VirtualBox -

[Kevin Martin]

On 09/05/2014 11:06 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> 
> On 09/05/14 11:52, Kevin Martin wrote:
>> How did you install VirtualBox (via kmod/akmod or from virtualbox.org)?  Have you recently updated your kernel?  If you've done the
>> latter then you'll need to either reboot and let akmod rebuild a VirtualBox kmod or you'll need to reinstall the VirtualBox app that
>> you downloaded from virtualbox.org to get the vboxdrv rebuilt and loaded.
>>
>> Kevin
> Dunno how but I am certain it was via yum, but from where? I guess what I need to do is find the kmod/akmod version and install
> that. I'm sure the kernel has been updated several times since VBox was installed. And I know from experience that without the auto
> update feature I will have problems.
> 
> I wasted my money on a copy of VMware that became useless after most kernel updates, finally gave up trying to deal with that.
> 
> Tnx,
> 
> Bob
> 
I gave up on the version from rpmfusion since they are unable to keep up with kernel updates from what I can tell and the akmod
would fail to rebuild.  I downloaded the version from VirtualBox.org, checked to see what patches I might need for the kernel I'm
on, patched and built it and it's working flawlessly at this time.  It's important to note that Oracle/VirtualBox *also don't tend
to keep up with the kernel versions very well but there are a number of people who do figure out where the patches need to be and
submit patches on the forums to get things working.  It's much easier to patch, at least I think it is, the virtualbox.org version
than it is to try to de-rpm the rpmfusion version, patch it, and re-rpm it back to a state where it can be reinstalled with yum/dnf
and work (temporarily).

Kevin