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Description: Change error messages for vboxdrv failure, according to virtualbox-dkms.
Author: Daniel Hahler <ubuntu@thequod.de>
Index: virtualbox/src/VBox/VMM/VMMR3/VM.cpp
===================================================================
--- virtualbox.orig/src/VBox/VMM/VMMR3/VM.cpp
+++ virtualbox/src/VBox/VMM/VMMR3/VM.cpp
@@ -281,12 +281,8 @@
#ifdef RT_OS_LINUX
case VERR_SUPDRV_COMPONENT_NOT_FOUND:
- pszError = N_("One of the kernel modules was not successfully loaded. Make sure "
- "that VirtualBox is correctly installed, and if you are using EFI "
- "Secure Boot that the modules are signed if necessary in the right "
- "way for your host system. Then try to recompile and reload the "
- "kernel modules by executing "
- "'/sbin/vboxconfig' as root");
+ pszError = N_("Please install the virtualbox-dkms package "
+ "and execute 'modprobe vboxdrv' as root");
break;
#endif
@@ -352,12 +348,8 @@
{
case VERR_VM_DRIVER_LOAD_ERROR:
#ifdef RT_OS_LINUX
- pszError = N_("VirtualBox kernel driver not loaded. The vboxdrv kernel module "
- "was either not loaded, /dev/vboxdrv is not set up properly, "
- "or you are using EFI Secure Boot and the module is not signed "
- "in the right way for your system. If necessary, try setting up "
- "the kernel module again by executing "
- "'/sbin/vboxconfig' as root");
+ pszError = N_("Please install the virtualbox-dkms package "
+ "and execute 'modprobe vboxdrv' as root");
#else
pszError = N_("VirtualBox kernel driver not loaded");
#endif
@@ -396,12 +388,8 @@
case VERR_INVALID_HANDLE: /** @todo track down and fix this error. */
case VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED:
#ifdef RT_OS_LINUX
- pszError = N_("VirtualBox kernel driver not Installed. The vboxdrv kernel module "
- "was either not loaded, /dev/vboxdrv is not set up properly, "
- "or you are using EFI Secure Boot and the module is not signed "
- "in the right way for your system. If necessary, try setting up "
- "the kernel module again by executing "
- "'/sbin/vboxconfig' as root");
+ pszError = N_("Please install the virtualbox-dkms package "
+ "and execute 'modprobe vboxdrv' as root");
#else
pszError = N_("VirtualBox kernel driver not installed");
#endif
Index: virtualbox/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/main.cpp
===================================================================
--- virtualbox.orig/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/main.cpp
+++ virtualbox/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/main.cpp
@@ -112,8 +112,9 @@
QString g_QStrHintLinuxNoDriver = QApplication::tr(
"The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver is either not loaded or not set "
- "up correctly. Please try setting it up again by executing<br/><br/>"
- " <font color=blue>'/sbin/vboxconfig'</font><br/><br/>"
+ "up correctly. Please reinstall virtualbox-dkms "
+ "package and load the kernel module by executing<br/><br/>"
+ " <font color=blue>'modprobe vboxdrv'</font><br/><br/>"
"as root.<br/><br/>"
"If your system has EFI Secure Boot enabled you may also need to sign "
"the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before "
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@
"The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of "
"VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not "
"successful. Executing<br/><br/>"
- " <font color=blue>'/sbin/vboxconfig'</font><br/><br/>"
+ " <font color=blue>'modprobe vboxdrv'</font><br/><br/>"
"may correct this. Make sure that you are not mixing builds "
"of VirtualBox from different sources."
);
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