Unsupported Linux (Arch Linux)

[csutomi]

VirtualBox cannot determine the type of my distribution (neither in host nor in guest mode). I use Arch Linux with 2.6.22-ARCH kernel.

[Frank Mehnert]

You are talking about compiling the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxadd, vboxvfs), right?

[Michael Thayer]

You wrote that you are using version 1.4.0. Is this correct? Version 1.5.0 should at least install on Arch Linux (so far untested though).

[csutomi]

Yes, I'm talking about the kernel modules. I upgraded to version 1.5 and also that didn't work, but I solved the problem. There are virtualbox packages at ​ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/community/os/i686/. And I don't know the difference but it works finely. :) Virtualbox is the best virtualization software :)

[csutomi]

Hi!

I realized the following things:

• Arch Linux's kernel name is different from the utmost distribution's kernel
  

kernel name/location	distribution
/usr/src/linux-<version>	many distributions
/usr/src/linux-<version>-ARCH	Arch Linux

-> Solution: downloading the arch package of VirtualBox

• the installer cannot find where to place the rc.vboxdrv
  

location of daemons	location of vboxdrv	distribution
/etc/init.d	/etc/init.d	a lot of distributions
/etc/rc.d	/etc/rc.d	Slackware and similar distributions
/etc/rc.d	??	Arch linux

-> Solution: loading the kernel modules by hand: modprobe vboxdrv

[Michael Thayer]

Right, I have just seen that there is a typo in our installation script which prevents BSD support from working properly (we looked to see if /etc/rc.d/rc.local existed instead of /etc/rc.local). I will fix that now. If you would be interested in testing the fix, I will send you a link by private mail to a pre-release version of 1.5.2 including the fix.

[csutomi]

Thanks, but I cannot test it, because I'm using an own compiled kernel at the moment.

[Michael Thayer]

That shouldn't actually make a difference. Our kernel module is compiled at install time, so it should work with your kernel.

[csutomi]

OK, I'm waiting for the link.

[Michael Thayer]

Sent. Unfortunately the fix will no longer make it into 1.5.2 though.

[Michael Thayer]

Fix confirmed by the reporter.