On 30/07/13 14:25, Steven Stern wrote:
On 07/30/2013 01:17 PM, Alan Gagne wrote:
>> On 30/07/13 12:41, Steven Stern wrote:
>>> / If you're using the repo from virtualbox.org*, type
>> />/
>> />/ sudo /sbin/service vboxdrv setup
>> />/
>> />/ It will use DKMS to remove the virtual box drivers, recompile them for
>> />/ the new kernel, and install them into the active kernel modules.
>> />/
>> />/ * This may apply to the Fedora repos but I'm not sure. I'm using
the one
>> />/ from
virtualbox.org.
Seehttps://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
<
seehttps://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads>
>> />/ and scroll down to RPM-based Linux distributions
>> />/
>> />/
>> /
>> This is a yum install but I will look into that.
>>
>> Bob
>>
> If you have DKMS installed it will automatically update the modules when
> a new kernel
> in installed. Works great for me.
>
> From the doc referenced above.
>
> *Note:* Users of Fedora/Mandriva might want to install
> the *dkms* package (not available on openSUSE) to ensure that the
> VirtualBox host kernel modules
> (/vboxdrv/, /vboxnetflt/ and /vboxnetadp/) are properly updated if the
> linux kernel version changes during the next kernel update.
>
I can't say that it always works for me, so I'm in the habit of using
the "setup" command to force the recompile after a kernel update.
I have virtualbox and dkms both yum installed, started dkms, but the
command "service vboxdrv setup" doesn't work:
[root@box10 bobg]# service vboxdrv setup
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl setup vboxdrv.service
Unknown operation 'setup'.
So I assume the
virtualbox.org version has features not in the yum version?
Virtualbox does work with the previous kernel and I was able to create a
WindowsXP install that appears to work.
The Centos Live Spin that I had runs but will not install from the
desktop icon? I stopped at that point.
Bob
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