Changeset 62830 in vbox

Timestamp:

Aug 1, 2016 4:27:49 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

svn:sync-xref-src-repo-rev:

109426

Message:

bugref:8480: Guest Additions: Cannot unload vboxguest on upgrade: changed the failure message that the guest drivers could not be unloaded when old Additions are removed to a warning that the user may need to reboot for changes to take effect.

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/Additions/linux/installer/vboxadd.sh (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/Additions/linux/installer/vboxadd.sh

@@ -266 +266 @@
         fail "Cannot unmount vboxsf folders"
     fi
-    if running_vboxsf; then
-        rmmod vboxsf 2>/dev/null || fail "Cannot unload module vboxsf"
-    fi
-    if running_vboxguest; then
-        rmmod vboxguest 2>/dev/null || fail "Cannot unload module vboxguest"
-        rm -f $userdev || fail "Cannot unlink $userdev"
-        rm -f $dev || fail "Cannot unlink $dev"
-    fi
+    modprobe -q -r -a vboxvideo vboxsf vboxguest
+    egrep -q 'vboxguest|vboxsf|vboxvideo' /proc/modules &&
+        echo "You may need to restart your guest system to finish removing the guest drivers."
+    rm -f $userdev || fail "Cannot unlink $userdev"
+    rm -f $dev || fail "Cannot unlink $dev"
     succ_msg
     return 0