DKMS and virtualbox kernel modules in F17

[Joachim Backes]

On 04/22/2012 11:28 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 11:23 -0400, David wrote:
>> On 4/22/2012 10:31 AM, Joachim Backes wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I'm running virtualbox from virtualbox.org. Did somebody try to use the
>>> dkms for rebuilding the virtualbox kernel modules? I have problems to
>>> perform this: each time I install a new kernel, dkms does not update the
>>> vbox kernel modules. I have to run manually "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup".
>>>
>>> Any hint?
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>
>>>
>>> http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes
>>
>>
>> It was reported as broken and was reported fixed. It has not worked for
>> a long, long time. And it still does not work.
> 
> Probably https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F17_bugs#dkms-old-fail .

Hi Adam,

unfortunately, this hint about renaming /usr/bin/dkms.old does not solve
my problem. I think I have to wait for a better (real) solution.

Kind regards

Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>

http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes

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