[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#451742: Bug#451742: Don't modprobe vboxadd

[Kel Modderman]

On Sunday 18 November 2007 23:13:19 Michael Meskes wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 10:22:14PM +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:
> > If I put the software on a live debian cd, I can boot the same set of
> > software on real hardware or in a VM. The software should do the correct
> > thing in both the real and virtual worlds.
>
> Absolutely right. That's why the init script will check whether it is
> inside the VM before starting anything.
>
> > Nothing, udev automagically attached the module to the emulated
> > virtualbox PCI hardware as it should.
>
> And you're running debian inside the vm? I did a sid install in my vm
> and it does not get attached. I wonder what's different.

Yep, used these very packages, for which I am very thankful to be able to.

No idea what is different, it should just load via hotplug event, like real 
hardware.

Thanks, Kel.