Bug 8826

Summary: Virtualbox dmks break on new install
Product: Mageia Reporter: Arnaud Vacquier <arnaud>
Component: RPM PackagesAssignee: Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: critical    
Priority: Normal CC: tmb
Version: Cauldron   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://www.mageialinux-online.org/forum/topic-14446.php
Whiteboard: MGA4TOO
Source RPM: CVE:
Status comment:
Bug Depends on: 12384, 12578    
Bug Blocks:    

Description Arnaud Vacquier 2013-01-26 13:46:13 CET 
hi
Description of problem:

after install virtualbox (urpmi virtualbox)
i create new computer but, when i launch the new computer crashing.

After help, we see the "dkms-virtualbox" is not install with virtualbox.

The dependancy is break, can you add "dkms-virtualbox" when we install virtualbox?

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Mageia 3 Kde x86_64

How reproducible:
urpmi virtualbox and do new computer



thank you,
sorry for bad english
Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2013-01-26 18:38:05 CET 
if you have the kmod module (pre-builded), you don't need the dkms.
but you will need to reboot before using it

so rpm -qa | grep virtual ?
Comment 2 Arnaud Vacquier 2013-01-27 08:59:29 CET 
hi,



[aranud@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep virtual
dkms-virtualbox-4.2.6-4.mga3
virtualbox-kernel-3.8.0-desktop-0.rc5.1.mga3-4.2.6-8.mga3
virtualbox-4.2.6-4.mga3
virtualbox-kernel-desktop-latest-4.2.6-8.mga3
[aranud@localhost ~]$ [aranud@localhost ~]$
Arnaud Vacquier 2013-11-03 21:38:30 CET

Whiteboard: (none) => MGA4TOO

Comment 3 Arnaud Vacquier 2014-02-24 23:51:55 CET 
still bug :(
Comment 4 Thomas Backlund 2014-02-25 00:16:50 CET 
No, we wont install dkms-virtualbox for every virtualbox user as it unnecessary pulls in devel packages

virtualbox already requires the kmod, and urpmi will prefer the prebuilt modules over dkms package...

for example on mga4:

# urpmq --requires virtualbox |grep kmod
kmod(vboxdrv)[== 4.3.6]

# urpmf --provides --literal "kmod(vboxdrv)"
dkms-virtualbox:kmod(vboxdrv)[== 4.3.6-1.mga4]
virtualbox-kernel-3.12.9-server-1.mga4:kmod(vboxdrv)[== 4.3.6-1.mga4]
virtualbox-kernel-3.12.9-desktop-1.mga4:kmod(vboxdrv)[== 4.3.6-1.mga4]

but I will look into autoloading the module on install so it wont need a 
restart or otherwise manual intervention to make it work oob

CC: (none) => tmb

Thomas Backlund 2014-02-25 00:21:26 CET

Depends on: (none) => 12384

Thomas Backlund 2014-02-25 01:08:25 CET

Depends on: (none) => 12578

Comment 5 Arnaud Vacquier 2014-02-27 22:21:50 CET 
Sorry but without DMKS i can't launch a virtual computer...
after install that, it is run perfect.
Comment 6 Thomas Backlund 2014-04-20 21:00:16 CEST 
Fixed in virtualbox 4.3.10 in mga3, mga4 and cauldron

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED