Problems with Virtualbox

Hey Guys.
I'm runned into a problem with my Virtualbox installation about the network setup.
Followed the guide http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox#Usin
But each time I'm starting my Virtualbox - I'm getting the this error:
Failed to initialize Host Interface Networking.
VBox status code: -3100 (VERR_HOSTIF_INIT_FAILED).
Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {d5a1cbda-f5d7-4824-9afe-d640c94c7dcf}
How can I make bridged network to work here - and can someone tell me the error:
/etc/conf.d/bridges:
bridge_br0="eth0 wlan0"
BRIDGE_INTERFACES=(br0)
Lines from rc.conf:
MODULES=(sky2 iwl4965 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore vboxdrv autofs4 bridge)
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
br0="dhcp"
ppp0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0 br0 ppp0)
/etc/vbox/interfaces ( needed to make that file manually)
vbox0 pbj br0
I've installed bridge-utils and the obnly error i'm getting is this - each time I set the network settings in the virtualbox guest machine settings to host interface???
What Am I doing wrong. - since I only have these options from the menu
Not connected.
NAT
Host INterface
Internal Interface
From my dmesg:
vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog permanently...
vboxdrv: Successfully done.
vboxdrv: Found 2 processor cores.
vboxdrv: fAsync=0 offMin=0x18f offMax=0x979
vboxdrv: TSC mode is 'synchronous', kernel timer mode is 'normal'.
vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version 2.0.0 (interface 0x00090000).
Bridge firewalling registered
firmware: requesting iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode
Registered led device: iwl-phy0:radio
Registered led device: iwl-phy0:assoc
Registered led device: iwl-phy0:RX
Registered led device: iwl-phy0:TX
tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <[email protected]>
sky2 eth0: enabling interface
sky2 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control rx
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
vbox0: no IPv6 routers present
Can someone point me in the rigth direction???

Well a little bit further I guess.
put tun into MODULES
Made this scripts as from alehtos
sudo brctl addbr br0
sudo ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
sudo brctl addif br0 eth0
sudo dhclient br0
sudo chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
sudo tunctl -t tap0 -u *username*
sudo ifconfig tap0 up
sudo brctl addif br0 tap0
And gives me this:
$ ifconfig
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:09:42:99:7F
inet addr:172.16.50.200 Bcast:172.16.51.255 Mask:255.255.254.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21d:9ff:fe42:997f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1888 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:752 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:674889 (659.0 Kb) TX bytes:134636 (131.4 Kb)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:09:42:99:7F
inet6 addr: fe80::21d:9ff:fe42:997f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:54932 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24515 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:43322296 (41.3 Mb) TX bytes:2325893 (2.2 Mb)
Interrupt:16
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:136 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:136 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:4108 (4.0 Kb) TX bytes:4108 (4.0 Kb)
tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:FF:B0:92:FE:4A
inet6 addr: fe80::2ff:b0ff:fe92:fe4a/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:172 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:60 (60.0 b)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1F:3B:61:C9:27
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1F-3B-61-C9-27-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
And this works as the following way - Gives the Host machine a IP adress - but not the guest. On the guest - it cannot get an IP address.
Could this error hove something to do with it all:
s# /etc/rc.d/vboxnet restart
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Ingen sådan fil eller filkatalog
:: Shutting down VirtualBox host networking [DONE]
:: Starting VirtualBox host networking [DONE]
Last edited by peque (2008-09-18 13:19:12)

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else
set timeout=5
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Arch Linux' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898' {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898
fi
echo 'Loading Linux linux ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898 rw quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
submenu 'Advanced options for Arch Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898' {
menuentry 'Arch Linux, with Linux linux' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-linux-advanced-337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898' {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898
fi
echo 'Loading Linux linux ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898 rw quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
menuentry 'Arch Linux, with Linux linux (fallback initramfs)' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-linux-fallback-337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898' {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898
fi
echo 'Loading Linux linux ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=337acc84-0300-43b1-b426-79391d39e898 rw quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###
Output "cat /usr/lib/modprobe.d/uvesafb.conf"
Video mode is set as "1920x1080-32".
# This file sets the parameters for uvesafb module.
# The following format should be used:
# options uvesafb mode=<xres>x<yres>[-<bpp>][@<refresh>] scroll=<ywrap|ypan|redraw> ...
# For more details see:
# http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt
options uvesafb mode_option=1920x1080-32 scroll=ywrap
This file is mirrored in /etc/modprobe.d/uvesafb.conf.
Running "diff /usr/lib/modprobe.d/uvesafb.conf /etc/modprobe.d/uvesafb.conf" returns no output.
Output of "cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/virtual_size" is solely "1920,1080".
---edit---
Output of "cat /etc/default/grub" in case it's helpful.
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Arch"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
# Preload both GPT and MBR modules so that they are not missed
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"
# Uncomment to enable Hidden Menu, and optionally hide the timeout count
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=5
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
# Uncomment to use basic console
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console
# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
# Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
#GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter
# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx"
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors. Used by normal and wallpaper
# modes only. Entries specified as foreground/background.
GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="green/black"
GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="black/green"
# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
GRUB_BACKGROUND="/boot/grub/archgrub.png"
#GRUB_THEME="/path/to/gfxtheme"
# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
#GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT="true"
Also, it might help to describe the behaviour more specifically / more in depth...
The rendered part of the console occupies the same space as the GRUB boot menu.
I installed and configured virtualbox a few weeks previously.
I ran "sudo depmod -a" as the wiki / forums indicated it could remedy problems with virtual machines failing to start.
It did fix the virtualbox problem; after reboot, suddenly lightdm *also* initally occupied the same window space as grub.
That was new behaviour. When I logged in to xmonad, the desktop displayed similarly to GRUB.
I hadn't tried fixing it; logging in with root followed by "ps -e | grep X" and "kill -9 <Xpid>" caused X as a whole to start behaving and scaling normally.
I haven't rebooted until attempting to rectify the issue with my console.
The oddity with scaling in lightdm and xmonad still shows up after reboot and is still reparable by killing X.
Killing X doesn't - obviously - have any effect on console scale.
---/edit---
d(-_-)
Last edited by seppukuzushi (2014-12-31 14:01:23)

[SOLVED] No luck with VirtualBox network.

EDIT**********
I have a working Arch Linux VM made with VirtualBox. The network works out of the box but once you reboot and remove live media and load into Arch Linux I cannot get a ping.
I have looked through the Arch Linux VirtualBox wiki and I am either confused or feel I have tried what it asked.
Here is what I did.
For the purpose of this post, I made a new VM and successfully followed the beginner guide again and installed Arch Linux and it starts up no problem without the live iso.
first thing I did was
ping -c 3 www.google.com
unknown host...
so i did
ddhcpcd
and this resulted...
dhcpcd[196]: version 6.7.1 starting
dhcpcd[196]: enp0s3: adding address fe80::ced8:2d68:7409:4427
dhcpcd[196]: no interfaces have a carrier
dhcpcd[196]: forked to background, child pid 208
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … VirtualBox
I have no idea where to learn about this in the exhaustive guide that mostly has nothing to do with what I am using VirtualBox for.
[SOLVED] Josh Braun’s Blog // A Guide to Installing Arch in VirtualBox
http://wideaperture.net/blog/?p=3851
Solved using this code. I did not see anything about this in the Wiki.. so check out Josh Brauns Blog.
# systemctl enable [email protected]
Old Horrible Question... DO NOT READ
I can dual boot Arch from my bios and get wifi access easily.
When I use VirtualBox, it has no problem until I actually log on to Arch Linux without the live iso.
I have did searches and i am just LOST on the VirtualBox Arch wiki.
Edit: I have tried dhcpcd and it was not successful. I will post the exact output later.
I am hoping someone can direct me to get this working.
I have a windows 7 Dell laptop and VirtualBox loads into Arch Linux without the iso as a drive. Just looking for guidance and search terms. Thank you./
Last edited by AcousticBruce (2015-03-12 00:20:43)

That's understandable, I know well myself how intimidating it can be at the very beginning.
I will explain a bit. Those guides are just asking for trouble for two reasons: (1) they are outdated and Arch moves quick. And (2) it will prevent you from learning how to administer your system. You copied and pasted that command but did you know what you were doing? Probably not. I guarantee you will run into that same problem again if you don't know how systemd and services, etc. work in general. The first link to dhcpcd was the section about running the service. Notice it links to the systemd page that explains in general how to start, stop, enable, and disable services. This is the kind of research you will need to do on your own if you hope to get to the point where you don't have to ask questions about every single step. It's okay to ask questions, but when it comes to something as straightforward as enabling a service, people will usually just point you to the links.
If you're only a week into Linux in general and you've successfully installed Arch in a VM, then that's a good sign. The lingo will come in time but you definitely need to do a bit of studying. You should read through the wiki in depth. That is, the beginner's guide isn't just for installing Arch for the first time. It includes tons of links to all the moving parts of your system. The general recommendations page is also a must read.
With effort and patience you'll pick up what you now don't understand at all
EDIT: note also that the exact step that you found on this other guide is listed in the beginner's guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … Dynamic_IP
I suspect you got drawn into the VirtualBox wiki page without slowly and carefully going through the beginner's guide as well.
Last edited by nullified (2015-03-12 03:00:59)

Problems with getting internet explorer on my mac with virtual box 4.3.20, who can help?

This is what I did:
1) downloaded and installed virtual box 4.3.20
2) copied
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS="11" bash
in the Terminal (for IE 11 only). I got this from the link: Internet Explorer for Mac the Easy Way: Run IE 7, IE8, & IE9 Free in a Virtual Machine
3) that is where things went wrong, see attached image for the error I get (after a long time) in the Terminal
Tried it twice but every time the same problem.. I hope someone can help me!

The error means that your download session was interrupted. There could be a problem with your Internet connection or a problem with the remote server providing the download. If you otherwise have no trouble with Internet, I suspect the later.
But why would you want to bother downloading someone's virtual machine to run MS Internet Explorer? Not only is there a real security risk since you don't know what the VM or installation script is doing, but if the VM is running MS Windows, then the person providing the software is breaching software distribution and copyrights laws, and so will you, using the software.
Btw, have you read any of the comments? Do you really want to download 20GB? (nonsense)
If you need IE and VirtualBox, simply create a new VM and install MS Windows using a regular copy and enter your license code. There is also no need to install different versions of IE, since IE can be configured to run as a prior version.
However, there is no need to install and run MS Windows to run IE. There are products that provide free Windows API to let you run PC applications as they were Mac applications without installing Windows, e.g. Wineskin, Wine Bottler, or commercial solutions, such as Crossover.
See http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Internet-Explorer-on-Mac-Using-WineBottler

Problems with ALSA and OSS

Hi.
I'm a ArchLinux user and I have been having problems with my audio, specifficaly the microphone.
My microphone works well with Audacity and I use it for speaking trough TeamSpeaker and since TeamSpeak still uses OSS I installed alsa-oss and added aoss to my TeamSpeak command. But, for some reason, the application stopped working (this have nothing to do with my real problem) and as substitute I installed TeamSpeak in Windows XP running on Virtualbox with ALSA audio. Everything worked smoothly until some weeks ago.
The microphone on Virtualbox stopped working but I still hear sound. And the funny thing is that TS Linux got working again, but if I use it with aoss I cannot use the microphone but I hear sound and to have microphone I have to use it without aoss but then i dont have sound on other apps.
And to get microphone on Virtualbox I have to enable OSS in preferences and use aoss but then, wich I don't understand why, I dont get any sound with other apps. :\
I have no idea what triggered this problem.
My audio device:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
ALC660-VD Analog

No one? :\
Not even why Virtualbox with OSS and aoss "steals" the sound to the other apps?

[SOLVED] need help with virtualbox install

I'm a relative n00b to Arch, haging migrated from Ubuntu (pha!!). Arch rocks!
However, my beloved virtualbox isnt playing ball!
After many hours of getting arch up and running I now need some assitance please with VirtualBox PEUL. I've googled and search these wikis and found:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … s=0&SeB=nd
http://www.mail-archive.com/vbox-users% … 02889.html
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox
but, I dont know how to install.
I used yaourt (having spent another many hours trying to get to speed with what Arch AUR is and yaourt!!)
This is what I did:
1. Visited http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox and followed PEUL instructions...
2. Click on AUR link and then click on PKGBUILD and it downloaded a PKGBUILD from here http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … s=0&SeB=nd
3. Then went back to the wiki http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox and clicked on VirtualBox_1.5.6-1_Linux_x86.run and downloaded the file.
4. In accordance with the instructions on the wiki, I ran makepkg
HOWEVER, I get errors!!:
# makepkg --asroot
==> Making package: virtualbox_bin 1.5.6-1 (Thu May 1 20:06:33 BST 2008)
==> WARNING: Running makepkg as root...
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Found VirtualBox_1.5.6-1_Linux_x86.run in build dir
-> Found vbox.install in build dir
-> Found vbox_build_module in build dir
-> Found vboxnet.patch in build dir
-> Found interfaces in build dir
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
VirtualBox_1.5.6-1_Linux_x86.run ... FAILED
vbox.install ... Passed
vbox_build_module ... Passed
vboxnet.patch ... Passed
interfaces ... Passed
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
This is what is in the downloaded files dir:-
ls -l
total 48
-rw-r--r-- 1 daz users 3642 2008-05-01 20:06 PKGBUILD
-rw-r--r-- 1 daz users 26055 2008-05-01 20:05 VirtualBox_1.5.6-1_Linux_x86.run
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nobody 217 2008-01-08 20:58 interfaces
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 125 2008-05-01 20:06 src
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nobody 2717 2008-02-22 18:22 vbox.install
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nobody 174 2008-02-22 17:45 vbox_build_module
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nobody 2179 2007-12-30 12:31 vboxnet.patch
Can anyone help please? In Ubuntu all this was just installed with dpkg -i VirtualBox.deb
I'm sure Arch is just as "simple" :-)
Last edited by keratos (2008-05-04 07:54:14)

grave wrote:Or try the bin file no problem here yaourt -S virtualbox_bin
Good idea, I checked this out originally but it didnt work so I went for "manual" install.
The download from yaourt never starts, just hangs - the server is dead or something?? ...
# yaourt -S virtualbox_bin
==> WARNING: Building unsupported package as root is dangerous.
Please run yaourt as a non-privileged user.
==> Downloading virtualbox_bin PKGBUILD from AUR...
==> Last 5 comments ordered by date (asc):
Comment by: chris_es on 20080414 [17:02:11]
Hello!
Thanks a lot for this package :o)
Just a quick comment about where to copy the Sun .run package. It should be put to where the tarball from AUR was extracted.
In my case, it is /home/[users]/virtualbox-bin/
Cheers
Chris
Comment by: fi-dschi on 20080419 [22:46:37]
You may download the run-file at
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=innotek-1.5.6-G-F@CDS-CDS_SMI
Comment by: GGLucas on 20080421 [00:40:38]
Can't get the kernel module working in 2.6.25, vbox_build_module completes fine, but I get the following error:
$ 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)
with these messages in dmesg:
vboxdrv: Unknown symbol change_page_attr
vboxdrv: Unknown symbol change_page_attr
Comment by: Geekosaurio on 20080422 [03:54:09]
Maybe you could find this instructions helpful
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02889.html
I've not tried this myself but I will do it soon and post the info here. Maybe create a separate package for 2.6.25 kernels it's a good idea.
Comment by: ise on 20080429 [18:12:57]
The vboxdrv from the mailinglist of virtualbox runs here without problems on 2.6.25 with vbox 1.5.6
First Submitted: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:52:22 +0000
Last Updated: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:26:15 +0000
virtualbox_bin 1.5.6-1 (Unsupported): Powerful x86 virtualization - binary version (non GPL - free for personal use and evaluation)
==> virtualbox_bin dependencies:
- libidl2 (already installed)
- libxslt (already installed)
- qt3 (already installed)
- e2fsprogs (already installed)
- sdl (already installed)
- libstdc++5 (already installed)
- patch (already installed)
==> Edit the PKGBUILD (recommended) ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
==> ----------------------------------------------
==>n
==> WARNING: This PKGBUILD contains install file that can be dangerous.
vbox.install
==> Edit vbox.install (recommended) ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
==> ----------------------------------------------
==>n
==> Continue the building of 'virtualbox_bin'? [Y/n]
==> ----------------------------------------------
==>y
==> Building and installing package
==> Making package: virtualbox_bin 1.5.6-1 (Fri May 2 06:06:28 BST 2008)
==> WARNING: Running makepkg as root...
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Downloading VirtualBox_1.5.6-1_Linux_x86.run...
--2008-05-02 06:06:29-- http://195.34.175.98/download/1.5.6/VirtualBox_1.5.6-1_Linux_x86.run
Connecting to 195.34.175.98:80...
Last edited by keratos (2008-05-02 05:52:33)

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