Re: Kernel 3.14.5-200.fc20.x86_64 won't boot: module problem

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On 06/11/2014 08:43 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On trying to boot the above kernel, I get a "Failed to start Load Kernel
> Modules" error. This appears to be caused by missing vboxdrv modules
> (from VirtualBox). Booting an earlier kernel works fine.
I have virtualbox installed and I also have that kernel. I just rebooted
this morning, so I know it works, and I just ran virtual box. It is showing
4.3.12r93733
 uname -a
Linux pauls-server 3.14.5-200.fc20.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 2 14:26:34 UTC
2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

> Two comments:
>
> 1) I thought DKMS was supposed to rebuild the VBox modules for each new
> kernel automatically. This has happened in the past but seems to have
> failed now. Why would this be and how can I fix it?
>
> 2) The error message was unhelpful as it didn't identify which modules
> failed. It took some searching to find what the problem was. Surely this
> could be done better. (In fact I'd argue that failing to load these
> modules shouldn't result in a failed boot, but I realize that's maybe
> harder to deal with).
>
> poc
>


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Paul Cartwright
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