On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 11:01:55AM -0000, David wrote:

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:01:46 -0000, Rajko M. wrote:

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On Thursday 13 December 2007 07:35:09 pm David wrote:

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The VirtualBox support driver which is running is from a different version of VirtualBox. You can correct this by stopping all running instances of VirtualBox and reinstalling the software..

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Virtualbox is version 1.5.2-10.1@586 from the update repo and virtualbox-kmp-default is 1.5.0_2.6.22.5_31-11@586 from oss repo. I apply all updates supplied by updater applet. uname tells me the kernel in use is 2.6.22.13-0.3-default. I have tried removing the .virtualbox folder from home, reinstalling and rebooting. Still the same error. Virtualbox was working well before, haven't used it for a week or so.

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Sure. I did when I found your article and tried my VirtualBox. The VirtualBox update was installed, I guess from update repository, but kernel module wasn't updated (packaging bug?).

Thank you for investigating this. I decided to file my first bug report and found this from yesterday: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=348258

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The solution is to add/enable repository: zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:/VirtualBox/openSUS...

Actually the kernel module packages should have been released too via the official update channels, but you can just use this repository too. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:12:16 -0000, jdd wrote:

I just installed vmware (dl from vmware yesterday) and had no problem at all (of course after module compilation)

jdd

vmware is no doubt a fine piece of software, but I like virtualbox and try to stick with oss wherever possible. I find the free vmware server to be a bit clumsy and overkill for singe vm use and the vmware player requires some fiddly hacking to modify. Virtualbox has a great, simple GUI, does everything I want and the seamless mode simply rocks. :) Using the kmp-default from: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:/VirtualBox/openSUS... (as suggested by Rajko) seems to work fine for now, although hopefully it will be added to the update repo, as on this install (I have another one for trying KDE4, backports and such) I'm trying to keep everything as standard as possible. But thanks for suggesting an alternative anyway. :) Cheers, David -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Friday 14 December 2007 08:16:55 am jdd wrote:

David wrote:

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But thanks for suggesting an alternative anyway. :)

in fact, the content of the post made me think at vmware, but I use also virtualbox without problem.

jdd

As Marcus stated it was packaging bug, not to provide kernel module via update repository. IMHO, this should not happen, as update repository is trusted and no update should pull any dependency from external sources. If I would have enabled VirtualBox repository and use zypper than I would not see the problem without inspecting every file, which is not good. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

2007/12/15, David :

On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:31:49 -0000, Rajko M. wrote:

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As Marcus stated it was packaging bug, not to provide kernel module via update repository. IMHO, this should not happen, as update repository is trusted and no update should pull any dependency from external sources. If I would have enabled VirtualBox repository and use zypper than I would not see the problem without inspecting every file, which is not good.

Have you tried /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup? Valerio -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org