[arch-general] Virtualbox with upgraded kernel

[Alberto Venturini]

On 01/08/2010 11:44 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> 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
>


Hi David,

I had the same issue: after upgrading to 2.6.32, my system would freeze 
when starting a VM.

I was using virtualbox-ose from community. I removed virtualbox-ose and 
virtualbox-modules and installed virtualbox_bin from AUR. This one works 
flawlessly.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Alberto