Re: Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-04-22 Thread Jonas Jensen
I switched to custom kernel and came across this thread. I also use squeeze and this is what I have found. First of, Debian has the following versions of nvidia-kernel-dkms packages: squeeze: 195.36.31-6 sid/wheezy: 260.19.44-1 experimental: 270.30-1 The version in squeeze fail on anything above

Subject=Re: Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-04-22 Thread Jonas Jensen
I switched to custom kernel and came across this thread. I also use squeeze and this is what I have found. First of, Debian has the following versions of nvidia-kernel-dkms packages: squeeze: 195.36.31-6 sid/wheezy: 260.19.44-1 experimental: 270.30-1 The version in squeeze fail on anything above

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-25 Thread Cameron Hutchison
MRH writes: >On 23/01/11 04:53, Cameron Hutchison wrote: >> and I had to revert two commits to fix it: >> >> 7b8ea53d7f1865cd8f05dfb8f706a4ff5a72abcf (makefile: not need to >> regenerate kernel.release file when make kernelrelease) >> >> 01ab17887f4cdcb8bb5a5d1bc3b160d186e6e99b (Makefile: "make ke

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-24 Thread MRH
On 23/01/11 04:53, Cameron Hutchison wrote: "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" writes: The problem with extraversion and 2.6.37 is known, it's been reported here if I remember, look for a message starting with "kernel-package: 2.6.37" in the archives. But since it seems to affect only proprietary soft

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-24 Thread MRH
On 22/01/11 23:03, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: [...] I have the same setup, I build my kernel (2.6.37 currently) with kernel-package and both nvidia and VirtualBox 4 work fine (they build automatically with dkms). I don't use extraversion, only --append-to-version and --revision. The problem

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread Cameron Hutchison
"tv.deb...@googlemail.com" writes: >The problem with extraversion and 2.6.37 is known, it's been reported >here if I remember, look for a message starting with "kernel-package: >2.6.37" in the archives. But since it seems to affect only proprietary >software I guess they'll have to adapt. Since

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread Andrew Reid
On Saturday 22 January 2011 13:24:08 MRH wrote: > Recently I updated VirtualBox from 3.2 to 4.0 (non OSE version). From > that moment it stopped working, saying that the kernel driver (vboxdrv) > is not loaded and suggesting to run /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup > > This fails: > -- > Stopping V

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
>On the 22/01/2011 23:20, MRH wrote: >> On 22/01/11 19:42, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In<4d3b20c8.3080...@o2.pl>, MRH wrote: >>>CC [M] >>> /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o >>> In file included from >>> /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/include/VBox

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread MRH
On 22/01/11 19:42, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In<4d3b20c8.3080...@o2.pl>, MRH wrote: CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o In file included from /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/include/VBox/types.h:30, from /var/lib/dkms/vboxho

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d3b20c8.3080...@o2.pl>, MRH wrote: > CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o >In file included from >/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/include/VBox/types.h:30, > from >/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/../SUPDrvInternal

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Hi, You're not gonna get much help using non-free software on a tarnished kernel. That said, when i have problems with VBox i just purge everything, dkms included, make sure the drivers are actually deleted, then reinstall, with dkms. Usually does the trick. HTH, Nuno -- Mars 2 Stay! http://xkc

VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread MRH
Recently I updated VirtualBox from 3.2 to 4.0 (non OSE version). From that moment it stopped working, saying that the kernel driver (vboxdrv) is not loaded and suggesting to run /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup This fails: -- Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules:done.. Uninstalling old VirtualBo