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mrkent

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Registered: 2012-11-01

Posts: 5

How do I get virtualbox to work on an older kernel?

I'm currently on 3.4.9-1-ARCH due to some bugs with newer versions of the kernel that affects my laptop. I'd like to install virtualbox that works with my current kernel, but I'm not sure how to do it. I suppose if I can use older version that doesn't require 3.6, that would be the best solution.

$ yaourt -S --force virtualbox-host-modules
resolving dependencies...
warning: ignoring package linux-3.6.7-1
warning: cannot resolve "linux>=3.6", a dependency of "virtualbox-host-modules"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      virtualbox-host-modules

Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] n
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: virtualbox-host-modules: requires linux>=3.6

litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

Posts: 5,026

Re: How do I get virtualbox to work on an older kernel?

There is information about that in the wiki:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Virtualbox

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: How do I get virtualbox to work on an older kernel?

You should always check the wiki before asking here - in this case, you need the custom kernel section of the virtualbox page.

mrkent

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Registered: 2012-11-01

Posts: 5

Re: How do I get virtualbox to work on an older kernel?

I actually did that, and was still confused.

# dkms install vboxhost/$(pacman -Q virtualbox|awk {'print $2'}|sed 's/\-.\+//') -k $(uname -rm|sed 's/\ /\//')
Error! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel 3.4.9-1-ARCH cannot be found at
/usr/lib/modules/3.4.9-1-ARCH/build or /usr/lib/modules/3.4.9-1-ARCH/source.

litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

Posts: 5,026

Re: How do I get virtualbox to work on an older kernel?

I actually did that, and was still confused.

You forgot to mention it.

You need the linux-headers package for this.

Edit: the linux-headers for your running kernel that is, not the one currently in [core]

Last edited by litemotiv (2012-11-24 22:03:05)

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