On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 20:38, Florian Kriener <flor...@kriener.org> wrote: > On Wednesday 20 January 2010 20:35:15 Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >> >> # dmesg |tail >> >> vboxdrv: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout >> > >> > Greetings, >> > >> > This means that your vboxdrv module is not compiled for your >> > current kernel version, so you will have to use module-assistant to >> > fix that.
I thought that was what dkms was for. >> It sounds as if dkms hasn't been installed. There is a reference >> somewhere on the VirtualBox web site. It was installed, the pastebin dump is mostly the post-script of the dkms installation. It compiles the driver, but wont modprobe it. > You could be wrong, because I had exactly the same problem. After a > kernel update (from ..-n to ..-n+1 - I don't know the exact versions) > the module would not load anymore. I guess it's a bug in either the > kernel package, in not raising the right version number (i.e. new > package name), or in dkms for not updating the modules. However the > problem solved itself after the next kernel update. That was my first guess and i tried going to the previous kernel, but it didn't work then 'cos i didn't have dkms i guess. It's now working with 2.6.31-1-amd64, after using dpkg-reconfigure on the dkms package. Thanks, Nuno -- () ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraŭ html-a retpoŝto /\ ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
