[SOLVED] Where to get vboxdrv.ko for 2.6.31.3 kernel?

sevs · 03-13-2010, 12:56 PM

Hi there!
I heva Debian "Lenny" 5.0 with a 2.6.31.3 kernel.
I've got some trouble with VirtualBox.

When I start virtualbox I get such outbut:

Quote:

[sergey@localhost:~]$ virtualbox
WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
Please install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for your kernel and
load the module named vboxdrv into your system.

You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

But when I do 'insmod vboxdrv.ko' (or even w/o '.ko', 'modprobe vboxdrv') it says that there is no vboxdrv.ko.

What have I to do to run virtual-machines?

(NOTE: Kernel 2.6.31.3 I've compiled manually, and there is no virtualbox-ose-modules package for kernel 2.6.31.3 in repository)

Sorry for bad English.
Thanks in advance.

troop · 03-13-2010, 01:05 PM

$ sudo module-assistant prepare virtualbox-ose
$ sudo module-assistant auto-install virtualbox-ose
$ ls /usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-*
$ sudo dpkg -i /usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-*.deb
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=26198

sevs · 03-13-2010, 01:20 PM

But I've got following output

Quote:

[root@localhost:~] # dpkg-i / usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules- *. deb
(Reading database ... currently installed 409380 files and directories.)
Preparing to replace virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3 3.1.4-dfsg-2 (using a file .../virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3_3.1.4-dfsg-2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3 ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3:
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3 depends on linux-modules-2.6.31.3 | linux-image-2.6.31.3, however:
Package linux-modules-2.6.31.3 is not installed.
Package linux-image-2.6.31.3 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3 (- install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
When processing the next packet errors have occurred:
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3

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Sorry - I have russian locale, so I translated the outbut through Google.

sevs · 03-13-2010, 01:48 PM

When I do 'm-a a-i virtualbox-ose', I get following output:

Quote:

Updated information about 1 packet
Getting the kernel source with the version: 2.6.31.3
The kernel headers available in / lib/modules/2.6.31.3/source
apt-get install build-essential
Reading package lists ... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information ... Done
Already installed the newest version of build-essential.
The following packages are installed automatically and are no longer required:
phonon rplay-client tix simgear1.0.0
To remove them, use 'apt-get autoremove'.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed packages to remove marked packages 0, and 66 not upgraded.

Yes!
unpack
Extracting the package tarball, / usr/src/virtualbox-ose.tar.bz2, please wait ...
Target package file / usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3_3.1.4-dfsg-2_i386.deb already exists, we will not rebuild!
(however, you could use the-f switch to ignore it)
dpkg-Ei / usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3_3.1.4-dfsg-2_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3.
(Reading database ... currently installed 409397 files and directories.)
Unpacking virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3 (from file .../virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3_3.1.4-dfsg-2_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3:
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3 depends on linux-modules-2.6.31.3 | linux-image-2.6.31.3, however:
Package linux-modules-2.6.31.3 is not installed.
Package linux-image-2.6.31.3 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3 (- install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
When processing the next packet errors have occurred:
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3

I: Direct installation failed, trying to perform the post installation depending

apt-get-f install
Reading package lists ... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information ... Done
Fix dependencies ... Done
The following packages are installed automatically and are no longer required:
phonon rplay-client tix simgear1.0.0
To remove them, use 'apt-get autoremove'.
Packages, which will be upgraded:
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed packages to remove the observed 1 packet, and 66 not upgraded.
not established until the end or removed 1 package.
After this operation, the amount of additional disk space will decrease to 373kB.
Do you want to continue [Y / n]? D
(Reading database ... currently installed 409403 files and directories.)
Removing virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3 ...
[Root @ localhost: / etc / apt] # apt-get install linux-image-2.6.31.3
Reading package lists ... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information ... Done
Package linux-image-2.6.31.3 available, but is referred to by another package.
This could mean that the package is missing, outdated, or available from sources other than those listed in sources.list
E: For package linux-image-2.6.31.3 no installation candidate

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This is being translated through Google too.

I think that output in my previous post is being appeared because of not installed package linux-image-2.6.31.3.
So, I mind, that the reason is I have no repository for linux-image--2.6.31.3.
What is that? Do You know?

troop · 03-13-2010, 01:56 PM

А теперь прочитай вывод:

Code:

Target package file / usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3_3.1.4-dfsg-2_i386.deb already exists, we will not rebuild!
(however, you could use the-f switch to ignore it)
dpkg-Ei / usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3_3.1.4-dfsg-2_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.31.3. .

Это тебе не нужно, насколько понимаю. Попробуй -f использовать, как и советуется. Раз уж ты собрал ядро вручную, то и пакет должен быть собран, а не использован готовый, который еще и зависимости требует. Хотя, я бы на твоем месте, не собирал бы пакет (не уверен, что геморрой стоит того), а просто бы взял исходники модуля, собрал его и выполнил depmod. Вполне в духе сборки ядра вручную.
have I got it right that russian is more familiar to you?

sevs · 03-14-2010, 01:37 AM

Yeah, you got it right. But I understand English.
Now, I did it. I've build this module (vboxdrv.ko) by making 'make' and then 'make install' from 'vboxdrv' subdir.
Then I did 'depmod 2.6.31.3'.
So, I have also added my user to 'vboxusers' group. Then re-logged-in. I've even did reboot.
But still I can't understand:
1) Why I get the following output, when I try to run virtual machine:

Quote:

The VirtualBox kernel driver is not accessible to the current user. Make sure that the user has write permissions for /dev/vboxdrv by adding them to the vboxusers groups. You will need to logout for the change to take effect..
VBox status code: -1909 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE).

Error Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {d5a1cbda-f5d7-4824-9afe-d640c94c7dcf}

But 'virtualbox' does not say me that my user does not belong to 'vboxusers' group.

2) how to make module vboxdrv.ko to be loaded automaticaly on boot up sequence.

troop · 03-14-2010, 05:56 AM

1. You need to add yourself to the vboxusers group.

Code:

sudo usermod -aG vboxusers login

2. try

Code:

echo "vboxdrv" >> /etc/modules

or use modconf (aptitude install modconf)

sevs · 03-14-2010, 07:17 AM

I've did as you said, and that gived no effect.
The message from virtalbox is still the same, but after reboot I've got no sound.

alsamixer's output is

Quote:

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory