…is women.
I approve. But Bonnie’s point is well taken. No woman should want to be selected for a mission simply because of her genital configuration. And of course, I think that Artemis is the Lady Ghostbusters sequel to Apollo.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Commercial Space Habitats
Blue Origin is considering getting into the game.
[Mid-morning update]
A commenter suggests that BO could pick up some of the people that Bigelow laid off. Maybe, but in thinking about it, I think that Bigelow’s “expandable” concepts have possibly missed the train, in the coming age of cheap launch, the large fairing of Spaceship, and orbital assembly.
Moore’s Law
…is alive and well?
Progress In Boca Chica
[Update a while later]
More progress: Flaps, and a first glimpse of Super Heavy.
The Depth Of The Corruption
The FBI never examined the Clinton emails on Weiner’s laptop.
Phosphine
This may be a sign of life in the Venerian clouds, but not necessarily.
I do think that Venus gets far too little attention. Maybe this will spur more action in that regard.
[Wednesday-afternoon update]
This is a six-year-old article, but it’s relevant. Seeing what it looks like at the one-bar level of the atmosphere should be a high priority.
[Bumped]
[Sunday-afternoon update]
Bob Zubrin: Let’s explore the Venerian atmosphere with solar balloons.
[Bumped]
AI Philosophy
This is a couple years old, but I just came across it. Allison is one of the most brilliant women I know; her beauty is lagniappe.
The Covid Crisis
Is it over?
It can’t be; it has to last until the election.
Joni Mitchell
Don’t worry, it’s not RIP. Her earliest recording has been found.
Virtual Box Woes
I just did a Fedora reboot after a kernel upgrade, and when I try to start Windows in Virtual Box, I get this error:
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Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver is either not loaded or not set up correctly. Please try setting it up again by executing ‘/sbin/vboxconfig’ as root.
If your system has EFI Secure Boot enabled you may also need to sign the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load them. Please see your Linux system’s documentation for more information.
where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) – The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.
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When I run /sbin/vboxconfig, I get:
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vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: failed: Look at /var/log/vbox-setup.log to find out what went wrong.
There were problems setting up VirtualBox. To re-start the set-up process, run /sbin/vboxconfig as root. If your system is using EFI Secure Boot you may need to sign the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load them. Please see your Linux system’s documentation for more information.
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Here’s the log:
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Building the main VirtualBox module.
Error building the module:
/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile-header.gmk:100: *** The variable KERN_DIR must be a kernel build folder and end with /build without a trailing slash, or KERN_VER must be set. Stop.
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Now what?
[Noon update]
So I followed the instructions here, including the reboot, and still no joy. Now the error log is (click on “continue reading if you want to see it):
[Update a while later]
OK, it was the new kernel. I reverted to the previous one and it’s fine. I wonder if I should report this to Oracle, or Fedora, or both?
[Update a while later]
OK, I updated to the new version of VirtualBox, and it now works with the new kernel. I guess VB doesn’t automatically update when I do a general update. I should probably add the repository for it.
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