RHEL 7.4 vboxvideo driver doesn't load

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nvidia5500
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Joined: 6. Aug 2017, 17:17

RHEL 7.4 vboxvideo driver doesn't load

Post by nvidia5500 »

Hey all,

Upon upgrading RHEL 7.3 -> 7.4, the VBox guest additions doesn't seem to load the vboxvideo driver even though it's successfully compiled:

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# insmod /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/misc/vboxvideo.ko
insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/misc/vboxvideo.ko: Invalid parameters

Also logs from Xorg also show the same problem:

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[    10.977] (==) Matched vboxvideo as autoconfigured driver 0
[    10.977] (II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
[    10.978] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vboxvideo
....
[    10.978] (EE) Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (module does not exist, 0)
PocketSizeSun
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Joined: 7. Aug 2017, 22:57

Re: RHEL 7.4 vboxvideo driver doesn't load

Post by PocketSizeSun »

On my setup I am seeing (v7.4 vs 7.3) the vboxvideo driver is not being built for X11 (or installed) for X11.

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[user@r74vm ~]$ sudo find /usr -name vbox\*
/usr/sbin/vbox-uninstall-guest-additions
/usr/sbin/vbox-greeter
/usr/src/vboxguest-5.1.26
/usr/lib/systemd/system/vboxadd-x11.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/vboxadd-service.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/vboxadd.service
/usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/misc/vboxvideo.ko
/usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/misc/vboxsf.ko
/usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/misc/vboxguest.ko

...
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:48:[    10.459] (==) Matched vboxvideo as autoconfigured driver 0
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:53:[    10.459] (II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:54:[    10.459] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vboxvideo
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:55:[    10.459] (II) UnloadModule: "vboxvideo"
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:56:[    10.459] (II) Unloading vboxvideo
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:57:[    10.459] (EE) Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (module does not exist, 0)
...

Installed packages:
xorg-x11-drivers.x86_64              7.7-6.el7               @anaconda/7.2
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau.x86_64          1:1.0.13-3.el7          @rhel-7-server-rpms
...
xorg-x11-drv-vmware.x86_64           13.2.1-1.el7            @rhel-7-server-rpms
...
xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64          1.19.3-11.el7           @rhel-7-server-rpms
xorg-x11-server-common.x86_64        1.19.3-11.el7           @rhel-7-server-rpms
xorg-x11-server-utils.x86_64         7.7-20.el7              @rhel-7-server-rpms
xorg-x11-utils.x86_64                7.5-22.el7              @rhel-7-server-rpms
CentOS 7 (aka RHEL 7.3)

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[user@c7 dev]$ sudo find /usr -name vbox\*
/usr/sbin/vbox-greeter
/usr/sbin/vbox-uninstall-guest-additions
/usr/src/vboxguest-5.1.26
/usr/lib/systemd/system/vboxadd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/vboxadd-service.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/vboxadd-x11.service
/usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-514.26.2.el7.x86_64/misc/vboxsf.ko
/usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-514.26.2.el7.x86_64/misc/vboxvideo.ko
/usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-514.26.2.el7.x86_64/misc/vboxguest.ko
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vboxvideo_drv.so

...
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:48:[    13.960] (==) Matched vboxvideo as autoconfigured driver 0
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:53:[    13.960] (II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:54:[    13.960] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vboxvideo_drv.so
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:55:[    13.961] (II) Module vboxvideo: vendor="Oracle Corporation"
...

Installed packages:
xorg-x11-drivers.x86_64                7.7-6.el7                       @anaconda
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau.x86_64            1:1.0.11-4.el7                  @anaconda
...
xorg-x11-drv-vmware.x86_64             13.0.2-7.20150211git8f0cf7c.el7 @anaconda
...
xorg-x11-server-Xorg.x86_64            1.17.2-22.el7                   @anaconda
xorg-x11-server-common.x86_64          1.17.2-22.el7                   @anaconda
xorg-x11-server-utils.x86_64           7.7-14.el7                      @anaconda
xorg-x11-utils.x86_64                  7.5-14.el7                      @anaconda
Hope this is helpful in tracking down what changed in RHEL 7.4 for the video driver. I've really gotten used the the auto-resize guest :-)

Thanks!
erkan
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Joined: 20. Aug 2017, 13:48

Re: RHEL 7.4 vboxvideo driver doesn't load

Post by erkan »

Hi,

Same problem. vboxvideo.ko is not loading. I workaround the problem by downgrading x11 from 1.19 to 1.17.
elektronen
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Joined: 28. Aug 2017, 18:51

Re: RHEL 7.4 vboxvideo driver doesn't load

Post by elektronen »

Current 5.2 Beta 2 and its Guest Additions work correctly with Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.4 guest. I was seeing the same issues described in this thread with official 5.1.26.
JiF_Brodeur
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Joined: 19. Sep 2017, 03:37

Re: RHEL 7.4 vboxvideo driver doesn't load

Post by JiF_Brodeur »

Hi Running the latest version of BETA2 with kernel 4.1.12 X11 version 1.19 to no avail, what configuration did you get it to work?
Thanks
Jean-Frs
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