Strange Virtualbox problem

[laprjns]

I decided I'm going to install the 64-bit version of Salix. That should solve this problem, right?

Yes it should. You need the following

• 64 Bit version of Salix
  
  64 bit kernel and it's corresponding kernel-source package (you'll get the correct kernel on the install, but will need to install the kernel-source via slapt-get)
  
  and the 64 bit version of VirtualBox

[impatiens]

Thanks for being patient with me.

I installed the Fluxbox Live CD originally, and didn't realize it wasn't 64-bit. I guess I shouldn't assume things. I'll most likely use Shador's kernel and kernel-source again, since that's definitely much easier than trying to install my wireless drivers manually.

ETA: Or not. Wifi actually worked out of the box this time.

ETA2: It worked! Thanks a lot, guys! And thanks for putting up with me.

[impatiens]

Alright, I went back to the x86 version of Salix. I installed the kernel-source. I downloaded the x86 version of Virtualbox. I have a problem with vboxdrv again, so I run /etc/rc.d/rc.vboxdrv setup:

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root[impatiens]# /etc/rc.d/rc.vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Removing old VirtualBox pci kernel module ...done.
Removing old VirtualBox netadp kernel module ...done.
Removing old VirtualBox netflt kernel module ...done.
Removing old VirtualBox kernel module ...done.
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS ...failed!
  (Failed, trying without DKMS)
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.
Starting VirtualBox kernel modules ...failed!
  (modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why)

I run dmesg and find this:

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[  504.968779] vboxdrv: version magic '2.6.37.6-smp SMP mod_unload 686 ' should be '2.6.37.6 mod_unload 486 '
[  505.041869] vboxdrv: version magic '2.6.37.6-smp SMP mod_unload 686 ' should be '2.6.37.6 mod_unload 486 '
[  513.045822] warning: `VirtualBox' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)
[  596.565131] vboxdrv: version magic '2.6.37.6-smp SMP mod_unload 686 ' should be '2.6.37.6 mod_unload 486 '
[ 1030.501179] vboxdrv: version magic '2.6.37.6-smp SMP mod_unload 686 ' should be '2.6.37.6 mod_unload 486 '
[ 1303.747210] vboxdrv: version magic '2.6.37.6-smp SMP mod_unload 686 ' should be '2.6.37.6 mod_unload 486 '
[ 2326.661927] vboxdrv: version magic '2.6.37.6-smp SMP mod_unload 686 ' should be '2.6.37.6 mod_unload 486 '

[laprjns]

Alright, I went back to the x86 version of Salix.

How did you do this? A complete re-install?

I installed the kernel-source.

Please post the out put of "slapt-get -se ^kernel- | grep yes". Here's what mine looks like:

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root[arch]# slapt-get -se ^kernel- | grep yes
kernel-firmware-2.6.37.6-noarch-2 [inst=yes]: kernel-firmware (Firmware installed by the kernel)
kernel-huge-smp-2.6.37.6_smp-i686-2 [inst=yes]: kernel-huge-smp (a fully-loaded SMP Linux kernel)
kernel-modules-smp-2.6.37.6_smp-i686-2 [inst=yes]: kernel-modules (SMP Linux kernel modules)
kernel-source-2.6.37.6_smp-noarch-2 [inst=yes]: kernel-source (Linux kernel source)

[impatiens]

Yeah, a complete reinstall. That seemed like the simplest way to get WINE working, and I realized I really don't use 64-bit programs much, and I only have 4 GB RAM.

Here's the output of that command:

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root[impatiens]# slapt-get -se ^kernel|grep yes
kernel-firmware-2.6.37.6-noarch-2 [inst=yes]: kernel-firmware (Firmware installed by the kernel)
kernel-headers-2.6.37.6_smp-x86-2 [inst=yes]: kernel-headers (Linux kernel include files)
kernel-huge-2.6.37.6-i486-2 [inst=yes]: kernel-huge (a fully-loaded single processor Linux kernel)
kernel-modules-2.6.37.6-i486-2 [inst=yes]: kernel-modules (single CPU Linux kernel modules)
kernel-source-2.6.37.6_smp-noarch-2 [inst=yes]: kernel-source (Linux kernel source)

It looks like I have i486 instead of i686. Presumably, I need the i686 kernel and modules for Virtualbox to work.

[laprjns]

Well, you need to be consistent. You have the single core kernel installed with the multiple core kernel-source. Assuming that you have a multi-core processor, install the kernel-huge-smp-2.6.37.6_smp-i686-2 kernel along with the corresponding kernel-source package. If not install the kernel-huge-2.6.37.6-i486-2 kernel along with it's corresponding kernel-source.