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figueroa
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Re: busted virtualboxes

#31 Post by figueroa »

By the way, one you find the kernel drivers in /lib/modules, you can quickly grep each module for the intended version i.e.:

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$ grep 5.2.24 vboxdrv.ko
Binary file vboxdrv.ko matches
That's a quick-and-dirty check for the driver version.
Andy Figueroa
Using Unix from 1984; GNU/Linux from 1993

toto
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Re: busted virtualboxes

#32 Post by toto »

Stevo,

Here is the result of "uname -a"

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Linux mx 4.19.0-5-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.37-2~mx17+1 (2019-05-15) x86_64 GNU/Linux
figueroa, the modules ARE found

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Re: busted virtualboxes

#33 Post by toto »

Virtualbox 5.2.24 is now running without any issues.

I had to uninstall Kernel 4.19 from MX Package Installer and install Kernel 4.15 instead.

Thank you all for your help!

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Re: busted virtualboxes

#34 Post by figueroa »

Congratulations. I'm guessing that you could now re-install 4.19 or other MX stable kernel upgrade it would automatically just work. Something along the way, possibly installing VB 6, shot you in the foot.
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