Kernel 3.14.5-200.fc20.x86_64 won't boot: module problem

[Ahmad Samir]

On 13/06/14 18:57, Sudhir Khanger wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> AFAICS, the RpmFusion package uses akmod not DKMS to build the kernel
>> module(s).
>>
>> With kmod you have two options either install kmod-VirtualBox which has
>> pre-built kernel modules in which case you'll have to wait for the package
>> to get updated to get the modules for the updated kernel; or install
>> akmod-VirtualBox which should build the module at boot, of course the build
>> can fail and require a patch... etc.
>>
>> --
>> Ahmad Samir
>
> I haven't had any problems with the Oracle supplied VirtualBox for a
> few months. The one from RPMFusion kept lagging behind; yum would
> upgrade to latest kernel irrespective of if VirtualBox's dependencies
> are met or not.
>

I am not with or against using the package from upstream; but you could 
remove kmod-VirtualBox and install akmod-VirtualBox and that one doesn't 
depend of a specific kernel version as it's supposed to build the kernel 
modules automatically for a new kernel.


-- 
Ahmad Samir