After a kernel upgrade, Virtualbox instructs you to run “/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup” as root. When you try this on Arch, you get an error message, however:
Turns out that on Arch, there’s a different path to follow. As root, do:
Followed by:
And you should be set! Still, if you’re not, please don’t hold me responsible. Everything you do as root is your own responsibility!
At work, I sometimes need Windows for legacy programs, or for not messing up the layout of protected Word documents. For all these little things, VirtualBox (non OSE for me) works like a charm. Since my switch from Ubuntu to openSUSE, however, I was unable to use the virtual windows disk (vdi file) I created under Ubuntu: right after booting up Windows, I would get a glimpse of a BSOD (blue screen), and Windows would reboot (not even leaving me time to study the BSOD). Booting into safe mode wouldn’t help.
Not wanting to create yet another virtual disk, I set out on an epic quest: a veritable search-and-destroy-the-cause mission. What finally fixed the whole thing, was setting the IDE Controller Type (Settings – General – Advanced) to PIX3 instead of PIX4. Apparently, the default setings are different between different distro’s.
