On July 9, 2017 5:07:20 PM GMT+02:00, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: >Setup: Running gentoo updated as vbox vm on a > Solaris x86 host > >Having a problem installing vbox guest additions. > >Hard for me to tell if the problem is with vbox-guestadditions or if >the newest kernel (4.12.0) really has shortcomings. > >Like always with guest-additions... I ran: > > `bash /media/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run' > >It went thru the process... and failed to announce that it failed as >I've seen in the past when something went wrong. > >It just tells you to look at "/var/log/vboxadd-install.log' 'to see >what happened". I've included it below. > >The log suggests two things to do, to keep this from happening. >"Run make oldconfig && make prepare" > >I did that but installing guest-additions ended as below again. > >Have I just failed to include something in the kernel build? Or is it >likely to be a problem with guest-additions" > >I had these same guest additions installed successfully prior to >building the new kernel. And built the new kernel by inserting the >`.config' from my prior kernel (4.9.10) and running make oldconfig. >And finally checking things with make menuconfig. > >It seems likely I failed to include something that was included in >prior kernel build... but not sure what it might be. > >Below is the vboxadd-install.log ... I've included the main error >message inline... but attached the full content of the massive pile of >mess output from actual build of guest-additions to try to make this >post a bit easier to read. > >------- ------- ---=--- ------- ------- > >grep: /lib/modules/4.12.0-gentoo/build/include/linux/version.h: No such >file or directory >make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG= -C >/lib/modules/4.12.0-gentoo/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 >SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 modules >test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || >( \ >echo >&2; \ >echo >&2 " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \ >echo >&2 " include/generated/autoconf.h or >include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\ >echo >&2 " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src >to fix it."; \ >echo >&2 ; \ >/bin/false) > >------- ------- ---=--- ------- ------- > >Full output of attempted build of vbox guest-additions:
Do you have module support enabled? Is the /usr/src/linux symlink pointing to the correct kernel version? In a VBOX VM, you would normally need to compile a kernel, the commands given are only needed when the sources are not used to compile the kernel. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
