Every time starting VM in VirtualBox I get the following in /var/log/messages and not able to use the VirtualBox anymore: --------------------- Jan 9 13:20:37 rambam kernel: invalid opcode: 0000 [1] SMP Jan 9 13:20:37 rambam kernel: CPU 1 Jan 9 13:20:37 rambam kernel: Modules linked in: vboxdrv(U) lp parport_pc ppdev parport ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat nfsd exportfs lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss tun autofs4 hidp rfcomm l2cap bluetooth sunrpc bridge nf_conntrack_ netbios_ns nf_conntrack_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack nfnetlink ipt_REJECT iptable_filter ip_tables xt_tcpudp ip6t_REJ ECT ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables cpufreq_ondemand acpi_cpufreq dm_mirror dm_multipath dm_mod video output sb s battery ac ipv6 snd_usb_audio snd_usb_lib snd_rawmidi snd_hwdep snd_hda_intel snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_m idi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device firewire_ohci 3c59x iTCO_wdt snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss atl1 snd_pcm i2c_i801 iTCO_ vendor_support usb_storage pcspkr firewire_core crc_itu_t mii nvidia(P)(U) floppy usblp snd_timer snd soundcore but ton sr_mod i2c_core snd_page_alloc cdrom sg ahci pata_jmicron ata_piix ata_generic libata sd_mod scsi_mod raid456 a sync_xor async_memcpy async_tx xor raid1 ext3 jbd mbcache ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd Jan 9 13:20:38 rambam kernel: Pid: 8475, comm: VirtualBox Tainted: P 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 #1 Jan 9 13:20:38 rambam kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff88c94e4b>] [<ffffffff88c94e4b>] :vboxdrv:g_abExecMemory+0x2320b /0x180000 Jan 9 13:20:38 rambam kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff810010129d30 EFLAGS: 00010046 Jan 9 13:20:38 rambam kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000203 Jan 9 13:20:38 rambam kernel: RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000004824 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: RBP: ffff810010129dc8 R08: 0000000000000602 R09: ffff810010129c60 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00002aaab0b6d0f0 R12: 0000000000000001 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: R13: ffff810010129d88 R14: ffffc20000c1a980 R15: ffffc20000c1a000 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: FS: 0000000041626950(0063) GS:ffff810037cb9300(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: CR2: 00002aaad2117408 CR3: 000000000bf22000 CR4: 00000000000026e0 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: Process VirtualBox (pid: 8475, threadinfo ffff810010128000, task ffff810028b11040) Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: Stack: ffffffff88c75e62 ffff810001605b98 ffffffff00000003 1389600000000000 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: 0000006780000b0e 0000000000000000 ffffffff81086927 0000000000000006 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000699 0000000000000000 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: Call Trace: Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: [<ffffffff88c75e62>] :vboxdrv:g_abExecMemory+0x4222/0x180000 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: [<ffffffff81086927>] can_share_swap_page+0x2d/0x6a Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: [<ffffffff88c74761>] :vboxdrv:g_abExecMemory+0x2b21/0x180000 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: [<ffffffff88c74871>] :vboxdrv:g_abExecMemory+0x2c31/0x180000 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: [<ffffffff88c949ed>] :vboxdrv:g_abExecMemory+0x22dad/0x180000 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: [<ffffffff88c72194>] :vboxdrv:g_abExecMemory+0x554/0x180000 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: [<ffffffff88c6c9c3>] :vboxdrv:supdrvIOCtlFast+0x42/0x56 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: [<ffffffff88c6c065>] :vboxdrv:VBoxSupDrvIOCtl+0x38/0x1c0 Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: [<ffffffff8102d026>] update_curr+0xf8/0x11a Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: [<ffffffff810a3181>] do_ioctl+0x21/0x6b Jan 9 13:20:39 rambam kernel: [<ffffffff810a340e>] vfs_ioctl+0x243/0x25c Jan 9 13:20:40 rambam kernel: [<ffffffff810a3480>] sys_ioctl+0x59/0x79 Jan 9 13:20:40 rambam kernel: [<ffffffff8100bd35>] tracesys+0xd5/0xda Jan 9 13:20:40 rambam kernel: Jan 9 13:20:40 rambam kernel: Jan 9 13:20:40 rambam kernel: Code: 0f 79 fe 73 06 b8 5f f0 ff ff c3 75 05 b8 60 f0 ff ff c3 cc Jan 9 13:20:40 rambam kernel: RIP [<ffffffff88c94e4b>] :vboxdrv:g_abExecMemory+0x2320b/0x180000 Jan 9 13:20:40 rambam kernel: RSP <ffff810010129d30> ------------ After that I'm unable to unload vboxdrv module: root# lsmod|grep vboxdrv vboxdrv 1647616 1 root# rmmod -f vboxdrv ERROR: Removing 'vboxdrv': Resource temporarily unavailable root# modprobe -r vboxdrv FATAL: Module vboxdrv is in use. The vboxdrv module is compiled with every kernel update and can be re-compiled if necessary. The current kernel version is: root# uname -a Linux rambam 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 20:27:10 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I note your bug filed at: http://www.virtualbox.de/ticket/1059 As this is a Virtualbox issue (and not a kernel bug as the module is not included in the kernel) I am closing as such. Please re-open should the above ticket re-direct you back to seek a resolution here. Thank you for taking the time to file the report.