Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie,

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On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 20:11:07 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 03/03/2026 20:00, rbowman wrote:
>> On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 16:37:16 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> 
>>> Oddly enough my Mint has kvm modules loaded and runs virtual box just
>>> fine Mint 20.3
>> 
>> VirtualBox fails on Mint 22.3.  When trying to start the VM with the
>> kvm modules removed from the kernel, it doesn't find its driver and
>> says to install virtualbox-dkms. Trying to install that fails and says
>> it needs virtualbox-source and virtualbox-modules. That also fails.
>> 
>> Note that 22,3 is using the 6.17 kernel.
>> 
>> 
> Thanks., I wont bother to upgrade for a while then

I'll confirm the next time I see him but I have the suspicion the person 
who said they put VirtualBox on LM Cinnamon 23.3 got as far as seeing the 
VB dialog. You can select an iso, specify RAM, disk space, and cores, and 
everything is fine. Then you hit 'Start' and it all goes to hell.

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Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-25 12:13 +0000
  Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-25 18:12 +0000
    Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-26 07:48 +0100
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-26 02:25 -0500
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-26 08:38 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-26 21:32 +0100
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-26 11:40 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2026-02-26 14:32 +0200
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-26 13:03 +0000
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-26 20:34 -0500
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-27 08:22 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 21:55 +0000
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 21:44 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 11:01 +0100
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2026-02-27 18:02 +0200
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 22:18 +0100
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-27 19:39 +0000
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 22:19 +0100
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-27 21:44 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-28 08:51 +0100
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-28 01:54 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-28 08:52 +0100
  Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-25 19:59 +0000
    Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-26 02:20 -0500
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 21:41 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 23:16 +0000
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 11:05 +0100
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 11:03 +0100
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-27 19:22 +0000
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 22:21 +0100
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-28 01:30 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-28 08:58 +0100
  Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-25 20:03 -0500
    Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 06:04 +0000
    Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-03-03 03:41 +0000
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-02 23:29 -0500
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 08:42 +0000
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-03 04:00 -0500
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-03 19:33 +0000
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-03 19:34 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-04 03:38 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-03 23:18 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-04 08:44 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-03-04 09:51 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-03-04 15:32 -0500
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 20:57 +0000
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-03-03 10:52 +0100
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 11:04 +0000
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-03-03 16:29 +0100
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 16:37 +0000
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-03 20:00 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 20:11 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-04 03:42 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-03 23:20 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-04 02:14 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-04 19:47 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-05 03:10 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-04 23:08 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-05 03:00 -0500
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