Re: [gentoo-user] Is my machine too old for virtualbox?

["Jesús Guerrero" <i92guboj@terra.es>]

On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:51:45 -0400, "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 09:28:03AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote
> 
>   I apologize for wasting everybody's time.  I didn't RTFM thoroughly
> enough.  Apparently, with the Sun install, and any time you build a new
> kernel, you have to "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup".  The result is...
> 
> [d530][root][~] /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
>  * Stopping VirtualBox kernel module ...
>  * [ ok ] * Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module ...
>  * [ ok ] * Starting VirtualBox kernel module ...
> 
> [d530][root][~]
> 
> ...and on rebooting, I get...
> 
> * Starting VirtualBox kernel module ...                         * [ ok ]
> 
>   While I'm at it, here's what I have in my .config regarding KVM. 
Since
> I don't use KVM, can I turn off all the options here without affecting
> virtualbox?
> 
> # CONFIG_CRYPTO_HW is not set
> CONFIG_HAVE_KVM=y
> CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP=y
> CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION=y
> CONFIG_KVM=y
> CONFIG_KVM_INTEL=y
> # CONFIG_KVM_AMD is not set
> # CONFIG_KVM_TRACE is not set
> # CONFIG_LGUEST is not set
> # CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI is not set
> # CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON is not set
> # CONFIG_BINARY_PRINTF is not set

kvm and virtualbox are not related, you can turn those on if you don't
need kvm. Virtualbox will continue working.
-- 
Jesús Guerrero