[arch-general] Virtualbox with upgraded kernel

[David C. Rankin]

On 01/08/2010 03:47 PM, richard terry wrote:
> hi List,
> 
> I've upgraded to kernel  2.6.32 and virtual box dosn't work.
> 
> I looked at the wiki re the various methods of upgrading the driver:
> 
> [root at laptop pkg]# vbox_build_module
> Building vboxdrv for Linux 2.6.32-ARCH
> make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv'
> for f in . linux r0drv r0drv/linux VBox common/err common/string common/log 
> generic math/gcc; \
>             do rm -f $f/*.o $f/.*.cmd $f/.*.flags; done
> rm -rf .vboxdrv* .tmp_ver* vboxdrv.* Module.symvers Modules.symvers 
> modules.order
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv'
> make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxnetflt'
> for f in . linux r0drv r0drv/linux VBox common/err common/string common/log 
> generic math/gcc; \
>             do rm -f $f/*.o $f/.*.cmd $f/.*.flags; done
> rm -rf .vboxnetflt* .tmp_ver* vboxnetflt.* Modules.symvers modules.order
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxnetflt'
> make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxnetadp'
> for f in . linux r0drv r0drv/linux VBox common/err common/string common/log 
> generic math/gcc; \
>             do rm -f $f/*.o $f/.*.cmd $f/.*.flags; done
> rm -rf .vboxnetadp* .tmp_ver* vboxnetadp.* Modules.symvers modules.order
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxnetadp'
> rm -f vboxdrv.ko vboxnetflt.ko vboxnetadp.ko
> *** Building 'vboxdrv' module ***
> make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv'
> Makefile:147: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux 
> kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again.  Stop.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/VirtualBox/src/vboxdrv'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> 
> kernel-headers-2.6.32-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz is installed.
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 

Richard,


	I can confirm that after the latest kernel update, VirtualBox is dead. You were lucky, after I started vb, and small dialog appeared saying "spawning" and then my box locked. I was able to grab a screenshot before the box blackscreened:

http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/vbspawn800.jpg

fullsized:

http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/vbspawn.jpg

	I had to power-off the box to shutdown.

	Another (possibly related) issue is that X is now consuming 75-90% of my CPU. Something is not right. Here is the top screenshot showing the behavior:

http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/X84-90percent.jpg

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