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siriusb

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2010-01-01

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[SOLVED] VirtualBox 4 module issues

I used virtualbox_bin from AUR. With VirtualBox 4 one should install ose _and_ extension pack to have usb support, special network features etc, if I interpret the changelog correctly.
So I installed virtualbox and guest additions  from community repo, and extension pack from AUR.
When I try to load a module, I get the next message:

[root@arch ~]# modprobe vboxnetflt
FATAL: Error inserting vboxnetflt (/lib/modules/2.6.36-ARCH/misc/vboxnetflt.ko): Invalid module format

Also, when I tried to install guest additions from a running VM (Device menu / Install guest addition), it said it can't find the iso and will download from the internet.

I checked /lib/modules/2.6.36-ARCH/misc and it contains all modules.

Please advice. Thanks.

Last edited by siriusb (2010-12-25 18:33:44)

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: [SOLVED] VirtualBox 4 module issues

get rid of guest-additions. You don't need that!

pacman -R virtualbox-guest-additions virtualbox-guest-modules

pacman -S virtualbox-additions

i just noticed that the descriptions for virtualbox-guest-additions and virtualbox-additions are the same and this confuse people.

virtualbox-guest-additions is only for guest arch linux systems

Last edited by wonder (2010-12-25 18:17:07)

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siriusb

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Re: [SOLVED] VirtualBox 4 module issues

Perfect. Thank you for the quick reply.

wonder

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Re: [SOLVED] VirtualBox 4 module issues

http://tinyurl.com/33quwxp
http://tinyurl.com/35oyzzz

how are this descriptions?

Last edited by wonder (2010-12-25 19:06:24)

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siriusb

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Registered: 2010-01-01

Posts: 422

Re: [SOLVED] VirtualBox 4 module issues

Much better.
However I may suggest: Guest additions CD image for VirtualBox guests.

Master_ex

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Registered: 2010-10-21

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Re: [SOLVED] VirtualBox 4 module issues

short story...
Yesterday I wanted to add a windows xp vm in bridge mode.
However I was forgetting to load the vboxnetflt module. [damn!]

Anyway, I have encountered the same problem when I've realized that and the above solution worked great!
Thanks

Last edited by Master_ex (2011-01-15 17:35:22)