Update to Virtualbox-kmp-default

[THN]

It seems to me that with the today’s update to kernel 6.12.0-160100.5-default Leap 16.1 is leaving its beta status and at least for me can be considered general availability.

a) virtualbox-kmp-default has moved to version 7.2.16_k6.12.0_160100.5-lp161.1.7 which again allows installation of virtualbox 7.2.16 from the official OpenSUSE Leap sources

b) the shutdown/reboot problems have also disappeared (which appeared in *100.4 and had forced me to temporarily switch to the *100.19 kernel from the GA channel)

c) I got my DVB and cx23885.ko, altera-ci.ko, cx2341x.ko, videobuf2-dvb.ko kernel modules back which aren’t available in the GA kernels.

So all is perfectly fine for me right now.

T.

[myswtest]

@THN wrote:
It seems to me that with the today’s update to kernel 6.12.0-160100.5-default Leap 16.1 is leaving its beta status and at least for me can be considered general availability.

Not quite

Public Availability
Tue, Nov 3, 2026
GA at 12:00 UTC (aligned with SLES 16.1 FCS)

https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Roadmap#Leap_16.1

[knurpht]

@myswtest

Not quite

Eh, the OP wrote “It seems to me … and at least for me can be …”. There’s no claim it actually is, AFAICS.

[myswtest]

@knurpht wrote

Eh, the OP wrote “It seems to me … and at least for me can be …”. There’s no claim it actually is, AFAICS.

I understand … the “it seems to me” implies “in their own mind” … but to most everyone else, there is a definitive date set for GA

[deano_ferrari]

They did qualify their statement well enough I think…

@THN

…and at least for me can be considered general availability.

[THN]

To be more precise, my two bug reports
virtualbox-kmp-default-7.2.6_k6.12.0_160099.43-lp161.1.6 cannot be installed on Leap 16.1
and
Kernel 6.12.0-160100.4 hangs during reboot and poweroff
are resolved since yesterday with kernel 6.12.0-160100.5 and the related updates.

Best,

T.

[hcvv]

I completely miss the technical question for help.

When mods agree with this, can they please move this to General chitchat?

[knurpht]

Not a mod, but I disagree. User IMHO tries to be ahead of questions others my have sooner or later, since the bugs have been accepted and handled.
And, FYI: General Chitchat was years and years ago before the move to Discourse.

[hcvv]

@knurpht

And, FYI: General Chitchat was years and years ago before the move to Discourse.

Indeed I did not check with the list. It is now Open Chat, but I do not think the goal of it is much different now General is changed into Open and the Chit is gone…

[THN]

@knurpht
Thanks a lot mate; indeed my intention was to update my (now closed) post
virtualbox-kmp-default not compatible…
with the latest news, not to “chit chat”
T.