On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malate...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Florian Kulzer > <florian.kulzer+deb...@icfo.es> wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 19:03:58 +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >>> Hi there, >>> >>> I am trying to play with virtual box. Once I finish setting up my >>> virtual machine, and I hit start, I get the following error: >>> >>> RTR3Init failed with rc=-1912 (rc=-1912) >>> >>> The VirtualBox kernel modules do not fit to this version of >>> VirtualBox. >> >> [...] >> >>> Linux mattbox 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 19 22:33:18 UTC 2009 >>> x86_64 GNU/Linux >>> >>> $ apt-cache policy virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.26-2-amd64 >>> virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.26-2-amd64: >>> Installed: 2.6.26+1.6.6-dfsg-6+lenny1 >>> Candidate: 2.6.26+1.6.6-dfsg-6+lenny1 >>> Version table: >>> *** 2.6.26+1.6.6-dfsg-6+lenny1 0 >> ^^^^^ >> note: This part is the version number of the virtualbox kernel modules. >> >>> 500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org lenny/main Packages >>> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status >>> >>> $ apt-cache policy virtualbox-ose >>> virtualbox-ose: >>> Installed: 3.0.6-dfsg-1~bpo50+1 >>> Candidate: 3.0.6-dfsg-1~bpo50+1 >>> Version table: >>> 3.0.6-dfsg-1 0 >>> -1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org testing/main Packages >>> -1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org sid/main Packages >>> *** 3.0.6-dfsg-1~bpo50+1 0 >>> 850 http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/main Packages >>> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status >>> 1.6.6-dfsg-3 0 >>> 500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org lenny/main Packages >> >> You are trying to use the original virtualbox-ose kernel modules of >> Lenny (version 1.6.6) with the newer virtualbox-ose from backports.org >> (version 3.0.6). You either have to downgrade the virtualbox-ose package >> or build newer modules with module-assistant and virtualbox-ose-source >> from backports.org. > > So I decided to go the upgade way. > I install everything from testing I still do not understand why > backports would just update part of the virtualbox package... > Of course this resulted in a update of the kernel > of course upon reboot I had to install the nvidia driver > of course the nvidia driver from testing was busted, I could not even > get it to compile > of couse when getting nvidia from unstable and module-assistantm > startx would not load > of course sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg > of course using nvidia-xconfig did not work > restarting without nvidia searching on the net I found the Option > "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP" trick > > and now I am all set with my kernel from testingm nvidia and Xserver > which decided that my keymap was QWERTY thank god the virtual console > were ok so that I could do all the above... > > I need now to find hoz to revert back to azerty now > > -- > Mathieu > Ps virtualbox now starts my winxp without complains >
Just for complteness firefox thinks I am using QWERTY but all my consoles thinks I am using AZERTY -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
