On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/06/14 18:40, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >> On Wed, 2014-06-11 at 20:01 +0530, Sudhir Khanger wrote: >>> >>> Do you have RPMFusions's VB or the one from Oracle's repo? I found >>> RPMFusion's build problematic as they provide modules through kmod. >>> Akmod >>> can automatically build modules for you. >>> >>> So I have switched to Oracle's version. It comes >>> with /etc/init.d/vboxdrv >>> that you could run manually to build the modules using following >>> command. >>> >>> /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup >> >> >> I have the RPMfusion one. I'll remove it and try the Oracle one, thanks. >> >> poc >> > > AFAICS, the RpmFusion package uses akmod not DKMS to build the kernel > module(s). > > With kmod you have two options either install kmod-VirtualBox which has > pre-built kernel modules in which case you'll have to wait for the package > to get updated to get the modules for the updated kernel; or install > akmod-VirtualBox which should build the module at boot, of course the build > can fail and require a patch... etc. > > -- > Ahmad Samir > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org I haven't had any problems with the Oracle supplied VirtualBox for a few months. The one from RPMFusion kept lagging behind; yum would upgrade to latest kernel irrespective of if VirtualBox's dependencies are met or not. -- Regards, Sudhir Khanger. sudhirkhanger.com https://github.com/donniezazen -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
