VirtualBox 2.0.4 problem [Solved]

[pajamabama]

I've tried to upgrade VirtualBox 2.0 (from portage - any plans to get it into entropy?) but when I try to run any VM I get a message saying

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Failed to start the virtual machine WinXP

The VirtualBox support driver which is running is from a different version of VirtualBox. You can correct this by stopping all running instances of VirtualBox and reinstalling the software..


Is there some process running I need to stop before running the upgrade? There's nothing running as far as I can see.

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sean@Oberon ~ $ ps -ef | grep virtual
sean     29724 28920  0 14:15 pts/2    00:00:00 grep --colour=auto virtual
sean@Oberon ~ $ ps -ef | grep box
sean     29729 28920  0 14:15 pts/2    00:00:00 grep --colour=auto box


I also tried removing the module before re-installing, just because I'm at a loss.

Does this have something to do with the voboxdrv module? I've reloaded it (rmmod then modprobe) and rebooted with no love.
Does it have to do with the kernel it's compiled for (gentoo vs. sabayon)?

For now I'm back at 1.6.4 from entropy. But I'd really like to be able to run 64-bit guest systems, available in 2.0.

[WarraWarra]

viewtopic.php?f=76&t=11991&p=86689&hilit=entropy+search#p86689

It should be there , surely.
did you unmerge virtualbox then
# emerge --sync ; layman -S sabayon
This will update portage and layman that contains the sabayon overlay / tweaked part then try to install with either
# emerge virtualbox
or download the .run virtualbox file from the website and run as
# sh ./V*.run
or using part of the name and * so it searches for similar and executes it.

This way it will be up to date.

[pajamabama]

So it turns out that I'd been running kernel 2.6.25 but portage believed I was on 2.6.26, so the kernel module (vboxdrv) was, as indicated, from the wrong version. I have 26 but grub was still booting me into 25 and I just wasn't paying attention. So I booted 26, ran 'depmod', and all was well.

[wolfden]

As per viewtopic.php?f=57&t=1730 , fixed Thread Title to [Solved]