VirtualBox on Fedora 14

[bruce]

you probably need to install the kernel source headers for the pae kernel...


yum install kernel-pae-devel ??? << search google.. not sure exactly what it
would be called..



On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:30 AM, S Mathias <smathias1972 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ok, so after a fresh install:
>
> yum install dkms kernel-devel
> sync
> sync
> sync
> reboot
> wget "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo"
> -O /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
>
> wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc-O oracle_vbox.asc
> rpm --import oracle_vbox.asc
> rm oracle_vbox.asc
> yum update
>
> yum install VirtualBox-3.2
>
> And here comes the part, thats not 100%
>
> # service vboxdrv setup
>
> Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules                         [  OK  ]
> Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules            [  OK  ]
> Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS
> Error! Your kernel source for kernel 2.6.35.9-64.fc14.i686.PAE cannot be
> found at
> /lib/modules/2.6.35.9-64.fc14.i686.PAE/build or
> /lib/modules/2.6.35.9-64.fc14.i686.PAE/source.
>
>                                                            [FAILED]
>   (Failed, trying without DKMS)
> Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules                      [FAILED]
>   (Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong)
>
>
> # ls /usr/src/kernels/
>
> 2.6.35.9-64.fc14.i686
> [root at a yum.repos.d]#
>
> !! -> so the "/usr/src/kernels/2.6.35.9-64.fc14.i686.PAE" is MISSING!
>
> Where can i download it?
>
> p.s.: I recently installed the PAE kernel by:
>
> yum install kernel-PAE
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- On *Wed, 12/8/10, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: VirtualBox on Fedora 14
> To: "Community support for Fedora users" <users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 6:58 PM
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:47 PM, S Mathias <smathias1972 at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=smathias1972@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
> Good evening list! :)
>
> I'm searching for two answers regarding two questions. [and there are two
> "P.S."'s]
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Q1: How can i list all the available kernel modules?
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Q2: I want to install VirtualBox on Fedora 14 [->how could i download the
> kernel source?]:
>
> wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc-O oracle_vbox.asc
> rpm --import oracle_vbox.asc
> rm oracle_vbox.asc virtualbox.rpm
>
>
> Everything OK so far...
>
>
> wget $(wget -q "http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads" -O - |
> perl -ne 'print "$1\n" while (/href=\"(.+?)\"/ig)' | awk '/fedora14/ &&
> /686/ {print}') -O virtualbox.rpm
> rpm -i virtualbox.rpm
>
>
> You're making things hard on yourself. Follow this link[1] and setup the
> yum repository. Then installing is as simple as:
>
> # yum install VirtualBox-3.2
>
> The other packages you need is the kernel headers (not the whole source)
> and dkms (dynamic kernel module support), i.e.:
>
> # yum install kernel-devel dkms
>
>
>
> And then, the fun part:
>
> # /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
>
>
> [snip]
>
>
> Try "service vboxdrv setup" instead. Not really the problem but from what
> I've read it's a more appropriate method.
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> P.S. 1: This is not working [bug on virtualbox.org website? ]:
> # wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc-O- | rpm --import -
> error: -: import read failed(-1).
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> P.S. 2: When i wanted to install VirtualBox, i tried this [when running in
> to the kernel source "issue"]:
>
> http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red-hat-fedora-linux/20689-donwload-kernel-source-using-yum.html#post549910
>
> But when i'm here:
>
> # yumdownloader -e core-source -e updates-source --source kernel
> Usage: "yumdownloader [options] package1 [package2] [package..]
>
> CRITICAL:yum.cli:Command line error: option -e: invalid integer value:
> 'core-source'
>
> ..it gives an error :O so i wanted to:
>
> yum remove rpmdevtools yum-utils
>
> ->
> http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Y8y0YjLG
>
> Is it safe to remove "anaconda"?
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> You don't want to just download it, you want to install it. But as I said,
> you don't need the whole source, just the headers which is provided by the
> kernel-devel package.
>
>
> Thank you in advance! :\ [sorry, i'm a beginner in Fedora :\ ]
>
>
> No problem!
>
> Richard
>
> [1] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo
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