Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of User_FAQ

Timestamp:

Jan 16, 2007 11:22:53 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

jose

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User_FAQ

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  * When the kernel module doesn't load, i.e. you get an '''"Error inserting vboxdrv: Invalid argument",''' check (as root) the output of the "dmesg" command. In 90% of all cases, this is a problem with Linux 2.6.19 and higher, and the message will be: "NMI watchdog active -- refused to load the kernel module! Please disable the NMI watchdog by specifying 'nmi_watchdog=0' at kernel command line." Add this option to your grub configuration, reboot, and the module should load.
 
- * Debian packets: If the installation of the !VirtualBox_*.deb package was not successful because the compilation of the kernel module fails, it might not be possible to remove the package nor to install other packages as the pre-remove (prerm) script of the package (which is executed prior to package removing or upgrading) aborts with an error '''"(Kernel module not found)...fail!"'''. In that case do the following:
+ * Debian packages: If the installation of the !VirtualBox_*.deb package was not successful because the compilation of the kernel module fails, it might not be possible to remove the package nor to install other packages as the pre-remove (prerm) script of the package (which is executed prior to package removing or upgrading) aborts with an error '''"(Kernel module not found)...fail!"'''. In that case do the following:
    * Edit /etc/init.d/virtualbox and change line 129 from `'exit 1'` to `'exit 0'`
    * Reinstall the virtualbox package by `'dpkg -i `<the !VirtualBox package for your distribution>`'`. An installation failure of this package is expected.