Kernel 2.6.38 and VirtualBox 4.0

[jcjglt at lagoon.nc]

This closed my question :

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A quick and dirty fix could solve this problem.
create a symlink for generated/autoconf.h

as for your situation, it should be:

sudo ln -s
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-1-generic/include/generated/autoconf.h
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-1-generic/include/linux/

then compile the module again:

sudo service vboxdrv setup

I found another solution in the virtualbox forum but it asks to change
several paths in the source code and I think this one is more easy.

(sorry for my poor English)

Felix Yan
UNQUOTE

I have now a fully working 2.6.38-3-generic-lucid1 kernel, with a perfectly steady WiFi (the most important for me), a perfectly working VirtualBox and a faster laptop. About VirtualBox, the only drawback is that VirtualBox does not anymore start Windows XP when booted on older kernels (like 2.6.36-1 which was quite nice kernel also) but as I'm fully satisfied with 2.6.38, it does not matter.
One last question : shall I have to run this "dirty fix" each time I upgrade the kernel ?
Thanks again Felix yan for your efficiency.

Jean-Claude


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