templates revision 6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncTemplate: virtualbox/group-vboxusers
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncType: note
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncDescription: Creating group 'vboxusers'.
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync Users of VirtualBox must be member of that group in order to have write
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync permissions to /dev/vboxdrv. Otherwise starting of VMs will not be possible.
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncTemplate: virtualbox/module-compilation-failed
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncType: note
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncDescription: Compilation of the kernel module FAILED!
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync VirtualBox will not start until this problem is fixed. Please consult
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out why the kernel module does not compile.
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync Most probably the kernel sources were not found. Install them and execute
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync as root.
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncTemplate: virtualbox/module-compilation-allowed
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncType: boolean
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncDefault: true
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncDescription: Should the vboxdrv kernel module be compiled now?
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync Unable to find a precompiled module for the current kernel!
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync .
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync Without a suitable kernel module you will never be able to start VMs. It is
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync strongly recommended to compile a kernel module now. The kernel headers and
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync the tools to build kernel modules (gcc, make, binutils, ...) are required.
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync However, in case a suitable kernel module already exists at another place you
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync might want to override the default position by setting KDIR=<full_path_to_vboxdrv_module>
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync in /etc/default/virtualbox. The compilation can also be done later by executing
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync as root.
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncTemplate: virtualbox/delete-old-modules
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncType: boolean
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncDefault: true
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsyncDescription: Delete old modules?
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync Old vboxdrv modules found. It is recommended to purge these modules as they might not
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync work together with this version of VirtualBox. The module re-compilation can be
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync forced later by executing
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync as root
6be66de4257f4f564e35f7b8ee57a282e3cf3e96vboxsync