On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:01:02 -0400 Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 08:15:46AM -0700, walt wrote > > > I'm using the vbox svn repository from Sun, so I haven't tried > > building the portage version. > > As I mentioned, I'm using Sun's install because the portage install > dies. > > > What problem do you see? > > At bootup I get... > * Starting VirtualBox kernel module ... > * modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why > > I'm attaching dmesg output in the hope that someone can figure this > out. > > -- > Walter Dnes <[email protected]>
Do you have vboxdrv in your kernel? My kernel has the module build, as evidenced by command 'locate vboxdrv' displaying: /lib64/modules/2.6.28-gentoo-r5-xfs/misc/vboxdrv.ko I'm don't know which kernel option creates vboxdrv, but google surely knows :-> HTH, David
