VirtualBox kernel module messages

Scott Bennett bennett at cs.niu.edu
Thu Oct 29 08:16:21 UTC 2009 

     For the first time so far, I managed to get emulators/virtualbox to
compile and install from ports a few hours ago.  Following the pkg-messages,
I attempted to "kldload vboxdrv" or whatever it was called, which resulted
in an immediate crash and automatic system reboot. :-(
     However, I had already added

vboxdrv_load="YES"
vboxnetflt_load="YES"

to /boot/loader.conf and so was expecting it to fail, but it didn't.  I even
started up VirtualBox and looked at a couple of things, then looked around
in it for a few minutes.  Aside from the fact that the help subsystem was
MIA, I didn't notice anything untoward.
     Except for the recurring console messages, which began during system
startup and have continued ever since.  Here's what a few of them look
like.

Oct 28 17:00:00 hellas newsyslog[1939]: logfile turned over due to size>100K
Oct 28 17:02:03 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=pts ppDev=0xe84bea14
Oct 28 17:02:36 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=input ppDev=0xe84e2948
Oct 28 17:02:36 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=dsp ppDev=0xe84e2948
Oct 28 17:02:47 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=pts ppDev=0xe84e5a14
Oct 28 17:03:27 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=dsp ppDev=0xe84e2948
Oct 28 17:03:51 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=tty ppDev=0xe84af948
Oct 28 17:06:04 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=crypto ppDev=0xe84a3948
Oct 28 17:06:04 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=crypto ppDev=0xe84a3948
Oct 28 17:06:13 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=pts ppDev=0xe84c4a14
Oct 28 17:13:58 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=pts ppDev=0xe84b2a14
Oct 28 17:22:52 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=devfs ppDev=0xe84cda14
Oct 28 17:22:52 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=procfs ppDev=0xe84cda14
Oct 28 17:22:52 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=linprocfs ppDev=0xe84cda14
Oct 28 17:23:02 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=devfs ppDev=0xe8518a14
Oct 28 17:23:02 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=procfs ppDev=0xe8518a14
Oct 28 17:23:02 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=linprocfs ppDev=0xe8518a14
Oct 28 17:23:02 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=ufsid/4a6c36ef155b511e ppDev=0xc56d3a14
Oct 28 17:23:02 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=ufsid/4a6c36ef155b511e ppDev=0xe852a948
Oct 28 17:23:10 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=devfs ppDev=0xe8521a14
Oct 28 17:23:10 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=procfs ppDev=0xe8521a14
Oct 28 17:23:10 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=linprocfs ppDev=0xe8521a14
Oct 28 17:23:10 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=ufsid/49a51b513d5a2f23 ppDev=0xc56d3a14
Oct 28 17:23:10 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=ufsid/49a51b513d5a2f23 ppDev=0xe851b948
Oct 28 17:23:12 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=devfs ppDev=0xc57baa14
Oct 28 17:23:12 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=procfs ppDev=0xc57baa14
Oct 28 17:23:12 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=linprocfs ppDev=0xc57baa14
Oct 28 17:23:21 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=devfs ppDev=0xe848aa14
Oct 28 17:23:21 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=procfs ppDev=0xe848aa14
Oct 28 17:23:21 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=linprocfs ppDev=0xe848aa14
Oct 28 17:23:23 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=devfs ppDev=0xe8518a14
Oct 28 17:23:23 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=procfs ppDev=0xe8518a14
Oct 28 17:23:23 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=linprocfs ppDev=0xe8518a14
Oct 28 17:23:23 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=ufsid/4a1a6000244a7cbf ppDev=0xc56d3a14
Oct 28 17:23:23 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=ufsid/4a1a6000244a7cbf ppDev=0xc57ba948
Oct 28 17:23:57 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=devfs ppDev=0xe8494a14
Oct 28 17:23:57 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=procfs ppDev=0xe8494a14
Oct 28 17:23:57 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=linprocfs ppDev=0xe8494a14
Oct 28 17:23:57 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=devfs ppDev=0xe84dca14
Oct 28 17:23:57 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=procfs ppDev=0xe84dca14
Oct 28 17:23:57 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=linprocfs ppDev=0xe84dca14
Oct 28 17:26:53 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=devfs ppDev=0xe849fa14
Oct 28 17:26:53 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=procfs ppDev=0xe849fa14
Oct 28 17:26:53 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=linprocfs ppDev=0xe849fa14
Oct 28 17:27:05 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=devfs ppDev=0xe84d9a14
Oct 28 17:27:05 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=procfs ppDev=0xe84d9a14
Oct 28 17:27:05 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=linprocfs ppDev=0xe84d9a14
Oct 28 17:27:06 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=ufsid/490d7606153c869c ppDev=0xc56d3a14
Oct 28 17:27:06 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=ufsid/490d7606153c869c ppDev=0xe8518948
Oct 28 17:28:30 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=devfs ppDev=0xe8494a14
Oct 28 17:28:30 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=procfs ppDev=0xe8494a14
Oct 28 17:28:30 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=linprocfs ppDev=0xe8494a14
Oct 28 17:31:05 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=crypto ppDev=0xe857f948
Oct 28 17:38:39 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=crypto ppDev=0xe854c948
Oct 28 17:38:39 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=crypto ppDev=0xe854c948
Oct 28 17:50:14 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=srandom ppDev=0xc5664948
Oct 28 18:00:46 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=ptypi ppDev=0xe851b948
Oct 28 18:50:15 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=srandom ppDev=0xc5664948
Oct 28 18:54:24 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=tty ppDev=0xe848e948
Oct 28 19:28:59 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=tty ppDev=0xe84e8948
Oct 28 19:29:55 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=tty ppDev=0xe8620948
Oct 28 19:30:59 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=tty ppDev=0xe8530948
Oct 28 19:47:04 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=tty ppDev=0xe8665948
Oct 28 19:50:16 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=srandom ppDev=0xc5664948
Oct 28 20:50:17 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=srandom ppDev=0xc5664948
Oct 28 21:50:18 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=srandom ppDev=0xc5664948
Oct 28 22:50:20 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=srandom ppDev=0xc5664948
Oct 28 23:18:10 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=tty ppDev=0xe86bf948
Oct 28 23:50:20 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=srandom ppDev=0xc5664948
Oct 28 23:51:13 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=tty ppDev=0xe8695948
Oct 29 00:50:21 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=srandom ppDev=0xc5664948
Oct 29 01:07:13 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=tty ppDev=0xe85af948
Oct 29 01:09:51 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=crypto ppDev=0xe8570948
Oct 29 01:09:51 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=crypto ppDev=0xe8570948
Oct 29 01:13:51 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=tty ppDev=0xe868f948
Oct 29 01:22:16 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=crypto ppDev=0xe8665948
Oct 29 01:22:16 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=crypto ppDev=0xe8665948
Oct 29 01:22:42 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=tty ppDev=0xe85af948
Oct 29 01:49:45 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=dsp ppDev=0xe84e2948
Oct 29 01:50:16 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=dsp ppDev=0xe84e2948
Oct 29 01:50:19 hellas last message repeated 2 times
Oct 29 01:50:22 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=srandom ppDev=0xc5664948
Oct 29 02:12:06 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=dsp ppDev=0xe84e2948
Oct 29 02:15:40 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=crypto ppDev=0xe849f948
Oct 29 02:15:40 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=crypto ppDev=0xe849f948
Oct 29 02:50:23 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=srandom ppDev=0xc5664948
Oct 29 02:52:20 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=input ppDev=0xe85d2948
Oct 29 02:52:20 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=dsp ppDev=0xe85d2948
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s2a ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s2a ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s2a ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s2a ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s2a ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s2a ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s2a ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s2a ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s2a ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s2a ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s2a ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s2a ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s2a ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:01:09 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=da3s1 ppDev=0xe8665a14
Oct 29 03:07:01 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=ipstate ppDev=0xe8561948
Oct 29 03:07:03 hellas kernel: VBoxDrvFreeBSDClone: pszName=pts ppDev=0xe86d4a14

     As you can see, there is some repetition and some variation.  Can anyone
tell me what these messages mean and how they might best be stopped?
     Thanks much!


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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