[PLUG] Virtualbox kernel issue

John Jason Jordan johnxj at comcast.net
Thu Dec 3 01:23:34 UTC 2009


On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:54:47 -0800
Matt McKenzie <lnxknight at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:51 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:38:39 -0800
> > Larry Williams <larryw at holbrookmasons.org> wrote:
> >
> > > John Jason Jordan wrote:
> > > > Makefile:147: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current
> > Linux
> > > > kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make$
> > > >
> > >
> > > Have you actually installed the kernel source files?  What is in
> > /usr/src?
> >
> > There is a lot of stuff in /usr/src, but nothing that looks like a kernel
> > source file. There is a vboxdrv-3.0.8 link to another folder.
> >
> > I also looked in Add/Remove Software, but couldn't find anything that
> > looked
> > like a kernel source to install. The Add/Remove Software GUI is not easy to
> > find things in unless you know exactly the name of the package you are
> > looking
> > for.
> > __________________
> >
> 
> As I mentioned in another post, you want to install the kernel-devel and
> kernel-headers RPMs.
> 
> Do this:
> 
> sudo yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel

Thanks for the suggestion. I couldn't find the kernel-headers in the Manage
Software GUI, but the command line worked.

Unfortunately, I still can't get the vboxdrv setup command to work.



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