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 @@ -67,38 +67,34 @@ /* XXX Temporarily. Don't rely on the user to hack the Makefile himself! */ QString g_QStrHintLinuxNoMemory = QApplication::tr( - "This error means that the kernel driver was either not able to " + "This error means that the kernel libre driver was either not able to " "allocate enough memory or that some mapping operation failed." ); QString g_QStrHintLinuxNoDriver = QApplication::tr( - "The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or " + "The VirtualBox Linux-libre 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." + "libre module by executing

" + " 'pacman -S virtualbox-libre-modules'

" + "as root. If you don't use our stock kernel, install virtualbox-libre-source and " + "execute dkms install vboxhost/4.1.18 ." ); QString g_QStrHintOtherWrongDriverVersion = QApplication::tr( - "The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of " + "The VirtualBox kernel libre modules do not match this version of " "VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not " "successful. Please try completely uninstalling and reinstalling " "VirtualBox." ); 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." + "The VirtualBox kernel libre modules do not match this version of " + "VirtualBox. Reload the modules or if you don't use our stock kernel execute

" + " 'dkms install vboxhost/4.1.18'

" ); QString g_QStrHintOtherNoDriver = QApplication::tr( - "Make sure the kernel module has been loaded successfully." + "Make sure the kernel libre module has been loaded successfully." ); /* I hope this isn't (C), (TM) or (R) Microsoft support ;-) */ 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 libre module virtualbox-libre-modules or + if you don't use our stock kernel compile the modules with - sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup + sudo dkms install vboxhost/4.1.18 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.