New Virtualbox Kernel Driver Not Out Yet !

[mhumm2]

I'm sure there's a lot of other users who are aware that virtualbox doesn't work anymore with the recent generic kernel upgrade to 2.6.24-22. How long does it usually take for a new VB kernel module to be released? Is there any way I can I ensure that I'm notified when that does happen? Thanks.

mhumm2

[The Liquidator]

Re: New Virtualbox Kernel Driver Not Out Yet !

Have you got the kernel headers package installed as well, for the latest kernel, which is where VMWare and Virtualbox look?

[ppberns]

Re: New Virtualbox Kernel Driver Not Out Yet !

Hi,

When they release a new kernel, you have to rerun the setup for virtualbox. I don't have the command but if you open a terminal and type in VirtualBox you should get the message that says what to do. I have upgraded to the newer kernel and reran the setup and all is ok. This needs to be done each time you get a kernel update.

[mhumm2]

Re: New Virtualbox Kernel Driver Not Out Yet !

Here's the output:

$ virtualbox
WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
     Please install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for your kernel,
     which is likely virtualbox-ose-modules-generic.

     You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-modules-generic

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
virtualbox-ose-modules-generic is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
 libwxgtk2.8-0 libwxbase2.8-0 linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic
 linux-headers-2.6.24-21
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

I'm not going to delete the former headers until I get the replacement for kernel 2.6.24-22-generic. Again, does anyone have any idea when that will happen? Other than running: sudo apt-get install update every day or so, is there a better way to be informed of an updated file?

mhumm2