Virtualbox does not work with Kernel 4.2.x

[Donavan Lance]

You need to upgrade VirtualBox or patch it. See:
https://www.virtualbox.org/pipermail/vbox-dev/2015-April/013063.html

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 10:22 PM, Aka Ídviare <idviare at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello george, i've disable UEFI and enable the Legacy boot, my laptop is a
> Acer E11, and when i install fedora just follow this guide
> http://blog.mdda.net/oss/2014/11/16/acer-e11-es1-111-c3nt-linux/
>
> regards
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 11:02 PM, George Avrunin <avrunin at math.umass.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 3 Sep 2015 21:17:49 -0300, Aka Ídviare wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all :)
>> >
>> > In this moment i have install two kernels in my F23
>> >
>> > - Kernel 4.2.0-1
>> > - Kernel 3.19.7-200
>> >
>> > Virtualbox work fine with the kernel 3.19, but when i use the kernel 4.x
>> > and i run sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup for compiler the modules i give
>> > a error message. Since kernel 4.x virtualbox is unusable for me. i'm not
>> > sure if this is could be a bug or similar case.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks :)
>>
>> I'm on F22, not 23, but today I encountered what is likely the same
>> problem on both F22 and F21 with the 4.x kernels. Are you using UEFI
>> Secure Boot?  The issue in that case is that the modules need to be
>> signed.
>>
>> I found a procedure here
>>
>> http://ask.systutorials.com/1549/virtualbox-report-kernel-driver-not-installed-on-fedora-21
>> (which points to another source) that worked on the F21 machine.  I
>> haven't had a chance to try it on F22 yet.
>>
>> Someone who actually understands how this Secure Boot stuff works may have
>> a better explanation and solution.
>>
>>
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