Problem Installing Virtualbox Guest Additions - ERROR: could not insert 'vboxvideo': Inval

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Problem Installing Virtualbox Guest Additions - ERROR: could not insert 'vboxvideo': Inval

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Started 8 years ago by GoodGuy98
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GoodGuy98

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I am running SliTaz 5.0 in VirtualBox 5.1.0 with the Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.1.0-108711.vbox-extpack installed.

I have followed the instructions on this web page:

http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:virtualbox

It has worked properly several times in the past, but I ignored the error message

"ERROR: could not insert 'vboxvideo': Invalid argument"

when it started happening. When I updated VirtualBox, I would redo the various steps other than repeating the few which only need doing once.

Originally it was using kernel 3.2.53-slitaz, but it is using kernel 3.2.71-slitaz now.

I have installed linux-drm based on a forum post I saw sating it was needed.

linux-module-headers (3.2.71), mesa-dri and bzip2 shows installed.

I ran this command:

modinfo vboxvideo

filename: /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/misc/vboxvideo.ko
license: GPL
depends:
vermagic: 3.2.71-slitaz SMP mod_unload 386

modprobe -a vboxvideo

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxvideo': Invalid argument

How can I make vboxvideo work?

Posted 8 years ago #
Zann

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I am seeing the same error too, since some VirtualBox 5.0.xx point release, and I am quite sure reading somewhere [VB email list?] that this is because VB no longer supports kernels older than some version newer than 3.2.71 ... I will post the link if I find it again.

Interestingly, it does not look like this 'vboxvideo' error breaks anything for me.

EDIT: https://sourceforge.net/p/vbox-users/mailman/message/34928444/

The "invalid argument" message in the boot log trying to load the vboxvideo kernel module is expected, as we only support kernels 3.11 and later with the kernel module.

-Z.

Posted 8 years ago #
pipein

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Found this thread when looking into same problem which started with changes in VirtualBox 5.0.18. Kernels < 3.11 and X-org server versions < 1.17 (I think) are no longer supported in the same way as previously.

One workaround is to build the Guest Additions using the cd image from the last working version (5.0.16).

For example:
1) download this cd image http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.0.16/VBoxGuestAdditions_5.0.16.iso
2) mount this image in your VirtualBox guest system optical drive (instead of choosing the built-in menu item "Install Guest Additions CD image")
3) build guest additions in the usual way.

I haven't noticed any real problems using these older guest additions on VirtualBox upto version 5.1.10 so far.

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