[vbox-dev] Announcement: VirtualBox 5.0.17 r106108 Guest Additions update for Linux guests - update to r106114

[Sérgio Basto]

On Qua, 2016-03-30 at 00:19 +0100, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> On Qua, 2016-03-23 at 03:11 +0000, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> > 
> > Without updated ( VirtualBox-5.0.17-r106108-r106114.patch ), X
> > started
> > and 3D works but kernel ooops on boot.   
> > With last patch update (VirtualBox-5.0.17-r106108-r106114.patch), X
> > not
> > started but no kernel ooops on boot.
> > This are the results of my tests ... 
> Hi, 
> After many tests and builds, I understood why X doesn't start. I
> found
> with help of original binaries and scripts, that vboxvideo.ko is
> removed, that is true ? and after remove vboxvideo.ko, all went fine
> ,
> 3D is working.
> So this Xorg.0.log message: VBoxVideo(0): kernel driver found, not
> loading ... UnloadModule: "vboxvideo", now makes sense.

Hello, 

in VBoxGuestAdditions_5.0.17-106140.iso, ./VBoxGuestAdditions-
amd64.tar.bz2, file init/vboxadd-x11, line 423 we got : 

           # Do not install if we can use the kernel driver.
            case `uname -r` in
                1.* | 2.* | 3.[0-9].* | 3.10.* ) ;;
                * ) vboxvideo_src="" ;;
            esac

So for kernels bigger than 3.11 (we are in 4.4), 
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vboxvideo_drv.so is deleted 
and not vboxvideo.ko, sorry about my mistake in my previous email. 
Note that remove vboxvideo.ko and add modules/drivers/vboxvideo_drv.so
also worked :-) .

But yes, it is working even better !  
Thanks for your good work !

> Best regards,
-- 
Sérgio M. B.