[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#563246: Bug#563246: Virtual Machines no longer start after apt-get upgrade

Steve M. Robbins steve at sumost.ca
Sat Jan 23 15:15:27 UTC 2010


On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:42:17PM +0100, Michael Meskes wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:44:57PM -0600, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> > Package: virtualbox-ose-dkms
> > Version: 3.1.2-dfsg-1
> > Severity: normal
> > ...
> >   root at riemann{~}modprobe vboxdrv
> >   FATAL: Error inserting vboxdrv (/lib/modules/2.6.32-trunk-amd64/updates/dkms/vboxdrv.ko): Invalid module format
> 
> This comes from a new kernel version that changes ABI but not the
> kernel version number. Therefore dkms doesn't see the need to
> rebuild but with the ABI change it has to.

I don't understand: the kernel version *did* change.  VirtualBox
worked when I booted 2.6.31-1-amd64 and did not work when I booted
2.6.32-trunk-amd64.  Those are different kernel versions.

Why isn't the module being rebuilt?

-Steve
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 190 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-virtualbox-devel/attachments/20100123/896ab514/attachment.pgp>


More information about the Pkg-virtualbox-devel mailing list