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Shelbster

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Registered: 2017-11-16

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Noob question on why virtualbox broken on newest lts kernel

So I installed the linux-lts package (a fresh install), and was surprised to see the lts kernel had been updated to 4.14.16-1. So I tried installing virtualbox and running it but I ran into the problem

WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module available for the current kernel ....

So upon checking modprobe, the command points out the obvious that vboxdrv is not found in the directory for the newest lts.
So trying to find a solution, I switch back to 4.14.15-1, and this time, I don't receive an error. Obviously I have to wait for the modules package to be updated to work with the latest lts, but I'm not happy just with that. The real question is, why does it not work for the latest lts, when under the dependencies for virtualbox-host-modules-arch it says <4.15 and >=4.14?

Trilby

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Re: Noob question on why virtualbox broken on newest lts kernel

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … inux_hosts

This isn't a version issue, it is linux vs linux-lts, they use different modules.  Read the wiki.

Last edited by Trilby (2018-02-04 18:07:00)

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Shelbster

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Registered: 2017-11-16

Posts: 38

Re: Noob question on why virtualbox broken on newest lts kernel

Ahhh! I'm an idiot. When I read other kernels, I understood like custom kernels. And when I read linux, I understood it to me the official ones coming from official repositories (lts or not), but it all makes sense now! Thank you!