[OpenIndiana-discuss] Can't install Vbox on oi_148

[Chris Ridd]

On 17 Sep 2011, at 17:42, Roman Naumenko wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> It's oi_148. 
> I tried few different versions of virtualbox (latest and VirtualBox-4.1.0) and it all ends in hanged system. 
> 
> The installation process goes to this point : 
> 
> Loading Virtualbox kernel modules... 
> kthread_t::t_preempt at 142 
> cput_t::cpu_runrun at 216 
> (something) pkrunrun at 217 
> 
> and then the system is dead. 
> 
> If restarted, it says "bla-bla-bla, can't load vboxnet module ... it's not in PMPI" - or something like that, then few more lines listed above and system is dead. 
> I have to reboot it in a single-user mode and remove the package. 

I see similar problems using Oracle S11X on my workstation. Others on the solarisx86 mailing list have no such problems - the speculation there is that it is related to the hardware/CPU.

My workstation has a SandyBridge i7 CPU.

It might be worth raising a bug at virtualbox.org.

Chris