From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 12 20:18:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D86701065673 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:18:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pz-freebsd-virtualization@ziemba.us) Received: from ziemba.us (osmtp.ziemba.us [208.106.105.149]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D0A58FC1B for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:18:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hairball.ziemba.us (localhost.ziemba.us [127.0.0.1]) by hairball.ziemba.us (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p9CKI3RI011487 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:18:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pz-freebsd-virtualization@ziemba.us) Received: (from mailnull@localhost) by hairball.ziemba.us (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id p9CKI3pC011486 for freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:18:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pz-freebsd-virtualization@ziemba.us) X-Authentication-Warning: hairball.ziemba.us: mailnull set sender to pz-freebsd-virtualization@ziemba.us using -f Received: (from news@localhost) by hairball.ziemba.us (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id p9CKI3Ix011449 for treehouse-mail-freebsd-virtualization@hairball.treehouse.napa.ca.us; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:18:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from news) From: "G. Paul Ziemba" To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:18:03 +0000 (UTC) Message-id: References: Errors-to: "G. Paul Ziemba" Subject: Re: vboxdrv.ko loaded, but no /dev/vboxdrv X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: paul+usenet@w6yx.stanford.edu List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:18:03 -0000 amvandemore@gmail.com (Adam Vande More) writes: >On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 4:04 PM, G. Paul Ziemba < >pz-freebsd-virtualization@ziemba.us> wrote: >> Hello wise ones, >> >> I have the recent (from a few days ago) virtualbox-ose and >> virtualbox-ose-kmod ports installed. Other ports are mostly >> from Jan, 2011. With vboxdrv.ko loaded, /dev/vboxdrv does not >> seem to be created and I don't know why. >> >> % kldstat >> Id Refs Address Size Name >> 1 34 0xc0400000 c4fc74 kernel >> 2 2 0xc1050000 2fc38 linux.ko >> 3 1 0xc1080000 1c420 snd_hda.ko >> 4 1 0xc109d000 9970 aio.ko >> 6 1 0xc73ce000 8000 linprocfs.ko >> 7 1 0xc78d1000 10000 ipfw.ko >> 8 1 0xc7bf9000 21000 kqemu.ko >> 9 1 0xc7cc2000 2000 blank_saver.ko >> 10 1 0xc7ee2000 68000 radeon.ko >> 11 1 0xc7f4a000 14000 drm.ko >> 12 1 0xc92fd000 b000 netgraph.ko >> 13 1 0xcbbc9000 2e000 vboxdrv.ko >> % ls /dev/vboxdrv >> ls: /dev/vboxdrv: No such file or directory >> % >> >> I originally had a RELENG_8 kernel and userland from Jan, 2011 on >> this host, but I csup-ed this morning (tag=RELENG_8) and built/ >> installed new kernel and userland. I also rebuilt virtualbox-ose >> and virtualbox-ose-kmod afterwards. >> >> There seems to be some logging facility in the vboxdrv code, but I >> do not understand how to enable it or where to look for the output. >> >> Thanks for any suggestions! >> >On a perfectly functioning vbox host, I don't have it either: >galacticdominator% ls /dev/vboxdrv >ls: /dev/vboxdrv: No such file or directory >but I do have: >galacticdominator% ls /dev/vboxdrv* >/dev/vboxdrv0 Unfortunately, no /dev/vboxdrv* here: % ls /dev/vboxdrv* ls: No match. -- G. Paul Ziemba FreeBSD unix: 1:16PM up 1 day, 51 mins, 11 users, load averages: 0.49, 0.63, 0.72