Vbox kernel driver....

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I ran

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

and the vbox kernel driver compiled and runs fine. Until I reboot and then I get this.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/mejason69/vbox.png

It seems to have forgotten the settings or something. I have to recompile the driver after every reboot… any ideas?

thanks

2

Is your user added to the vboxusers group?

3

Yes, like I said it runs fine after the kernel recompile.

If the user wasn’t added then it wouldn’t start at all.

4

Probably the vboxdrv module isn’t set to load at boot. Do this:

chkconfig vboxdrv

If it says off, then it’s not set to load on boot. So do this:

chkconfig --set vboxdrv on

This should also be possible from YaST > System Services

5

Sorry, the error messages said that there is a permission problem. This is why i thought you are not in the vboxusers group.
Is your vboxdrv module set to start in runlevel 5? Check in YaST.

6

Please see screenshot

chkconfig vboxdrv already set to ON.

set to start in runlevel 5

Any other ideas, If I restart the service it works fine. I don’t have to recompile. Thats some progress at least.

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Only thing I can think of is to watch the console when booting up to see why vboxdrv fails to start. You may have to switch to VT1 with Ctrl-Alt-F1 when KDE kicks in. Also the boot log is in /var/log/boot.msg.

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Yeah I few items that should start with run level 5 do not start

vboxdrv,sbm,smbfs,cups and a few others…

no clue why they don’t… frustrating!

Below make sense to anyone??

NIT: Entering runlevel: 5



Boot logging started on /dev/tty1(/dev/console) at Tue Jan 20 22:08:29 2009

Master Resource Control: previous runlevel: N, switching to runlevel: 5
<notice>startproc: execve (/sbin/acpid)  /sbin/acpid ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=ext3 SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=156 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=0x31a DO_CONFIRM= RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1280x1024.cfg PREVLEVEL=N LINES=60 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 splash=silent SPLASH=yes ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6H500F0_H805FN0H-part6 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/sbin/acpid ]
acpid: starting up


Starting acpid done
Initializing random number generatordone
acpid: 2 rules loaded


<notice>startproc: execve (/sbin/syslog-ng)  /sbin/syslog-ng ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=ext3 TERM=linux SHELL=/bin/sh ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=156 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin DO_CONFIRM= vga=0x31a RUNLEVEL=5 SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1280x1024.cfg PWD=/ PREVLEVEL=N LINES=60 SHLVL=2 HOME=/ SPLASH=yes splash=silent ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6H500F0_H805FN0H-part6 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/sbin/syslog-ng ]
<notice>startproc: execve (/sbin/klogd)  /sbin/klogd -c 1 -x ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=ext3 TERM=linux SHELL=/bin/sh ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=156 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin DO_CONFIRM= vga=0x31a RUNLEVEL=5 SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1280x1024.cfg PWD=/ PREVLEVEL=N LINES=60 SHLVL=2 HOME=/ SPLASH=yes splash=silent ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6H500F0_H805FN0H-part6 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/sbin/klogd ]
Starting syslog servicesdone
Checking/updating CPU microcode done
Starting D-Bus daemondone
Starting Firewall Initialization (phase 1 of 2) done
Loading CPUFreq modules (CPUFreq not supported)
Starting HAL daemondone
<notice>killproc: kill(2141,20)
<notice>killproc: kill(2158,1)
<notice>killproc: kill(2141,18)
<notice>killproc: kill(2141,12)
Setting up (localfs) network interfaces:
    lo        
    lo        IP address: 127.0.0.1/8   
              IP address: 127.0.0.2/8   
done    eth0      device: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)
    eth0      Starting DHCP4 client.  
    eth0      IP address: 192.168.1.100/24 (Jason-PC)
doneSetting up service (localfs) network  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .done
<notice>startproc: execve (/usr/bin/kdm)  /usr/bin/kdm ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=ext3 TERM=linux SHELL=/bin/sh ROOTFS_FSCK=0 INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 KDEROOTHOME=/root/.kdm REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=156 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin DO_CONFIRM= vga=0x31a RUNLEVEL=5 SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1280x1024.cfg PWD=/ LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PREVLEVEL=N LINES=60 QT_SYSTEM_DIR=/usr/share/desktop-data SHLVL=2 HOME=/ XCURSOR_THEME=DMZ WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/bin/startkde SPLASH=yes splash=silent ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6H500F0_H805FN0H-part6 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/bin/kdm ]
Starting service kdmdone
<notice>startproc: execve (/usr/sbin/nmbd)  /usr/sbin/nmbd -D -s /etc/samba/smb.conf ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=ext3 SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=156 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=0x31a DO_CONFIRM= RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1280x1024.cfg PREVLEVEL=N LINES=60 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 splash=silent SPLASH=yes ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6H500F0_H805FN0H-part6 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/sbin/nmbd ]
Starting Samba NMB daemon done
<notice>startproc: execve (/sbin/rpcbind)  /sbin/rpcbind ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=ext3 SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=156 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin vga=0x31a DO_CONFIRM= RUNLEVEL=5 PWD=/ SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1280x1024.cfg PREVLEVEL=N LINES=60 HOME=/ SHLVL=2 splash=silent SPLASH=yes ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6H500F0_H805FN0H-part6 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/sbin/rpcbind ]
Starting rpcbind done
Not starting NFS client services - no NFS found in /etc/fstab:unused
Mount CIFS File Systems unused
Starting jexec services<notice>checkproc: /usr/sbin/nmbd 3232
<notice>checkproc: /usr/sbin/nmbd 3232
<notice>killproc: kill(3232,15)
<notice>startproc: execve (/usr/sbin/nmbd)  /usr/sbin/nmbd -D -s /etc/samba/smb.conf ],  CONSOLE=/dev/console ROOTFS_FSTYPE=ext3 TERM=linux SHELL=/bin/sh ROOTFS_FSCK=0 LC_ALL=POSIX new_netbios_scope= INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.86 reason=RENEW SAMBA_DHCP_CONF_INFO_FILE=/var/adm/fillup-templates/samba-client-dhcp.conf DONT_USE_SYSLOG=no REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 INTERFACETYPE=eth COLUMNS=156 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin/:/usr/bin DO_CONFIRM= vga=0x31a old_netbios_scope= RUNLEVEL=5 SPLASHCFG=/etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/config/bootsplash-1280x1024.cfg PWD=/etc/sysconfig/network LANG=POSIX new_netbios_name_servers=   PREVLEVEL=N LINES=60 SHLVL=11 HOME=/ SPLASH=yes splash=silent ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6H500F0_H805FN0H-part6 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/usr/sbin/nmbd ]
<notice>checkproc: /usr/sbin/nmbd 3262
<notice>checkproc: /usr/bin/kdm 3073
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/acpid 2110
<notice>checkproc: /bin/dbus-daemon 2169
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/klogd 2141
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/syslog-ng 2158
<notice>checkproc: /usr/bin/kdm 3073
<notice>checkproc: /usr/sbin/hald 2447
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/rpcbind 3214
<notice>checkproc: /usr/sbin/nmbd 3262
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/udevd 674
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/rpcbind 3214
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/klogd 2141
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/syslog-ng 2158
<notice>checkproc: /usr/bin/kdm 3073
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/acpid 2110
<notice>checkproc: /bin/dbus-daemon 2169
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/klogd 2141
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/syslog-ng 2158
<notice>checkproc: /usr/bin/kdm 3073
<notice>checkproc: /usr/sbin/hald 2447
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/rpcbind 3214
<notice>checkproc: /usr/sbin/nmbd 3262
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/rpcbind 3214
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/klogd 2141
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/syslog-ng 2158
<notice>checkproc: /usr/bin/kdm 3073
<notice>checkproc: /sbin/udevd 674
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That’s not good. vboxdrv depends on syslog. Is syslog or syslog-ng enabled and running? Is syslog started early in the order?