Virtualbox doesn't compiles "vboxdrv" module for 2.6.24 kernel

LTSmash · 2008-02-10 22:03:10

I installed Virtualbox, however I cannot launch any OS because the vboxdrv module doesn't exists for the latest kernel (I found another module for the 2.6.23 kernel); so the GUI says that I should execute this:

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

However that file doesn't exists. I already tried to uninstall virtualbox and reinstalling from pacman, but still no luck.

What should I do? Is this a bug?

Thanks in advance.

ise · 2008-02-10 22:19:33

Hi,

for the virtualbox-bin package, here is a patch:

--- vboxdrv/include/iprt/types.h    2007-10-18 19:07:37.000000000 +0200
+++ vboxdrv.new/include/iprt/types.h    2007-12-13 22:12:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@
     /*
      * Kludge for the linux kernel:
      *   1. sys/types.h doesn't mix with the kernel.
-     *   2. Starting with 2.6.19 linux/types.h typedefs bool and linux/stddef.h
+     *   2. Starting with 2.6.19, linux/types.h typedefs bool and linux/stddef.h
      *      declares false and true as enum values.
+     *   3. Starting with 2.6.24, linux/types.h typedefs uintptr_t.
      * We work around these issues here and nowhere else.
      */
 #  include <stddef.h>
@@ -69,8 +70,11 @@
 #  define bool linux_bool
 #  define true linux_true
 #  define false linux_false
+#  define uintptr_t linux_uintptr_t
+#  include <linux/autoconf.h>
 #  include <linux/types.h>
 #  include <linux/stddef.h>
+#  undef uintptr_t
 #  undef false
 #  undef true
 #  undef bool

Apply this to the virtualbox code....runs here fine.

azleifel · 2008-02-10 22:20:21

"IMPORTANT:
Anytime your kernel version changes due to upgrade, recompile, etc., you will need to rebuid the virtualbox kernel module using "vbox_build_module". This binary will be located in one of the following locations: /sbin, /bin, or /usr/bin and must be executed with superuser priveleges. After rebuilding the module, don't forget to load it with: modprobe vboxdrv!"

Just run /usr/bin/vbox_build_module as root. It worked here without any problems after the kernel update.

EDIT: Looking above, I seems that I was lucky!

Last edited by azleifel (2008-02-10 22:22:26)

KimTjik · 2008-02-11 09:48:54

ise wrote:

Apply this to the virtualbox code....runs here fine.

I haven't tried it yet, but I want to be certain about how this is done. How and where should this patch be added?

wonder · 2008-02-11 10:25:04

upgrade to the latest version of virtualbox (1.5.4) and the module will compile well on 2.6.24

LTSmash · 2008-02-11 17:34:00

azleifel wrote:

"IMPORTANT:
Anytime your kernel version changes due to upgrade, recompile, etc., you will need to rebuid the virtualbox kernel module using "vbox_build_module". This binary will be located in one of the following locations: /sbin, /bin, or /usr/bin and must be executed with superuser priveleges. After rebuilding the module, don't forget to load it with: modprobe vboxdrv!"
Just run /usr/bin/vbox_build_module as root. It worked here without any problems after the kernel update.
EDIT: Looking above, I seems that I was lucky!

Nope, It doesn't exists.

LTSmash · 2008-02-11 17:36:00

wonder wrote:

upgrade to the latest version of virtualbox (1.5.4) and the module will compile well on 2.6.24

Happens that I just installed Virtualbox from pacman, so I really haven't used it before on Arch... and i guess that I have the latest version, so there must be something wrong with the package (maybe?)...

wonder · 2008-02-11 17:37:29

maybe because i use virtualbox_bin ?

Last edited by wonder (2008-02-11 17:38:35)

ise · 2008-02-11 17:51:02

wonder wrote:

maybe because i use virtualbox_bin ?

I use the virtualbox-bin package, too. But without the patch the module won't compile. I'm using it on arch64.

azleifel · 2008-02-11 19:34:08

ise wrote:

wonder wrote:
maybe because i use virtualbox_bin ?
I use the virtualbox-bin package, too. But without the patch the module won't compile. I'm using it on arch64.

This is curious. I have virtualbox_bin 1.5.4-4 installed (Arch64) and when I look in /opt/VirtualBox-1.5.4/src/include/iprt/types.h I find that it already has that patch applied?

KimTjik · 2008-02-11 19:45:28

For me it went fine. Arch i686 and VirtualBox bin version. So no need for any patch here, as from what I can see it's not implemented in the build.

azleifel · 2008-02-11 19:45:33

LTSmash wrote:

azleifel wrote:
"IMPORTANT:
Anytime your kernel version changes due to upgrade, recompile, etc., you will need to rebuid the virtualbox kernel module using "vbox_build_module". This binary will be located in one of the following locations: /sbin, /bin, or /usr/bin and must be executed with superuser priveleges. After rebuilding the module, don't forget to load it with: modprobe vboxdrv!"
Just run /usr/bin/vbox_build_module as root. It worked here without any problems after the kernel update.
EDIT: Looking above, I seems that I was lucky!
Nope, It doesn't exists.

Isn't hindsight wonderful. The unasked question was: What exact virtualbox package did you install?

ralvez · 2008-02-11 20:38:36

I just noticed that I have the very same problem.
I installed the PUEL version from AUR awhile back. Do I have to re-install a new version from AUR again for the new kernel?

R.

azleifel · 2008-02-11 21:23:40

ralvez wrote:

I just noticed that I have the very same problem.
I installed the PUEL version from AUR awhile back. Do I have to re-install a new version from AUR again for the new kernel?
R.

virtualbox-modules 1.5.4-1 has been flagged as out of date in AUR, so I guess that it's going to be just a matter of time before an updated version appears.

cry0x · 2008-02-12 17:43:09

I modified the PKGBUILD for the virtualbox-modules package. Simply change the kernel version from 2.6.23-ARCH to 2.6.24-ARCH (or whatever kernel you have installed) and makepkg.

That's the beauty of ABS.

ralvez · 2008-02-13 04:13:36

cry0x wrote:

I modified the PKGBUILD for the virtualbox-modules package. Simply change the kernel version from 2.6.23-ARCH to 2.6.24-ARCH (or whatever kernel you have installed) and makepkg.
That's the beauty of ABS.

Where exactly do we change the kernel version. There are 5 files inside the AUR download (the latest available) including a "patch" file -vboxnet.patch- that according to some postings should make the upgrade work (but it does not for me) and I cannot find anywhere a reference to the kernel that I can alter.
Am I looking at the wrong files, is there another AUR download that I should be using?

Thanks.

R.

tesjo · 2008-02-13 04:42:24

virtualbox-modules goes with the virtualbox-ose package and it appears to now be updated for kernel 2.6.24. For the non-gpl, puel, vitrtualbox_bin (or whatever you call it) version I believe you need the patch above.

Last edited by tesjo (2008-02-13 04:49:51)

ise · 2008-02-13 06:23:27

tesjo wrote:

virtualbox-modules goes with the virtualbox-ose package and it appears to now be updated for kernel 2.6.24. For the non-gpl, puel, vitrtualbox_bin (or whatever you call it) version I believe you need the patch above.

Completly right!

ralvez · 2008-02-13 12:38:19

Well ... that's most interesting. I downloaded the latest PUEL version and it fails to compile with the following error:

==> Making package: virtualbox_bin 1.5.4-4  (Wed Feb 13 07:32:25 EST 2008)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Missing Dependencies:
  -> patch
==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies.

The error does not make sense to me since (a) I had the application running until up the latest kernel update, so I cannot have missing dependencies and (b) I now downloaded the latest AUR version where the patch file was added.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

R.

ise · 2008-02-13 13:54:36

Make sense to me. It is a makedepend of the package, you just need it, if you want to build the package. Inside the PKGBUILD there is a patch line, so you need patch for building the package.

Daniel

ralvez · 2008-02-13 14:29:58

Daniel,

Sorry if I sound a little dumb, I'm not really familiar with AUR. I downloaded the latest version and the patch file is there. The error I posted is issued when I use the latest version of VirtualBox, which includes that patch file, to make the package. Or you mean to say that I have to copy the contents of that file somewhere?

Thanks for the help.

R.

ise · 2008-02-13 16:13:36

No, you don't have to copy any file anywhere. You have everything in one directory and run makepkg (that is what I understand from your last post). But to build the package you need the package "patch" from the [core] repository. So just install the package patch with "pacman -S patch" and run makepkg again in the directory with the files of virtualbox, which you have download from the AUR.

ralvez · 2008-02-13 22:48:08

I think that's where the confusion is. When I got the package from AUR it had:

-rw-r--r-- 1 ralvez users 217 2008-01-08 15:58 interfaces
-rw-r--r-- 1 ralvez users 3596 2008-01-20 11:38 PKGBUILD
-rwx------ 1 ralvez users 174 2007-12-30 04:23 vbox_build_module
-rw-r--r-- 1 ralvez users 2384 2007-12-30 07:39 vbox.install
-rw-r--r-- 1 ralvez users 2179 2007-12-30 07:31 vboxnet.patch

So the patch file is there (in bold text) ... and is not executable is a text file. That's why I'm asking if I have to do something with it to make the whole thing work.
Since it is just a plain text file if I try to use it as an upgrade patch it fails with error:

loading package data... error: error while reading package vboxnet.patch: Unrecognized archive format: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
error: failed to add target 'vboxnet.patch'

So, I'm stuck. I see no way to solve the problem.

R.

Edit: On re-reading your post I wonder what package from core are you referring to? I was under the impression that when we use AUR we are "fetching" files not from core but form the AUR source.
Am I wrong?

Last edited by ralvez (2008-02-13 22:50:31)

ralvez · 2008-02-13 23:03:10

Daniel,

Never mind. I figured it out. I tested for pamcan -S patch .... and sure enough I got it!!
Then the rest was easy. Thanks for your help!!

R.

cry0x · 2008-02-13 23:17:36

"makepkg -s" will download missing dependencies from the repositories and install them for you. Just a tip.

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