Fedora Downgrade VirtualBox possible?

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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So currently Fedora has VirtualBox version 6.1. I’m trying to have direct3d acceleration in Windows 2000 guest however after reading a few guides online it seams version 6.1 of VirtualBox broke this feature. Now the latest version that still support it are the 6.0.x.

Now Fedora, and I assume other distros, package VirtuaBox with kernel modules specific to the shipped version.

But is there a way to make VirtualBox 6.0.x work with an updated Fedora?

Essentially I’m trying to run some old games (1998-2006) with direct3D acceleration and there are some guides online to do that with QEMU and VirtManager however the guides and steps are convoluted so I shifted my attention to VirtualBox isntead as the interface is more user friendly and it seams overall more stable than virt manager.

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Uninstall it and search the internet for an rpm with the older supported version (dnf install “url”). Install that. Make sure its a verified one though.

Side note. virt-manager is just a front end to kvm. You’ll not find a more stable hypervisor in any ecosystem.

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