[arch-general] Virtualbox with upgraded kernel

[Paul Ezvan]

Le vendredi 08 janvier 2010 à 17:44 -0600, David C. Rankin a écrit :
> 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
> 

David, I have got the same problem with a Gentoo box and 2.6.32.3
kernel, so it seems not to be Arch related.

Paul