[vbox-dev] Building/using VirtualBox modules on Tails

[Alexey Eromenko]

1. try to compile vbox without security hardening. + show us output
2. try to compile vbox with security hardening. + show us output

I need to see at which stage it fails.

How to see kernel module versions ?
# modinfo vboxdrv


On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 3:23 AM, Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Alexey Eromenko <al4321 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hard to answer, because I don't know how Tails works.
>
> https://tails.boum.org/
>
> > Just see what makes VirtualBox tick in standard Linux (by manually
> compiling
> > and installing vbox), and see how Tails is any different from standard
> > Linux. (at which stage things break apart)
>
> I've tried as much as I can think of (checking /etc/init.d, syslog,
> dmesg, lsmod, etc.).
>
> > In general, you need only one primary kernel module:
> > -vboxdrv
> > (other modules are optional)
>
> Ok.
>
> > +one primary service:
> > -VBoxSVC
>
> the vboxsvc and other modules are loaded. /dev/vboxdrv
> exists, and looking in /lib/modules shows the virtualbox modules are
> under the running kernel
>
> > And they all need to match in version with GUI.
>
> Yes, I've got matching versions, but Virtualbox doesn't consider them
> usable.
>
> How does Virtualbox try to load the modules / check the version
> numbers? Is there some vbox logging I can enable to debug this?
>
> I suspect a bad file permission, missing file, or something along
> those lines, but I need to know what makes vbox fail..
>
> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 3:03 AM, Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Austin English <
> austinenglish at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi there,
> >> >
> >> > I've tried to use the community support but gotten no useful replies,
> >> > and this is more of a developer level question anyway..
> >> >
> >> > I'm trying to fix this issue in Tails:
> >> > https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/5606
> >> >
> >> > I've gotten the modules to build and install, and when I boot up the
> >> > modified Tails, the vboxsvc and other modules are loaded. /dev/vboxdrv
> >> > exists, and looking in /lib/modules shows the virtualbox modules are
> >> > under the running kernel. Making a new vm and trying to start it,
> >> > however, fails, saying that the modules aren't loaded (possible
> >> > version mismatch). I don't get any extra logging on stdout/stderr to
> >> > tell me what is missing / what it's looking for.
> >> >
> >> > What logs/options could I use to debug what's going on? Is there any
> >> > documentation I missed for this?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > -Austin
> >>
> >> Ping.
> >>
> >> --
> >> -Austin
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"
>
>
>
> --
> -Austin
>



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