[vbox-dev] svn 13664 failed to allocate 5696 bytes
Jason Spiro
jasonspiro2 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 30 06:42:02 PDT 2008
2008/10/30 Antonio Doldo <antonio.doldo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I successufully compiled debian package from svn 13664, but i obtain an
> error at startup of VM's
>
>
> Failed to allocate 5696 bytes of contiguous memory for the world
> switcher code (VERR_NO_MEMORY).
> Unknown error creating VM (VERR_NO_MEMORY).
>
>
> Codice d'uscita:
> NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
> Componente:
> Console
> Interfaccia:
> IConsole {e3c6d4a1-a935-47ca-b16d-f9e9c496e53e}
>
>
> of course i have recompiled the vboxdrv module
Does the officially packaged Debian VirtualBox OSE work for you?
In other words, try uninstalling the kernel driver. Then type:
sudo aptitude install virtualbox-ose # it's in Debian main and Ubuntu multiverse
Does that version work?
Please CC me when you reply.
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