From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 24 01:23:35 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81C9D106566B for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 01:23:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail1.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:201:1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 316248FC22 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 01:23:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o4O1M14I030839 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 23 May 2010 18:22:01 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 7B2CA1CC3A; Sun, 23 May 2010 18:22:01 -0700 (PDT) To: zaxis In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 23 May 2010 17:12:09 PDT." <28652745.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 18:22:01 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20100524012201.7B2CA1CC3A@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2010-05-21_02:2010-02-06, 2010-05-21, 2010-05-23 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-1005230198 Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox 3.2.0 port X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 01:23:35 -0000 > Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 17:12:09 -0700 (PDT) > From: zaxis > Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org > > Of course, i am root. "%" is a root prompt. I remember i have ever run > VBOX-3.x.x successfully using the GENERIC kernel long before, however it > cannot work after using the customized kernel. And the customized kernel is > the same as the GENERIC kernel except its name(MYKERNEL). You say "of course", and it is probably obvious to you, but the is something that is preventing the 'make config' from working. There is no special magic involved. So something, probably something trivial...so trivial no one has thought to check it, is wrong. OK. You are root. You have X running (though this is utterly irrelevant as far as I can see). Have you looked at the /var/db/ports to confirm whether virtualbox-ose is present and writable. (Normally 755). Does it contain an "options" file. If so, is it protected at 644? If not present, is /var/db/ports system writable and executable? Can you do 'make config' on other ports? There is nothing special about the 'make config' in this port. If you can do 'make config' for other ports, you should be able to do it for virtualbox-ose. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751