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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Failed to load vboxpci
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 03:53:34
Message-Id: 20210119035302.5a5178a0@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Failed to load vboxpci by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 18:24:56 -0700, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
2
3 > > % qlist virtualbox-modules
4 > > /lib/modules/5.4.80-gentoo-r1/misc/vboxnetflt.ko
5 > > /lib/modules/5.4.80-gentoo-r1/misc/vboxnetadp.ko
6 > > /lib/modules/5.4.80-gentoo-r1/misc/vboxdrv.ko
7 > > /etc/modprobe.d/vboxdrv.conf
8 > > /usr/lib/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf
9 > >
10 > > And the virtualbox.conf file contains
11 > >
12 > > vboxdrv
13 > > vboxnetflt
14 > > vboxnetadp
15 > >
16 > > No mention of vboxpci.
17 > >
18 > > Does VirtualBox work?
19 >
20 > Yes, it works. Gentoo wiki did not get updated, in addition I was
21 > copying configuration from previous kernel that I just installed a
22 > month ago or so. It is hard o catch all the changes during updates.
23
24 It has nothing to do with your kernel config, the vbox* modules are
25 installed by virtualbox-modules. The vboxpci module you have was
26 installed with an older version of that package, possibly a year or so
27 ago.
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31 Neil Bothwick
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