On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 7:32 PM Peter Hillier-Brook <p...@hbsys.plus.com> wrote: > > On 21/06/2022 12:48, Boyan Penkov wrote: > > > > > > On 6/21/22 07:35, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > >> On 21/06/2022 11:53, Siard wrote: > >>> On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:05 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > >>>> On 20/06/2022 14:55, Siard wrote: > >>>>> On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 14:21 +0200, Anders Andersson wrote: : > >>> www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#additions-linux > >>> > >>> I should also note that right now there appear to be problems with > >>> the latest > >>> kernel, 5.18.0. The message in the terminal where VB was started > >>> from, says: > >>> "WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no > >>> module > >>> available for the current kernel (5.18.0-1-amd64) or it failed to load." > >>> Probably a temporary problem. When starting Debian with the previous > >>> kernel > >>> 5.17.0, VB still works. > >> > >> Thanks for the quick response. Without correctly functioning guest > >> additions - by which I specifically mean USB - VirtualBox is almost > >> useless for me. I would agree with you that kernel 5.18.0 is the most > >> likely source of the problem and living on in hope is the best option. > > > > Hey folks -- I was OP on the thread that raised the dmks issue; with > > thanks to Keith Bainbridge, ensuring linux-kernel-headers for 5.18 were > > installed, and then reinstalling virtualbox and virtualbox-dkms resolved > > the issue for me. I can confirm this is working on 5.18.0-1-amd64 right > > now. > > The last time I looked at Sid the VirtualBox version was very dated. I > doubt that you have achieved success via VBox 6.1.34?
Confirming my observations are on 6.1.34, which is what's in Sid right now. > > Peter HB > -- Boyan Penkov
