DKMS and virtualbox kernel modules in F17

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Mon Apr 23 05:26:19 UTC 2012


On 04/23/2012 01:11 PM, Joachim Backes wrote:
> 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.

FWIW, also if F17 is run as a VM and the kernel is updated one needs to run
"/etc/init.d/vboxadd setup" to recompile the Guest Additions.  Renaming dkms.old
didn't have any effect.  :-(

As it is only a minor irritant, I've put my low priority stack.  :-)

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