Quite a Bright Light » Virtualbox http://www.quitebrightlight.com Mon, 10 May 2010 19:40:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Arch Linux: bash: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: No such file or directory http://www.quitebrightlight.com/2009/09/arch-linux-bash-etcinit-dvboxdrv-no-such-file-or-directory/ http://www.quitebrightlight.com/2009/09/arch-linux-bash-etcinit-dvboxdrv-no-such-file-or-directory/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:02:54 +0000 jefke http://www.quitebrightlight.com/?p=34
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:

bash: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: No such file or directory

Turns out that on Arch, there’s a different path to follow. As root, do:

/usr/bin/vbox_build_module

Followed by:

modprobe -r vboxdrv

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!

]]> http://www.quitebrightlight.com/2009/09/arch-linux-bash-etcinit-dvboxdrv-no-such-file-or-directory/feed/ 6 VirtualBox: WinXP guest from Ubuntu crashing and rebooting in openSUSE http://www.quitebrightlight.com/2009/05/virtualbox-winxp-guest-from-ubuntu-crashing-and-rebooting-in-opensuse/ http://www.quitebrightlight.com/2009/05/virtualbox-winxp-guest-from-ubuntu-crashing-and-rebooting-in-opensuse/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 10:16:53 +0000 jefke http://www.quitebrightlight.com/?p=24 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.

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