Why are we not allowed to talk about him, and what he’s doing to America?
And what the hell is wrong with Fox News? I’d expect this from MSLSD, or the Clinton News Network, but Fox?
The Latest Democrat Hypocrisy
…and situational ethics.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Three reasons that McConnell is not being a hypocrite in his stance to vote on a Trump nominee.
[Update a while later]
Ginsburg was a politician in a robe, not a justice.
Unlike her, someone like Amy Coney Barrett will respect the Constitution.
[Update a couple minutes later]
This crock just makes me support her more.
[Update Sunday morning]
Alexandra Brown writes that the gloves need to come off for Republicans.
Yes, we know exactly what they would do if the situation was reversed.
[Update a while later]
Ginsburg’s death reveals the Democrats’ no-limit casino of doom.
RBG
RIP.
OK, because 2020 wasn’t 2020 enough, and there was insufficient drama in the campaign with an election half a dozen weeks away, of course RGB has to die.
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.
“Black Lives Matter!”
…is the new “Allahu Akbar.”
The Covid Crisis
Is it over?
It can’t be; it has to last until the election.
Sedition
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.
Continue reading Virtual Box WoesA Covid Breakthrough?
This looks promising.
One of the bright sides of this disaster is that we’re probably going to end up with prophylactics and cures for a broader range of viruses than just this one.