VirtualBox Problems

s26c.sayan · 2007-03-26 11:37:15

I am trying to install and use the virtualization software called VirtualBox(http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox) on my machine. I have downloaded the binary file for personal & evaluation use from their site and tried to install it.

While installing, after I agree to the license terms, this is what comes up :

Installing VirtualBox to /opt/VirtualBox-1.3.8
Unable to determine your Linux distribution

./runlevel.sh: Unknown system
Could not find add/remove init scripts to a runlevel utility
This operation can not continue without it
Unable to determine your Linux distribution
VirtualBox has been installed successfully.

This suggests that the app has been successfully installed to /opt/VirtualBox-1.3.8.
But when I try to run it by typing 'VirtualBox' in a terminal from the above location, I get the following :

WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (2.6.16-ARCH) or it failed to
         load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

           sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

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

What can I do to get rid of this problem ???

EDIT: This can be solved by running AS ROOT ' /etc/rc.d/vboxdrv setup'. This builds the kernel module vboxdrv, which can be loaded at any time by modprobe or even ' /etc/rc.d/vboxdrv start'.
To make this module load at startup, it should be added to the appropriate section of /etc/rc.conf.

Last edited by s26c.sayan (2007-04-24 19:13:49)

Susu · 2007-03-26 11:46:23

I haven't yet managed to install Virtual Box properly. Neither with the bin nor with the PKBUILD from AUR.

stb · 2007-03-26 20:06:12

Today I messed around a bit with pacman and ABS to learn how to package. You can use this package for installation: ftp://supa.homeip.net/pub/archlinux/vir … pkg.tar.gz. It has been built from the downloadable pre-built packages. Maybe I will make a "official" version later when I know how to make own repositories.

piie · 2007-03-28 07:15:19

i made a package of the binary distribution, its in aur

Mr Green · 2007-03-28 07:27:33

Your pkgbuild is different to mine maybe I will test it when I have time

s26c.sayan · 2007-03-28 17:37:00

stb wrote:

Today I messed around a bit with pacman and ABS to learn how to package. You can use this package for installation: ftp://supa.homeip.net/pub/archlinux/vir … pkg.tar.gz. It has been built from the downloadable pre-built packages. Maybe I will make a "official" version later when I know how to make own repositories.

Hey!! Your package worked like a charm!!! Thanks a lot, mate!!!

However, I have a question. I have learnt that this VirtualBox software is not entirely/really open source, altough they do have an open source edition. I want to know which version I am using in this package.

stb · 2007-03-28 22:06:53

s26c.sayan wrote:

stb wrote:
Today I messed around a bit with pacman and ABS to learn how to package. You can use this package for installation: ftp://supa.homeip.net/pub/archlinux/vir … pkg.tar.gz. It has been built from the downloadable pre-built packages. Maybe I will make a "official" version later when I know how to make own repositories.
Hey!! Your package worked like a charm!!! Thanks a lot, mate!!!

Thanks. I packaged it because I wanted to know how to package in arch, did not even look in the AUR if that package existed. Just curious: Did the AUR packages not work for you?

s26c.sayan wrote:

However, I have a question. I have learnt that this VirtualBox software is not entirely/really open source, altough they do have an open source edition. I want to know which version I am using in this package.

It's the 'All Distributions' binary: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads . I had to take some stuff out of the installation routine and put it in the post-install() and pre-remove() routines in the PKGBUILD. Also I did re-write the startup script a little bit. Other stuff was not modified.

I take the file off the ftp server now. But if someone needs it just drop me a PM.

Last edited by stb (2007-03-28 22:11:00)

s26c.sayan · 2007-03-29 10:00:54

Just curious: Did the AUR packages not work for you?

Well, I didn't really try the AUR PKGBUILDS!!
I downloaded the binary from the VirtualBox site (infact I used the same'all distributions' binary you have used in your package). I couldnt install it, so posted here. the next thing I got hold of is your package, and it worked!!

It's the 'All Distributions' binary: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads .

Oh!! Then this is NOT the open source version!
It says it is released under PUELA or something!!

Wonder if sometimes we can have a package for the OSE too!!

stb · 2007-03-29 16:00:28

s26c.sayan wrote:

[...]
It's the 'All Distributions' binary: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads .
Oh!! Then this is NOT the open source version!

Yes. But it should not matter for private use, shouldn't it?

Wonder if sometimes we can have a package for the OSE too!!

I compiled it without problems and I still have the build. So, yes, I can make a package off this if the packages in AUR don't work. Mainly this involves exchanging one directory.

Last edited by stb (2007-03-29 16:01:00)

somairotevoli · 2007-03-29 19:14:47

I have tried the svn, binary, regular, and the pkg from stb. I constantly get high cpu usage, 98% +. I am using beyond kernel 2.6.20. I had the same problem w/ high cpu usage when using vmware. I even turned down kernel timeslice to 100 hz, but now I get this error.

Could not launch a process for the machine 'test' (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND).


Result Code: 
0x80004005
Component: 
Machine
Interface: 
IMachine {fd443ec1-0009-4f5b-9282-d72760a66916}
Callee: 
IVirtualBox {e1d95593-f579-4f47-b489-0b67181014e1}

I don't know what else to try besides maybe using the stock kernel.

once · 2007-03-31 02:11:19

piie wrote:

i made a package of the binary distribution, its in aur

how to get module install?

s26c.sayan · 2007-05-10 12:23:11

Now it seems Virtualbox is available in the Community repositories!
However, with my 2.6.20 kernel, the package is not starting!!
The virtualbox modules package is installed successfully as a dependency , but I cannot load the vboxdrv module.,.. and so virtualbox doesn't start!!

Anyone used the community packages w/o a problem in 2.6.20-ARCH kernel .?

sH · 2007-05-10 12:37:18

Did you update the kernel while virtualbox was already installed?

I had the same problem: vboxdrv not found!

try doing what I did and do "pacman -R virtualbox virtualbox-modules", and then "pacman -Sy virtualbox"

I had a working module again.

I had problems before like you said, I had a kernel update and virtualbox-modules update, but it did not work. The most recent update of the kernel worked with the modules without the above mentioned procedure.

Last edited by sH (2007-05-10 12:38:19)

s26c.sayan · 2007-05-13 15:24:11

Ok...just now, I uninstalled virtualbox totally, and then upgraded to 2.6.21 kernel, and then reinstalled virtualbox.
This seems to solve the problem!!! [:)]

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