[vbox-dev] Segmentation fault while inserting the kernel module - VirtualBox OSE 1.4.0

[Larry Finger]

Eugéne Suter wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm trying to make a package of VirtualBox OSE 1.4.0 for VectorLinux 
> 5.8, a Slackware 11 derivative distro.
> 
> These are the specs:
> 
> - GCC/G++ 3.4.6
> - Glibc 2.3.6
> - Kernel 2.6.18.5 <http://2.6.18.5>
> - Qt 3.3.5
> 
> I have all the other dependencies taken care of, and the sources compile 
> just fine (and seemingly faster than they did with version 1.3.x).
> 
> However, after the build finishes and after entering the 
> out/linux.x86/release/bin/ directory, running "insmod vboxrv.ko" gives a 
> segmentation fault:
> 
> root:# insmod vboxdrv.ko
> Segmentation fault
> 
> And the output of lsmod shows that the module is not loaded properly 
> (its quoted):
> 
> root:# lsmod | grep vboxdrv
> "vboxdrv"              43494  1
> 
> Yeah, the vboxdrv appears quoted in lsmod...
> And then of course the vboxdrv device does not appear in /dev, so even 
> though the virtualbox GUI runs fine, I can't do anything with it.
> 
> I have done several Google searches that have pointed me to threads 
> where people have had segmentation faults while running the GUI, but not 
> while inserting the kernel module.
> 
> Can anyone here please shed some light on this problem?
> Thanks in advance!

Do you get anything in /var/log/messages regarding the oops?

Larry