Akami Download Manager -

Steven Stern subscribed-lists at sterndata.com
Sun Mar 20 21:15:01 UTC 2011


On 03/20/2011 01:54 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 20/03/11 11:39, Steven Stern wrote:
>>
>> Install VirtualBox, then install XP as a virtual machine.  You can grab
>> a repo that installs it for Fedora at
>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads.  I'm very impressed at
>> how easy it's made it for me when I have to deal with Windows.
>>
> 
>         I've tried this and KVM, both produce error messages.
> 
>         Presently virtualbox suggests I need to do:
> 
>             [root at box9 bobg]# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
>             WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all
>             config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.
>             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
>             2.6.35.11-83.fc14.i686.PAE cannot be found at
>             /lib/modules/2.6.35.11-83.fc14.i686.PAE/build or
>             /lib/modules/2.6.35.11-83.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)
> 
>         So then the log:
> 
>             [bobg at box9 ~]$ cat /var/log/vbox-install.log
>             Uninstalling modules from DKMS
>                removing old DKMS module vboxhost version  4.0.4
> 
>             ------------------------------
>             Deleting module version: 4.0.4
>             completely from the DKMS tree.
>             ------------------------------
>             Done.
>             Attempting to install using DKMS
> 
>             Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.4/source ->
>                               /usr/src/vboxhost-4.0.4
> 
>             DKMS: add Completed.
>             You can use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where
>             it's located.
>             Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without
>             Makefile:167: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your
>             current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run
>             Make again.  Stop.
> 
>         What do I need to do to satisfy this?
> 
>         Bob
> 
> 
> 
yum install kernel-devel or yum install kernel-PAE-devel, depending on
which kernel you're using.

-- 
-- Steve


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