Re: VirtualBox kernel mod compile fails
On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 00:37 +0400, Reco wrote:
> Hi again.
>
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:31:54 -0600
> Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
>
> > Setting up virtualbox-dkms (4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u1) ...
> …
> > Building only for 3.11-0.bpo.2-amd64
>
> You use backported kernel, but stock VirtualBox kernel module source.
> This won't fly.
>
> To make it work, you should upgrade virtualbox and its' dependents to
> wheezy-backports' versions.
DKMS should be able to build the modules for more or less every version
of virtual box with more or less every kernel headers, as long as they
are not years apart and as long as there should be no obscure Debian
patches. I'm doing this for different distros even with rt patched
kernels.
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