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FS#22538 - Unable to compile VirtualBox kernel modules on 2.6.38 kernel

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Alphazo (alphazo) - Friday, 21 January 2011, 15:34 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Thursday, 17 February 2011, 19:50 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Upstream Bugs
Status Closed
Assigned To Ionut Biru (wonder)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: I have switched from 2.6.36 kernel to 2.6.38rc1-2 from AUR. When I try to recompile the kernel modules for my new kernel by doing "sudo /etc/rc.d/vboxdrv setup" it says [BUSY] forever. I waited more than 10 minutes on a i5 core but nothing happened.

ps aux | grep make reports:
root 3055 0.0 0.0 12632 1200 pts/0 S+ 16:33 0:00 make -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.38-rc1-mainline/Makefile silentoldconfig
root 3172 0.0 0.0 13572 2104 pts/0 S+ 16:33 0:00 make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=scripts/kconfig silentoldconfig
alpha 3182 0.0 0.0 10464 972 pts/2 S+ 16:33 0:00 grep --color=auto make
root 3749 0.0 0.0 10256 872 pts/0 S+ 16:18 0:00 make --no-print-directory install
root 3753 0.0 0.0 13500 1564 pts/0 S+ 16:18 0:00 /bin/sh -c make -sC /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc1-mainline/build --no-print-directory kernelrelease 2> /dev/null || true
root 3754 2.0 0.0 13592 2132 pts/0 S+ 16:18 0:18 make -sC /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc1-mainline/build --no-print-directory kernelrelease


Package version: virtualbox 4.0.2-1
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Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 19:50 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  4.0.4

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Friday, 21 January 2011, 15:46 GMT
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Bugtracker
Comment by Alphazo (alphazo) - Friday, 21 January 2011, 15:52 GMT
Done. http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/8143
Comment by Brad Fanella (cesura) - Saturday, 22 January 2011, 18:02 GMT
2.6.38* (and the AUR in general) are unsupported by Arch Devs/TUs. Unfortunately, this problem is only concerning if you were using kernel26 in core/testing or kernel26-lts in core.
Comment by Alphazo (alphazo) - Sunday, 23 January 2011, 14:07 GMT
Brad, I understand the situation with AUR. Switched to testing (2.6.37) and no issue with VirtualBox modules.

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