On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 5:58 PM Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> wrote:

> On 06/18/18 19:19, Sudhir Khanger wrote:
> > I get *Failed to start Load Kernel Modules* during the boot.
> >
> > Everytime Kernel is updated VirtualBox modules fail I have to reboot
> into the new
> > Kernel, run the following commands and then it starts working.
> >
> > $ sudo akmods --force
> > $ sudo dracut -v -f
> > $ sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg
> >
> > Then everything starts working again and the boot error goes away. You
> can found
> > the background of the issue in the link below.
> >
>
> You are using the VirtualBox packages from rpmfusion, yes?
>
> I don't, but I seem to recall they operate differently than the packages
> from
> Oracle.  The Oracle packages don't rely on  akmod and don't put the
> modules in the
> initramfs.  The vbox modules are checked for existence when
> vboxdrv.service is run
> and if they don't exist for the running kernel they are built at that time.
>
> Assuming akmods is being used to build the modules when the kernel is
> updated there
> should be some sort of log file in /var/cache/akmods just like there is
> for nvidia.
> Have you checked?
>
> Also, have you considered asking about this on the rpmfusion user's list
> since it is
> their package?
>
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Okay update time. Irrespective of where I install VirtualBox from if a new
kernel is installed then I have to manually create a new initramfs
otherwise systemd-modules-load.service fails at the boot.

sudo dracut -v -f

-- 
Regards,
Sudhir Khanger,
sudhirkhanger.com.
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