Re: VirtualBox on Lenny 2.6.26-amd64 kernel?
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 05:51:13PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote:
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> Hi.
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> I've got Lenny, and I'm trying out the precompiled 2.6.26-amd64
> kernel, but not the 64bit install.
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I don't understand. Could you explain?
> VirtualBox is the only application I've found a problem with. When
> running the 2.6.26-686 kernel, everything runs fine. When I boot the
> 2.6.26-amd64 kernel, and yes I've compiled the module for that
> environment, it acts as if the module is a different version of VB
> than what is installed.
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> Is anyone else using the -amd64 kernel and VB?
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I'm using Lenny with the 2.6.26-2-amd64 kernel, and VirtualBox works
fine. After installation, and running "m-a a-i virtualbox-ose", a deb
file gets created in /usr/src. I don't know for sure if you are
required to "dpkg -i" that deb file, but I think I did.
-Rob
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