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