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Verde Denim tdldev at gmail.com
Mon Feb 9 17:39:25 UTC 2009


On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:24 AM, Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 5:15 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>>> On 02/06/2009 11:38 AM, Preston Hagar wrote:
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>>> > About the only issue I have found is that when I do a kernel upgrade,
>>> > I usually have to reinstall the deb file so it can rebuild kernel
>>> > modules for the new kernel.  Other than that I have not had any
>>> > issues.
>>>
>>> From the same link you provided:
>>> Note: Ubuntu users might want to install the dkms package (not available
>>> on Debian) to ensure that the VirtualBox host kernel modules (vboxdrv
>>> and vboxnetflt) are properly updated if the linux kernel version changes
>>> during the next apt-get upgrade.
>>>
>>> $ sudo apt-get install dkms
>>>
>>> and you should be fine. If not, then follow the popup instructions (same
>>> as provided by Christoph).
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>> All
>> Thanks for the suggestions. I've tried both alternatives, and so far, I'm
>> pretty happy with the tests performed on virualbox. I'm going to run the
>> install on my 8.04 machine. I appreciate the suggestions and the additional
>> notes re: dkms. I'll get both up and running on my machine later this
>> evening.
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>> Jack
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> I got the installation completed, along with dkms. For some reason, it
> isn't showing up on the menu anywhere. Do you know where it should be
> located?
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> Thanks
>

DOH! Spoke too soon... It showed up a few minutes later. Sorry.

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