topic title: Latest VirtualBox not working (glibc 2.14 required)
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Johnn
Joined: 16 Feb 2013
#1
Any idea on how to install glibc6 version 2.14 ?
I had the same issue with Steam, but I don't want to mess with glibc6 without knowing it's safe... last time I tried, the system got corrupted and not even /bin/bash was working, it said no such directory or file to all commands...
I hope there's a repository or something with a recent version of glibc6.
PS. I'm using AntiX 13 Beta. 64Bits.
anticapitalista
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#2
Use svmi (type it in a root terminal) and install vitualbox non-free version. It will download the latest for Wheezy. No need for glibc6 version 2.14. That version is not even in Debian unstable yet.
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rust collector
Joined: 27 Dec 2011
#3
is ose=nonfree?
anticapitalista
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#4
ose=free
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Johnn
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#5
anticapitalista wrote:Use svmi (type it in a root terminal) and install vitualbox non-free version. It will download the latest for Wheezy. No need for glibc6 version 2.14. That version is not even in Debian unstable yet.
Thank you.
EDT:
I actually can't use virtualbox, it's always asking to do" etc init.d vboxdrv setup"

I tried on my computer's, one worked(with kernel 3.6) by installing with svmi, the other which has kernel 3.7.8 didn't :\
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Johnn
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#6
anyone?
anticapitalista
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#7
I guess you ran etc init.d vboxdrv setup in a root terminal. What were the errors if any?
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Johnn
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#8
anticapitalista wrote:I guess you ran etc init.d vboxdrv setup in a root terminal. What were the errors if any?
Well, I did, then this appeared:

[ ok ] Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules:.
[ ok ] Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules:.
[....] Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS:Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.7.8-antix.1-amd64-smp (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.6/build/make.log for more information.

[FAIL] Failed, trying without DKMS ... failed!
[....] Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules:
[FAIL] Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong ... failed!

I cat this file -> /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.6/build/make.log

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DKMS make.log for vboxhost-4.2.6 for kernel 3.7.8-antix.1-amd64-smp (x86_64)
Qua Fev 20 17:19:18 GMT 2013
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.7.8-antix.1-amd64-smp'
  LD      /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.6/build/built-in.o
  LD      /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.6/build/vboxdrv/built-in.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.6/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o
scripts/genksyms/genksyms: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by scripts/genksyms/genksyms)
make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.6/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.6/build/vboxdrv] Error 2
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.6/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.7.8-antix.1-amd64-smp'
then I cat this file -> /var/log/vbox-install.log

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LD_STR(vboxdrv)" -c -o /var/tmp/vbox.0/linux/.tmp_SUPDrv-linux.o /var/tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c
scripts/genksyms/genksyms: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by scripts/genksyms/genksyms)
make[2]: *** [/var/tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/tmp/vbox.0] Error 2
really weird !
anticapitalista
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#9
Which linux-libc-dev version do you have?

dpkg -l | grep linux-libc-dev
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Johnn
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#10
anticapitalista wrote:Which linux-libc-dev version do you have?

dpkg -l | grep linux-libc-dev

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ii  linux-libc-dev:amd64                      3.2.35-2                         
     amd64        Linux support headers for userspace development
Is this bad?
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fenrin
Joined: 10 Feb 2013
#11
I got VirtualBox 4.2.6 working under antiX 13 (beta) 32 bit system. The Debian specific version didn't work for me either. But the"All distributions" version is working for me.

After installation add your user to vboxusers and enable vboxdrv in the startup services if you want it to start automatically.
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Johnn
Joined: 16 Feb 2013
#12
fenrin wrote:I got VirtualBox 4.2.6 working under antiX 13 (beta) 32 bit system. The Debian specific version didn't work for me either. But the"All distributions" version is working for me.

After installation add your user to vboxusers and enable vboxdrv in the startup services if you want it to start automatically.
Same thing happened with that version.
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Johnn
Joined: 16 Feb 2013
#13
Ok the solution was going back to the kernel 3.6.11
anticapitalista
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#14
I'm stumped since I have VB running with 3.7.8 kernel, but I also failed to get it to work on the same box on another partition.
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Dave
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#15
anticapitalista wrote:I'm stumped since I have VB running with 3.7.8 kernel, but I also failed to get it to work on the same box on another partition.
The one is upgraded from an older install and the other is a fresh install maybe? I would do dpkg --list > info1.txt and a dpkg --list >info2.txt then do a diff on the 2 files to see if there are some depends missing in the non functioning install