09:40 006
57
58 # lsmod | grep vbox
59 vboxpci 13106 0
60 vboxnetflt 16882 0
61 vboxnetadp 17862 0
62 vboxdrv 331090 3 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpci
63
64 I still can't shake the idea that I don't have my kernel set up right. Do I
65 need anything particular in control groups, or name spaces, or anything?
66
67 --
68 Rgds
69 Peter

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>