[arch-general] virtualbox-bin aur - vboxdrv -> dkms -> confusion...

David C. Rankin drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com
Tue Jun 5 16:23:21 EDT 2012


On 06/05/2012 03:16 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> So how do I rebuild the module manually in this case?
>
>    Also, since I don't really want the module autogenerated, do I even need
> dkms in the DAEMONS line of rc.conf?
>
>    What I want to do is just leave MODULES=(vboxdrv), but I need to know how
> to build the module? What say the experts?
>
>    I know I'm missing something simple, I just want to make sure I can build
> the module when I need to. Thanks.

I should add that after update to 4.1.16 - both Arch and Win guest are working 
absolutely fine. So either I'm still running on the old vboxdrv, or the one in 
/lib/modules/3.3.7-1-ARCH/misc/vboxdrv.ko (dated 6/4) is doing just fine...

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.


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