Some problems with virtualbox
I checked the symlink, and it is pointed to the running kernel~~~
when I recompile the kernel with DRM support, all things back to normal......
2010/5/20 Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
Chen Huan wrote:
Hi everyone, after I installed virtualbox, when I compile the kernel and execute "make modules_install", the message appears:
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown symbol drm_open
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown symbol drm_fasync
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown symbol drm_poll
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown symbol drm_core_get_reg_ofs
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown symbol drm_ioctl
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown symbol drm_exit
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown symbol drm_core_get_map_ofs
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown symbol drm_init
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown symbol drm_vblank_init
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown symbol drm_mmap
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown symbol drm_core_reclaim_buffers
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko needs unknown symbol drm_release
and when I execute "modprobe vboxvideo", it saied
FATAL: Error inserting vboxvideo (/lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo-r2/misc/vboxvideo.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
the output of dmesg is :
vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_open
vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_fasync
vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_poll
vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_core_get_reg_ofs
vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_ioctl
vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_exit
vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_core_get_map_ofs
vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_init
vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_vblank_init
vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_mmap
vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_core_reclaim_buffers
vboxvideo: Unknown symbol drm_release
But when I use Virtualbox, all things are normal, I wanna know why there are so many warnings, and why I cannot modprobe vboxvideo
Does it because my kernel didn't include DRM?
Many thanks
I don't know anything about virtualbox but are you sure you have the symlink pointing to the running kernel? *I mention because it sounds like something I would do. *;-)
Dale
:-) *:-)
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