Opened 3 years ago
#20867 new defect
Kernel modules not re-built on updating guest additions on Linux
| Reported by: | MAnantharaman | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | guest additions | Version: | VirtualBox 6.1.32 |
| Keywords: | kernel-module | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Windows |
Description
Calling ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run to install a new version of guest additions (here: 6.1.32) installs everything but does not re-build kernel-modules like vboxguest, vboxsf - and neither does rcvboxadd setup. The reason is that in the latter, specifically in the function setup_modules, a check is made whether vboxguest.*o* exists for the current kernel and gives up if it does - without checking the module-version. I worked around this by deleting vboxguest.ko ...
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