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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox VMs not running under 3.0.0-gentoo
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:56:45
Message-Id: CAK2H+eczx2MkCn6rSvtS0fQ+DG9kZYX2v6CAh+ODZ6+faeywVQ@mail.gmail.com
1 On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Daniel Wagener <stelf@×××.net> wrote:
2 > On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:09:13 -0700
3 > Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >> Hi,
6 >>    I just got around to trying my Virtualbox VMs under the new 3.0.0
7 >> kernel and they aren't working. It says vboxdrv is not set up. I drop
8 >> back to 2.6.39 and they run fine. Please note I really mean only the
9 >> VMs won't start. The Vbox GUI runs fine but then cannot start the VMs.
10 >>
11 >>    I used make oldconfig to get 3.0.0 working so maybe that caused the
12 >> problem but I don't yet see what's wrong looking at the config files.
13 >>
14 >>    Most likely this is some problem caused by the new numbering but I
15 >> Googled around looking for a solution and didn't find one. Has anyone
16 >> else here checked Virtualbox under the new kernel?
17 >>
18 >>    Note that VMWare seems to be running fine under 3.0.0, only
19 >> Virtualbox is failing.
20 >>
21 >> Thanks,
22 >> Mark
23 >>
24 >
25 > You know that these Modules have to be compiled against the running
26 > kernel? A re-emerge should do:
27 >
28 > emerge -1av virtualbox-modules
29 >
30 > Almost forgot: youd also have to reload these modules via modprobe (or
31 > rebooting *hides*)
32 >
33 >
34
35 I'm about 500% I did all that but I'll do it again just to be sure.
36
37 I use modules-rebuild -X rebuild to catch all the modules I need to
38 rebuild as well as a few applications that over the years had problems
39 with kernel or xorg-server changes. My list of modules & apps now
40 numbers about 8 and I know virtualbox-modules is part of that list.
41 None the less when I get back to that machine I'll do it again.
42
43 Thanks,
44 MArk

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Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox VMs not running under 3.0.0-gentoo Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>