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List:       vbox-users
Subject:    Re: [vbox-users] Vbox 2.1.0 build for "fedora 9 / 10" does not
From:       "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel () infinity-ltd ! com>
Date:       2008-12-31 0:02:59
Message-ID: 495AB6B3.2010401 () infinity-ltd ! com
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fcassia wrote:
> Fresh Fedora 10 install...
> 
> # rpm --install VirtualBox-2.1.0_41146_fedora9-1.i386.rpm
> 
> Creating group 'vboxusers'. VM users must be member of that group!
> 
> No precompiled module for this kernel found -- trying to build one. Messages
> emitted during module compilation will be logged to /var/log/vbox-install.log.
> 
> Compilation of the kernel module FAILED! VirtualBox will not start until this
> problem is fixed. Please consult /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out why the
> kernel module does not compile. Most probably the kernel sources are not found.
> Install them and execute
> 
>   /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
> 
> as root.
> 
What does /var/log/vbox-install.log say is missing? With the rate
that Fedora kernels change, it would not make much sense to include
pre-compiled modules. I always end up building my own modules, but
it is easy. (service vboxdrv setup)

Mikkel
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