Opened 4 years ago
Last modified 4 years ago
#20017 new defect
VB installation failing in linux kernel drivers installation
| Reported by: | jepjepus | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | installer | Version: | VirtualBox 6.1.16 |
| Keywords: | vboxpci linux debian | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Host is a Debian 10. Kernel is 5.9.3.
Compilation of modules located in /usr/src/vboxhost-6.1.16 fail during the install stage. It is the vboxpci driver.
I checked its content and it seems there has been some cleaning there (all Makefile*) files, etc.
I have managed to bypass that failure to install and all other drivers get installed (I just renamed the vboxpci to vboxpci.del in order to be bypassed).
I can run VirtualBox but then (my guess is that) VT-d, for the guest machines, cannot be enabled.
Regards, Josep


I have checked testing version 6.1.17.
It seems that vboxpci driver has been removed.
VirtualBox GUI does not allow selecting "Enable Nested VT-x/AMD-V" under System>Processor but under the Settings the Acceleration is shown as "VT-x/AMD-V, Nested Paging".
I imagine next release will have the vboxpci folder removed.