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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Some problems with virtualbox
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 03:04:22
Message-Id: 4BF4ECD7.1060207@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Some problems with virtualbox by Chen Huan
1 Chen Huan wrote:
2 > Hi everyone, after I installed virtualbox, when I compile the kernel
3 > and execute "make modules_install", the message appears:
4 >
5 > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown
6 > symbol drm_open
7 > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown
8 > symbol drm_fasync
9 > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown
10 > symbol drm_poll
11 > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown
12 > symbol drm_core_get_reg_ofs
13 > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown
14 > symbol drm_ioctl
15 > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown
16 > symbol drm_exit
17 > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown
18 > symbol drm_core_get_map_ofs
19 > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown
20 > symbol drm_init
21 > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown
22 > symbol drm_vblank_init
23 > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown
24 > symbol drm_mmap
25 > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown
26 > symbol drm_core_reclaim_buffers
27 > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown
28 > symbol drm_release
29 >
30 >
31 > and when I execute "modprobe vboxvideo", it saied
32 >
33 > FATAL: Error inserting vboxvideo
34 > (/lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko): Unknown symbol in
35 > module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
36 >
37 > the output of dmesg is :
38 >
39 > vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_open
40 > vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_fasync
41 > vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_poll
42 > vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_core_get_reg_ofs
43 > vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_ioctl
44 > vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_exit
45 > vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_core_get_map_ofs
46 > vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_init
47 > vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_vblank_init
48 > vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_mmap
49 > vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_core_reclaim_buffers
50 > vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_release
51 >
52 >
53 > But when I use Virtualbox, all things are normal, I wanna know why
54 > there are so many warnings, and why I cannot modprobe vboxvideo
55 >
56 > Does it because my kernel didn't include DRM?
57 >
58 > Many thanks
59 >
60
61 I don't know anything about virtualbox but are you sure you have the
62 symlink pointing to the running kernel? I mention because it sounds
63 like something I would do. ;-)
64
65 Dale
66
67 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Some problems with virtualbox Chen Huan <chenhuan0@×××××.com>