Kernel upgrade broke VirtualBox modules

Hi guys,
after upgrading the kernel from linux-3.4.4-3 to linux-3.4.5-1 the VirtualBox modules for the new kernel aren't generated automatically.
Downgrading the kernel helps, but that's just an interim solution. Does anyone know how to build the modules manually? 'vboxbuild' and '/etc/rc.d/vboxdrv setup' is obviously deprecated. Even on virtualbox.org I couldn't find clear instructions.
I really don't know whether it's a kernel or VirtualBox issue.
Any ideas?
Thx & Rgds
hcjl
Last edited by hcjl (2012-07-18 09:13:15)

kernel 3.4.5-1 has just moved to core. The matching precompiled virtualbox-modules are still in community-testing. Just wait a bit longer.
Last edited by progandy (2012-07-18 09:40:23)

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--- /var/abs/community/modules/virtualbox-modules/PKGBUILD 2008-11-12 06:47:12.000000000 +0100
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@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
# Contributor: Ingmar Steen
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-pkgver=2.0.4
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+pkgver=2.1.0
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pkgdesc="Kernel modules for VirtualBox (vboxdrv)"
arch=('i686')
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license=('GPL')
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Solved it a year later because I got tired of running "sudo /etc/rc.d/vboxdrv setup && sudo modprobe vboxdrv" after every kernel update. Hmph... After reading this and studying the virtualbox-hook package from the AUR, I decided that it's finally time to look into it.
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# vim: set ft=sh:
build ()
echo "Building VirtualBox modules..."
/etc/rc.d/vboxdrv setup
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help ()
cat<<HELPEOF
This hook rebuilds VirtualBox modules. It does nothing to the initrd image.
HELPEOF
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but my last kernel upgrade message in /var/log/pacman.log says:
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modules are in /lib/modules/2.6.11.1/*
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dir /lib/modules/2.6.11.1 removed
dir /lib/modules/2.6.11.7 created and filled
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-> Running build hook: [fsck]
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_generic.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_piix.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-a4tech.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-apple.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-axff.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-belkin.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-cherry.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-chicony.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-cypress.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-dr.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-elecom.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-emsff.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-ezkey.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-gaff.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-gyration.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-holtekff.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-hyperv.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-kensington.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-keytouch.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-kye.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-lcpower.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-dj.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-logitech.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-microsoft.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-monterey.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-ntrig.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-ortek.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-petalynx.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-pl.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-primax.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-prodikeys.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-arvo.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-common.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-isku.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kone.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kovaplus.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-pyra.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-samsung.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-sjoy.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-sony.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-speedlink.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-tmff.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-topseed.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-twinhan.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-wacom.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-waltop.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-wiimote.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-zpff.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-zydacron.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbhid.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/sr_mod.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/fs/ext4/ext4.ko': No such file or directory
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> WARNING: errors were encountered during the build. The image may not be complete.
==> Building image from preset: 'fallback'
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-> Running build hook: [sata]
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cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/ahci.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/ahci_platform.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_generic.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_piix.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_ali.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_amd.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_arasan_cf.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_artop.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_atiixp.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_atp867x.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_cmd640.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_cmd64x.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_cs5520.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_cs5530.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_cs5535.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_cs5536.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_cypress.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_efar.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_hpt366.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_hpt37x.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_hpt3x2n.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_hpt3x3.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_isapnp.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_it8213.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_it821x.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_jmicron.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_marvell.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_mpiix.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_netcell.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_ninja32.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_ns87410.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_ns87415.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_oldpiix.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_opti.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_optidma.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_pdc2027x.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_pdc202xx_old.ko': No such file or directory
you get the idea.
Now upon inspection of my system I found that my /lib/modules/3.3.8-1-ARCH/kernel/ looks like this:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jun 5 09:30 extramodules -> ../extramodules-3.3-ARCH
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Jun 5 09:29 kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 703194 Jun 5 09:29 modules.alias
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 688762 Jun 5 09:29 modules.alias.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2702 Jun 5 09:29 modules.builtin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3579 Jun 5 09:29 modules.builtin.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 346682 Jun 5 09:29 modules.dep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483093 Jun 5 09:29 modules.dep.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 353 Jun 5 09:29 modules.devname
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 116651 Jun 5 09:29 modules.order
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 131 Jun 5 09:29 modules.softdep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 280312 Jun 5 09:29 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 355147 Jun 5 09:29 modules.symbols.bin
so it makes sense that the directory and files are not found. The question is where is the problem?
Was my Arch web install bad or is there a problem with today's kernel upgrade?
R.
Last edited by ralvez (2012-06-11 23:58:56)

ralvez wrote:
Terminator & Gcool,
Thank you both for your help.
I ended up following the link Terminator posted in his reply and I was able to solve the problem.
Unlike pineapple-biku (in the aforementioned thread) I did not chroot my machine I just:
pacman -S udev
pacman -S mkinitcpio
mkinitcpio -p linux
pacman -S linux
and that solved the problem.
It's odd, however, the number of people having similar problems upgrading the kernel ... seems like there is a bug somewhere that seems to
affect people that "meet certain criteria".
Thanks gain guys!!
R.
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I use ati video proprietary drivers. When i do a kernel upgrade, do i need to reinstall the drivers to make the installer build the module for the new kernel?
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PhotonX wrote:the solution doesn't work
PhotonX wrote:$ cat /etc/modules-load.d/acpi_cpufreq
talleres wrote:create a file called "acpi-cpufreq.conf"
And of course:
$ man modules-load.d
Edit:
I didn't realize the Wiki was wrong. Sorry for too much RTFM-y tone of my post.
Last edited by msthev (2013-01-27 13:01:45)

Build dkms modules on kernel upgrade

I have installed some dkms modules in my system. My problem is, when I upgrade the kernel and reboot, it seems that the dkms systemd service that autoinstalls the dkms modules is executed after try to load the modules, so I need to reboot my system again or load the modules manually.
As I said, I have dkms.service enabled.
Is there a way to fix this? like a hook executed on kernel upgrade or a workaround in dkms.service?
Thanks!

Just for clarity:
progandy wrote:- install dkms-alx (and the kernel-headers)
- install new kernel (and headers)
- reboot --> dkms detects missing module and rebuilds it.
Will dkms re-install the net-driver after reboot, if no working network (due to missing module) is present? If so, it will solve all my (thinking) problems.

Virtualbox-ose, virtualbox-modules 2.2.0 on kernel 2.6.29

Anyone managed to get virtualbox-ose and virtualbox-modules 2.2.0 working on kernel 2.6.29?
I tried editing the virtualbox-modules PKGBUILD like so:
9,10c10,11
< _kernver=2.6.28-ARCH
< pkgver=2.1.2
> _kernver=2.6.29-ARCH
> pkgver=2.2.0
16,17c17,18
< depends=('kernel26>=2.6.28' 'kernel26<2.6.29')
< makedepends=('bin86' 'dev86' 'iasl' 'libstdc++5' 'qt3' 'sdl_ttf' 'libxt'
> depends=('kernel26>=2.6.28' 'kernel26<2.6.30')
> makedepends=('bin86' 'dev86' 'iasl' 'libstdc++5' 'qt3' 'qt4' 'sdl_ttf' 'libxt'
44c45
< md5sums=('ce1360945d65a79dbea1bec997c25c00')
> md5sums=('37bd7d58cf7b6c46998cfd82c1b70573')
to get the makedeps in place I did
pacman -Sy --asdeps dev86 iasl qt3 qt4 sdl_ttf pulseaudio gcc34 xalan-c
But when I run makepkg it can't find Qt4

schuay wrote:isn't qt4 just called qt?
actually qt provides qt4. so If you call pacman -S qt4 it will install qt (which is at version 4.something)
I have qt and qt3 installed.
schuay wrote:
and you'll also probably need this:
#get virtualbox working with 2.6.29
in /opt/virtualbox/src/vboxdrv/Makefile, uncomment VBOX_USE_INSERT_PAGE and recompile module - should be fixed by 2.6.29.1
for -ose i'm not sure where the Makefile is, but i guess you can find it with grep
I don't think so. I'm running 2.6.29.1

[Solved by itself] Loading module aha152x failed after kernel upgrade

Hi all,
I have a ten-year old Epson GT5500 scanner plugged onto an ISA card.
This was quite hard to get it working under linux but it worked well untill yesterday last update.
I have the following error output when trying to load aha152x module:
# modprobe aha152x
FATAL: Error inserting aha152x (/lib/modules/2.6.27-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/aha152x.ko): No such device
I have the following line in /etc/modules.conf:
alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x options aha152x aha152x=0x140,9
How can I get the scanner back to work?
Thanks.
Last edited by Jeddo (2008-11-15 11:54:12)

fwojciec wrote:Did you build the module yourself? If so you might have to rebuild it for the new kernel version.
No. The configuration to get the scanner working under linux comes from a how-to and remains valid after kernel upgrades -- until yesterday. It does not need any module building, only loading.

Xorg broke after kernel upgrade!

Hi,
Kernel upgrade was no problem nvidia is loaded 9631 .... but X refuses to start
I had to force kernel to install [bad thing!] now getting libc.so.6 error ?
back to 2.6.18 atm with no nvidia arrggggg!!!
TIA

Could you be a little bit more precise about the error message? Often such errors happen because there are old nvidia files from older versions hanging around (this happens if you used the nvidia installer in the past).

Kernel 25 but no virtualbox-modules

dear all,
since there is 2.6.25 the virtualbox-modules compile but cannot be loaded
any help appreciated:
sudo modprobe vboxdrv
FATAL: Error inserting vboxdrv (/lib/modules/2.6.25-ARCH/misc/vboxdrv.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
dmesg | tail
vboxdrv: Unknown symbol change_page_attr

zyghom wrote:
dear all,
since there is 2.6.25 the virtualbox-modules compile but cannot be loaded
any help appreciated:
sudo modprobe vboxdrv
FATAL: Error inserting vboxdrv (/lib/modules/2.6.25-ARCH/misc/vboxdrv.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
dmesg | tail
vboxdrv: Unknown symbol change_page_attr
Already answered you in the announcement thread, but here it is again:
http://users.archlinux.de/~pierre/packa … x/vboxdrv/

Virtualbox-modules cannot resolve dependecies

resolving dependencies...
error: cannot resolve "kernel26<2.6.26", a dependency of "virtualbox-modules"
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: virtualbox-modules: requires kernel26<2.6.26

this is because the vm* pkg theoretically has o support for the newer kernel yet
o either rebuild it and see if it works against the new one
find a patch for the new kernel and rebuild
or if you don't use it currently you could force the upgrade
pacman -Syud (d to ignore the dependency)
this way you can continue to test the new pkgs
you may wanna check the bug tracker a more permanent fix(patch) may have been submitted there
if there exists a bug report

Restart is required to mount USB after a kernel upgrade?

I have problem with required restart after kernel upgrade couse can't use USB. This is common in my two machines (laptop & pc). What can I do with this annoying problem. I've tried to google for an answer but can't find anything usefull. Only reasonable info was from stackexchange, but it won't work. I still have all old kernels in /lub/modules
ls /lib/modules/
3.10.10-1-ARCH 3.10.5-1-ARCH 3.11.1-1-ARCH 3.11.2-1-ARCH 3.8.10-1-ARCH 3.8.6-1-ARCH 3.8.8-1-ARCH 3.9.3-1-ARCH 3.9.5-1-ARCH 3.9.7-1-ARCH 3.9.9-1-ARCH
3.10.3-1-ARCH 3.10.9-1-ARCH 3.11.1-2-ARCH 3.11.4-1-ARCH 3.8.11-1-ARCH 3.8.7-1-ARCH 3.9.2-1-ARCH 3.9.4-1-ARCH 3.9.6-1-ARCH 3.9.8-1-ARCH extramodules-3.11-ARCH

Maybe I can't do such obvious thing like loading usb module or it just won't work:).
$ ls /etc/modules-load.d/ -1
enp2s0.conf
loop.conf
usbcore.conf
virtualbox.conf
$ cat /etc/modules-load.d/usbcore.conf
usbcore
$ lsmod | grep usb
usbhid 41434 0
hid 89751 2 hid_generic,usbhid
usbcore 178119 5 ohci_hcd,ohci_pci,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid
usb_common 1648 1 usbcore
$ dmesg | tail -n2
[ 142.891160] CPUM: APIC 03 at 00000000fee00000 (mapped at ffffc900145a4000) - ver 0x80050010, lint0=0x10700 lint1=0x10400 pc=0x00400 thmr=0x10000
[ 984.213568] usb 7-6: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
And usbdrive still don't mounted automatically

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