VirtualBox wont run -

[Steven Stern]

On 07/30/2013 01:17 PM, Alan Gagne wrote:
>> On 30/07/13 12:41, Steven Stern wrote:
>> >/ If you're using the repo from virtualbox.org*, type
>> />/
>> />/     sudo /sbin/service vboxdrv setup
>> />/
>> />/ It will use DKMS to remove the virtual box drivers, recompile them for
>> />/ the new kernel, and install them into the active kernel modules.
>> />/
>> />/ * This may apply to the Fedora repos but I'm not sure. I'm using the one
>> />/ from virtualbox.org. Seehttps://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads <seehttps://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads>
>> />/ and scroll down to RPM-based Linux distributions
>> />/
>> />/
>> /
>> This is a yum install but I will look into that.
>>
>> Bob
>>
> 
> If you have DKMS installed it will automatically update the modules when
> a new kernel
> in installed. Works great for me.
> 
> From the doc referenced above.
> 
> *Note:* Users of Fedora/Mandriva might want to install
> the *dkms* package (not available on openSUSE) to ensure that the
> VirtualBox host kernel modules
> (/vboxdrv/, /vboxnetflt/ and /vboxnetadp/) are properly updated if the
> linux kernel version changes during the next kernel update.
> 
I can't say that it always works for me, so I'm in the habit of using
the "setup" command to force the recompile after a kernel update.


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-- Steve