Hi László, On Sunday 04 May 2008, László Monda wrote: > As an Ubuntu user who has recently upgraded to 4G RAM, I had to compile > a custom kernel with high memory support because Ubuntu doesn't ship > such a kernel with restricted drivers which I happen to use. > > Next, I've installed virtualbox_1.6.0-30421_Ubuntu_gutsy_i386.deb > successfully. > > ----8<---- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup > * Stopping VirtualBox kernel module > * done. > * Removing old VirtualBox kernel module > * done. > * Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module > * done. > * Starting VirtualBox kernel module > * modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dmesg > > [ 1608.644113] vboxdrv: Trying to deactivate the NMI watchdog > permanently... > [ 1608.644117] vboxdrv: Successfully done. > [ 1608.644119] vboxdrv: Found 2 processor cores. > [ 1608.644131] vboxdrv: fAsync=0 u64DiffCores=406. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lsmod | grep vboxdrv > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# modprobe vboxdrv > FATAL: Error inserting vboxdrv > (/lib/modules/2.6.24-whisper-2008-05-03/misc/vboxdrv.ko): Cannot > allocate memory > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# free > total used free shared buffers > cached > Mem: 4139832 1190780 2949052 0 55336 > 735604 > -/+ buffers/cache: 399840 3739992 > Swap: 0 0 0 > > ----8<---- > > Considering the amount of free memory, it's impossible for vboxdrv to > not to have enough memory. > > Please help me solving this issue, I'd gladly provide any information > you need.
please could you open a bug report and attach the .config file of your Linux kernel there? The error code 'Cannot allocate memory' does not necessarily mean that there is not enough memory but that there is not enough memory of a dedicated type of that a mapping fails. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/
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