[LinuxUsers] Virtualbox on Ubuntu Hardy after Recent Kernel Update

[Chris Louden]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Randall Whitman <909linux at whizman.com> wrote:
>> I use virtualbox-3.0 not the virtualbox-ose. It preforms better IMHO.
>
> Do you think the performance difference has more to do with the closed vs
> open editions of VirtualBox, or with versions 1-vs-2-vs-3 of VirtualBox?

Closed is faster, sad but true. Since performance trumps the need to
tweak it I'm fine with the closed. Specifically there was a graphics
improvement with my Windows VM. Not for gaming or video playback. Just
the general desktop experience.

>
>> Whenever the kernel is updated on my 9.04 system I need to run "sudo
>> /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup" before I can start any VM again.
>
> Right... the version in 8.04 repos does not feature "vboxdrv setup".
>
> Hmm, a little more reading mentions dkms package, will have to check if
> our 8.04 has that. <http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads>
>
> /Randall
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