On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malate...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
And for anyone interested, I solved it using: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515976#72 Well I did the upgrade version instead of the downgrade :) $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-core ~ xserver-xorg-core: Installed: 2:1.6.4-2 Candidate: 2:1.6.4-2 Version table: 2:1.7.0-1 0 -1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org experimental/main Packages *** 2:1.6.4-2 0 -1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org testing/main Packages -1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org sid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2:1.4.2-10.lenny2 0 500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org lenny/main Packages $ apt-cache policy libxi6 ~ libxi6: Installed: 2:1.2.1-2 Candidate: 2:1.2.1-2 Version table: 2:1.2.99.4-1 0 -1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org experimental/main Packages *** 2:1.2.1-2 0 -1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org testing/main Packages -1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org sid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2:1.1.4-1 0 500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org lenny/main Packages This solved the previous issue with GDM I reported http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/04/msg02906.html Both my GDM and firefox are back to good ol' AZERTY :) -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
