VirtualBox

Opened 6 years ago

Last modified 6 years ago

#17683 new defect

vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxpci failed with linux 4.15 (centos7) -> fixed after (not in) 5.1.36

Reported by: zw Owned by:
Component: host support Version: VirtualBox 5.1.34
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: Linux

Description (last modified by Michael Thayer)

centos7 update kernel to 4.15.11 elrepo ,and vbox install have some problems with "vboxpci:

Unknown symbol vfs_write (err 0)"

uname -a
Linux crmdev205 4.15.11-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 19 11:46:06 EDT 2018 x86_64 x86_64 

x86_64 GNU/Linux


 ./VirtualBox-5.1.34-121010-Linux_amd64.run 
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox for Linux installation.............
VirtualBox Version 5.1.34 r121010 (2018-02-26T15:29:57Z) installer
Removing previous installation of VirtualBox 5.1.32 r120294 from /opt/VirtualBox
Installing VirtualBox to /opt/VirtualBox
Python found: python, installing bindings...
vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxpci failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.

There were problems setting up VirtualBox.  To re-start the set-up process, run
  /sbin/vboxconfig
as root.

VirtualBox has been installed successfully.

You will find useful information about using VirtualBox in the user manual
  /opt/VirtualBox/UserManual.pdf
and in the user FAQ
  http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ

We hope that you enjoy using VirtualBox.

[root@crmdev205 soft]# dmesg | tail -f 
[1746570.104013] vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version 5.1.34 (interface 0x002a0000)
[1746570.312366] VBoxNetFlt: Successfully started.
[1746570.318263] VBoxNetAdp: Successfully started.
[1746570.321467] vboxpci: Unknown symbol vfs_write (err 0)
[1747176.620175] vboxdrv: Found 32 processor cores
[1747176.635978] vboxdrv: TSC mode is Invariant, tentative frequency 1999998028 Hz
[1747176.635979] vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version 5.1.34 (interface 0x002a0000)
[1747176.840965] VBoxNetFlt: Successfully started.
[1747176.844354] VBoxNetAdp: Successfully started.
[1747176.846577] vboxpci: Unknown symbol vfs_write (err 0)

Change History (2)

comment:1 by Michael Thayer, 6 years ago

Description: modified (diff)
Summary: vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxpci failed with linux 4.15 (centos7)vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxpci failed with linux 4.15 (centos7) -> fixed after (not in) 5.1.36

See comment:ticket:17267:6. Sorry, I forgot to apply this to 5.1 releases. It is fixed in all 5.2 releases and in 5.1 test builds as of revision 122139.

comment:2 by Michael Thayer, 6 years ago

Test builds are at wiki:Testbuilds. The fixed builds should appear later today.

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