VirtualBox

[chsims1]

Thanks Wolfden .... I had just managed to figure that out from the gentoo forum. Ok, so I set the symlink to point to the correct SL source with eselect & try to recompile. At least this time, it uses the correct kernel, but unfortunately it throws out a warning:

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WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.20-sabayon-r3/Module.symvers
           is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.

So, to clarify ..... I am using kernel 2.6.20-sabayon-r3, the symlink (/usr/src/linux) is pointing at the correct directory, but I have the file Module.symvers missing.

[antman]

Thanks guys... this worked like a charm on the DVD edition:

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1. sudo emerge virtualbox
2. add> nmi_watchdog=0 to /boot/grub/grub.conf
3. sudo depmod -a
4. sudo modprobe vboxdrv

[ramrebol]

Hi everyone,

Problem:

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Error: vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded...
Please load the module before starting VirtualBox.

If I then modprobe vboxdrv I get the following error.

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FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found.

Any ideas please?

Solution:

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# emerge virtualbox

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# emerge virtualbox-modules

(I know i know, virtualbox-modules has been installed, but re-emerge it solve the problem))

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# modprobe vboxdrv

and for install guess additions:

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# emerge virtualbox-additions

run virtualbox:

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# virtualbox &

...and enjoy your virtualbox.


saludos..
ramrebol


PS: WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON GRUN.CONF!!!????

[v2k]

Thanks guys... this worked like a charm on the DVD edition:

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1. sudo emerge virtualbox
2. add> nmi_watchdog=0 to /boot/grub/grub.conf
3. sudo depmod -a
4. sudo modprobe vboxdrv

I'm having the same problem, but this did not work for me. Nor did running this again:

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emerge virtualbox-modules

I added myself to the vboxusers group, but I still get:

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$ modprobe vboxdrv
-bash: modprobe: command not found


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 $ VirtualBox
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded.
         Please load the kernel module by:

           sudo modprobe vboxdrv

         You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
/usr/bin/VirtualBox: line 44: EOF: command not found


How do I install vboxdrv?

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$ uname -r
2.6.27-sabayon


[crisandbea]

@v2k
you run modprobe command by root user...... , or sudo modprobe

[v2k]

#sabayon helped me get it working. That was eventually the solution, but I had confused the kernel versions with emerge which was causing badness. Running everything again via equo got me sorted out.