diff -Nur VirtualBox-4.1.6_OSE.orig/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/main.cpp VirtualBox-4.1.6_OSE/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/main.cpp
--- VirtualBox-4.1.6_OSE.orig/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/main.cpp 2011-11-04 17:22:13.636083176 +0000
+++ VirtualBox-4.1.6_OSE/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/main.cpp 2011-11-04 17:48:58.915541368 +0000
@@ -75,10 +75,9 @@
"The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or "
"there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel "
"module by executing
"
- " '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
"
- "as root. If it is available in your distribution, you should install the "
- "DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and "
- "recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary."
+ " 'pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules'
"
+ "as root. If you don't use our stock kernel, install virtualbox-host-source and "
+ "execute dkms autoinstall ."
);
QString g_QStrHintOtherWrongDriverVersion = QApplication::tr(
@@ -90,11 +89,8 @@
QString g_QStrHintLinuxWrongDriverVersion = QApplication::tr(
"The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of "
- "VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not "
- "successful. Executing
"
- " '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
"
- "may correct this. Make sure that you do not mix the "
- "OSE version and the PUEL version of VirtualBox."
+ "VirtualBox. Reload the modules or if you don't use our stock kernel execute
"
+ " 'dkms autoinstall'
"
);
QString g_QStrHintOtherNoDriver = QApplication::tr(
diff -Nur VirtualBox-4.1.6_OSE.orig/src/VBox/Installer/linux/VBox.sh VirtualBox-4.1.6_OSE/src/VBox/Installer/linux/VBox.sh
--- VirtualBox-4.1.6_OSE.orig/src/VBox/Installer/linux/VBox.sh 2011-11-04 17:22:13.549415814 +0000
+++ VirtualBox-4.1.6_OSE/src/VBox/Installer/linux/VBox.sh 2011-11-04 17:56:50.735874087 +0000
@@ -32,17 +32,18 @@
cat << EOF
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (`uname -r`) or it failed to
- load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by
+ load. Please reinstall the kernel module virtualbox-host-modules or
+ if you don't use our stock kernel compile the modules with
- sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
+ sudo dkms autoinstall
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
EOF
elif [ ! -c /dev/vboxdrv ]; then
cat << EOF
-WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist. Try
+WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist. Try to load the module
- sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv restart
+ sudo modprobe vboxdrv
and if that is not successful, try to re-install the package.