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).
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