Virtualbox broken after update.
Does anyone know when the vbox modules will be available? I upgraded using the Update Manager and it "broke" virtual box. Then I tried
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christian@ubuntu$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-18-generic Does anyone know how long it ususally takes for it to come out after the upgrade? -C |
if you just updated your kernel....you may just need to re-run vbox setup with root powers
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup |
I know 'sudo ...' strongly implies a *buntu, but it would be helpful if you would explicitly state your distro, incl. ver.
Also, the before & after vers. of VirtualBox would be helpful. |
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I am running Ubuntu 8.04 and running Virtual Box 1.5.6_OSE (there was no "before" version of Virtual Box...I didn't upgrade Virtual Box...just the kernel). -C |
Same thing happened to me last night when I re-installed Ubuntu. The vboxdrv init script suddenly lost the "setup" cmd. I think it may be because the aptitude distro is for 1.5.6 and I was running 1.6.0 -- not sure if "setup" came with 1.5.6?
Anyways, I noticed that Sun released a new version today for VirtualBox -- 1.6.2 -- and there is an 8.04 Ubuntu build available. I just installed it and everything is working fine. Just be sure to make a backup of your .VirtualBox directory before upgrading just in case. -Dustin |
Don't mix the binary version from Sun (1.6.0) with the OSE version (1.5.6), because their config files are incompatible. Reverting to OSE version is difficult.
Custangro: you tried the right way, you just need the kernel modules for your kernel version. I wondered why you had a problem, while I just upgraded the modules to version 2.6.24-18-generic via Synaptic, and it turned out that I had 'hardy-proposed' repository enabled, so I had access to this version :) See a nice guide at http://mcb.lessthanthree.se/?p=26 Cheers. |
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[root@gs gordy]# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv Usage: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv {start|stop|stop_vms|restart|force-reload|status|setup} but I use the binary from www.virtualbox.org and not a install cd specific binary. that may be the solution for you....and save that d/l to a usb or cdrw please for any rebuilding. |
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That did the trick. I went into Synaptic and just enabled 'hardy-proposed' and I was able to download the correct module. Thanks again! -C |
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