https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766#c2 --- Comment #2 from Markus Kuhn 2014-02-07 13:52:41 UTC --- Just to clarify: the /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/3.11.6-4-desktop/updates/vboxdrv.ko command itself does not result in any immediate error message. The "Failed to open/create the internal network [...]" message only comes when you then try to start up a virtual machine inside VirtualBox that uses "bridged networking" as described at http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#network_bridged That appears to be what vboxdrv.ko is actually needed for, and once it is actually being used, it appears to notice that it is not running under the right kernel version. Therefore, using insmod to load the old 3.11.6 vboxdrv.ko failed as a workaround. The only workaround I am aware of is to boot into the old kernel (which zypper thankfully still leaves installed for a while). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766#c4 Marcus Meissner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P1 - Urgent CC| |meissner@suse.com, | |rommel@suse.com AssignedTo|kernel-maintainers@forge.pr |mmarek@suse.com |ovo.novell.com | Severity|Major |Critical --- Comment #4 from Marcus Meissner 2014-02-08 09:55:28 UTC --- our kmp concept should reuse the old driver also for the newer kernel. that it does not work seems to point to a flaw within the kmp handling scripts , e.g. weak-updates etc. Michal? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

The following NEW packages are going to be installed: kernel-desktop [....] This is different from what I am used to see in case of a kernel update where

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766#c6 Yarny Yarny changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |Yarny@public-files.de --- Comment #6 from Yarny Yarny 2014-02-09 08:23:21 UTC --- I made an interesting observation which might help diagnosing the root of the problem --- mayby: When running zypper-update, zypper said something like: the package kernel-desktop is being updated, but not being installed again. Today I checked "zypper se -s kernel-desktop" and indeed, the package is installed twice:

S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository --+----------------------+------------+-------------+--------+------------ i | kernel-desktop | package | 3.11.10-7.1 | i686 | suse-update i | kernel-desktop | package | 3.11.6-4.1 | i686 | suse-oss | kernel-desktop | srcpackage | 3.11.10-7.1 | noarch | suse-update | kernel-desktop-base | package | 3.11.10-7.1 | i686 | suse-update | kernel-desktop-base | package | 3.11.6-4.1 | i686 | suse-oss | kernel-desktop-devel | package | 3.11.10-7.1 | i686 | suse-update | kernel-desktop-devel | package | 3.11.6-4.1 | i686 | suse-oss

On a side note: systemd doesn't see the failure of vboxdrv.service:

vboxdrv.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux module Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/vboxdrv) Active: active (exited) since Sun 2014-02-09 08:54:00 CET; 13min ago Process: 1067 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/vboxdrv start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Feb 09 08:54:00 XXX systemd[1]: Starting LSB: VirtualBox Linux module... Feb 09 08:54:00 XXX vboxdrv[1067]: Starting VirtualBox kernel modules..failed Feb 09 08:54:00 XXX vboxdrv[1067]: (modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to Feb 09 08:54:00 XXX systemd[1]: Started LSB: VirtualBox Linux module. Should this be reported as a separate bug?

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766#c8 --- Comment #8 from Yarny Yarny 2014-02-09 15:10:27 UTC --- Thanks for the info, Markus Kuhn. I was suspicious since this was the first time I observed such behaviour. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766#c10 Marcus Meissner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|mmarek@suse.com |bbrunner@suse.com --- Comment #10 from Marcus Meissner 2014-02-10 11:49:22 UTC --- 13.1 changed the KMP behaviour. we will now need to release all KMPs together wiuth the kernel updates. We will be doing this for the current round soon. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766#c Benjamin Brunner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766#c13 Luigi baldoni changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |aloisio@gmx.com --- Comment #13 from Luigi baldoni 2014-02-12 19:53:44 UTC --- Bridged interfaces still not working for me. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766#c15 --- Comment #15 from Luigi baldoni 2014-02-13 12:04:09 UTC --- I'm using virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.2.18_k3.11.10_7-2.9.1.x86_64 with the 13.1 kernel (kernel-desktop-3.11.10-7.1.x86_64). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766#c17 Luigi baldoni changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |CLOSED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #17 from Luigi baldoni 2014-02-13 18:54:53 UTC --- I'm terribly sorry, it was my DHCP server acting up. Everything works now. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862766#c19 --- Comment #19 from Benjamin Brunner 2014-02-14 11:04:01 CET --- That's good to hear. :) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.