kernel drivers not loaded after restart of computer

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cnbiz850
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kernel drivers not loaded after restart of computer

Post by cnbiz850 »

I installed the newest version of VBox (the Puel version) on Ubuntu 9.10 64bits system. All things work fine except that the kernel drivers have to be manually reloaded every time I restart my computer. What I have to do each time is

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sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start

Otherwise, it complains about it and won't start the vm. I also have done

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sudo modprobe vboxdrv
It just works for the session and after restart of computer the drivers are still missing. This is very strange because I had installed it on a same system about a month ago and this problem didn't happen. I don't see much difference between the installs, except perhaps last time I downloaded and installed the deb package and this time I installed it from Synaptic (after adding vbox's repository in). But I have tried to remove it from Synaptic and reinstalled it via a deb package, and things are the same. I see also that there is the new version released on Oct 28. Could it be because of the new version?
Can anyone tell me what I have to do in order not to do that again after I login? Anyone has similar experience?
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Re: kernel drivers not loaded after restart of computer

Post by Perryg »

What version of VirtualBox are you using? Include the build number too. IE: 3.0.10-r54097
cnbiz850
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Re: kernel drivers not loaded after restart of computer

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Perryg wrote:What version of VirtualBox are you using? Include the build number too. IE: 3.0.10-r54097
3.0.10-r54097 exactly.
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Re: kernel drivers not loaded after restart of computer

Post by cnbiz850 »

Found that it was actually my mistake. The problem is due to a change in /etc/init.d/rc where I changed CONCURRENCY=none to CONCURRENCY=shell. Changed it back and things are normal now.

Sorry for the trouble.
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