Virtualbox after 10.04 upgrade

[Clay Weber]

On Saturday, May 22, 2010 08:11:24 pm Reinhold Rumberger wrote:
> On Sunday 23 May 2010, D. R. Evans wrote:
> > Georgi Kourtev said the following at 05/22/2010 01:42 PM :
> > > On Friday 21 May 2010 20:19:18 D. R. Evans wrote:
> > >> D. R. Evans said the following at 05/01/2010 09:14 AM :
> > >>> Georgi Kourtev said the following at 04/30/2010 05:33 AM :
> > >>>> Hi,
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> After the upgrade my virtaulbox mashine stopped 
working.
> > >>>> While truing to run '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' I got
> > >>>> message that the vboxdrv module cannot be unloaded.
> > >> 
> > >> For anyone who cares about this issue, the recommended 
fix is
> > >> to remove the virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms package.
> > >> 
> > >>   Doc
> > > 
> > > Actually after the release of VB for Lucid, I did the upgrade
> > > and all was back again immediately. Don't forget to change 
the
> > > key for the repository as it has been changed from Sun's to
> > > Oracle's.
> > 
> > I did the lucid update on my laptop and this bug was definitely
> > still present. Having fixed the problem by following the advice
> > to remove virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms, though, I'm still left with
> > several other problems that make virtualbox unusable. I haven't
> > had time to google yet and find the fixes for these bugs.
> 
> Georgi is obviously using the non-free Virtualbox, as am I. Neither
> of us seem to have significant problems, so there kind of is the
> question whether that would be an alternative for you?
> 
>   --Reinhold


Agreed,  especially as the 3.2 available from VB themselves seems 
to be  bit better stability-wise (for me at least). Also note that 
Multiverse packages come without support:

http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/components

""multiverse" component

The "multiverse" component contains software that is "not free", 
which means the licensing requirements of this software do not 
meet the Ubuntu "main" Component License Policy. 

The onus is on you to verify your rights to use this software and 
comply with the licensing terms of the copyright holder. 

This software is not supported and usually cannot be fixed or 
updated. Use it at your own risk."

Clay