id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
7535	loading vboxdrv fails with supdrvGipCreate: failed to allocate the GIP page	scai		"Hi,

Installing vbox or running ''/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'' fails during the module loading step, here is the output of dmesg:
{{{
vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog permanently...
vboxdrv: Successfully done.
vboxdrv: Found 1 processor cores.
supdrvGipCreate: failed to allocate the GIP page. rc=-8
}}}

System: Debian GNU/Linux squeeze/sid, kernel 2.6.32 (package version 2.6.32-''24'')

This also happens with older versions, for example 3.1.8, but only since upgrading the kernel package from version 2.6.32-''23'' to 2.6.32-''24''. With version 2.6.32-''23'', this problem does ''not'' occur, loading of the module succeeds.

Regards,
Alex
"	defect	closed	other	VirtualBox 3.2.8	invalid			other	Linux