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virtualbox-ose package

  1. Bug #510571
  2. Comment #24

Comment 24 for bug 510571

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Leo Plotkin (lplotkin) wrote : Re: Latest -11 kernel won't boot, -10 works, Lucid

Looks like something in the kernel is tickling a bug in VirtualBox. Depending on whether or not ACPI is enabled (closed source version still has enable/disable ACPI as a functioning checkbox, at least on a windows host) the -pae kernel may boot, while the non-pae kernel hangs as described.

The -pae kernel functions best, being able to boot without ACPI and also shut down. Unfortunately, it doesn't have drm.ko (or DRM support at all), so the vboxvideo module fails to load.

Looks like the only workaround is the -10 kernel for now.