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Hello,
after upgrading from openSUSE 11.1 to 11.2 by new installation my virtualbox is not running anymore.
I tried the OSE version from the openSUSE DVD as well as the SUN version from SUN’s download site.
The VirtualBox software is starting but when I want to start a VM this is not possible with this message :

**Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executing

‘/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup’

as root. Users of Ubuntu, Fedora or Mandriva should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.**

The reinstallation of kernel module ends like this :

**pc-uwe-1:~ # /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module, NOT. It has been packaged.Recompiling VirtualBox netflt kernel module, NOT. It has been packaged. done
Starting VirtualBox kernel module failed
(modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use ‘dmesg’ to find out why)
pc-uwe-1:~ # **

and dmesg shows this :

** 250.830204] warning: `VirtualBox’ uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)
**

This was tested with the OSE version.

After deinstalling the OSE version and installing the current SUN version 3.1.0 this messages appear during module reinstallation :

**pc-uwe-1:~ # /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel module done
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module failed
(Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong)
pc-uwe-1:~ # cat /var/log/vbox-install.log
Makefile:155: Warning: using /usr/src/linux as the source directory of your Linux kernel. If this is not correct, specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again.
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.12 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.12 modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (
echo;
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";
echo " Run ‘make oldconfig && make prepare’ on kernel src to fix it.";
echo;
/bin/false)

ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.
include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.
Run ‘make oldconfig && make prepare’ on kernel src to fix it.

mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.12/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.12/.tmp_versions/*

WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.31.5-0.1/Module.symvers
is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.

make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.12
/tmp/vbox.12/Makefile:155: Warning: using /usr/src/linux as the source directory of your Linux kernel. If this is not correct, specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again.
gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.12/linux/.SUPDrv-linux.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.4/include -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.31.5-0.1/arch/x86/include -include include/linux/autoconf.h -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/src/linux/include -I/tmp/vbox.12/ -I/tmp/vbox.12/include -I/tmp/vbox.12/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DCONFIG_VBOXDRV_AS_MISC -DRT_ARCH_X86 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPDrv_linux)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxdrv)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.12/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o /tmp/vbox.12/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c
/tmp/vbox.12/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:1: error: code model ‘kernel’ not supported in the 32 bit mode
/tmp/vbox.12/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:1: sorry, unimplemented: 64-bit mode not compiled in
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vbox.12/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [module/tmp/vbox.12] Error 2
make: *** [vboxdrv] Error 2
pc-uwe-1:~ #**

What is to be done to get VirtualBox running again ?
I need the SUN version because of USB support.

Regards
U w e

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Other guys have asked the same question in the forum. Please do a search.

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I had the same issue, then installed the package “kernel-syms”. After this, the “/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup” worked fine.

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It’s works for me too.

I’m using openSUSE 11.2 “Emerald” and kernel:

suse:/home/alessandro/# uname -a
Linux suse 2.6.31.8-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-12-15 23:55:40 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

5

Same here, no issues running VBox on 11.2.

As posted before, there is a thread on this forum with the specific packages to install and the instructions.

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If you have a new kernel you need new sources.

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Virtual Box (Sun Version) Install HowTo - openSUSE Forums

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gogalthorp wrote:

>
> If you have a new kernel you need new sources.
>
>
Also need to rerun “/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup” after install of Vbox.
If not done vbox will not start.

Russ
[openSUSE 11.2 (2.6.31.8-0.1-desktop, x86_64] KDE 4.3.4 release 2,
Intel Core 2 Dual E7200, 4 GB RAM, GeForce 8400 GS, 320GB Disc (2)

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Just look here:cannot compile virtualbox kernel - openSUSE Forums