[gentoo-user] Re: install of vbox guest-additions failing

[Harry Putnam]

Peter Humphrey  writes:

>> Yes, or at least I have been using modules.. not sure where I would
>> determine if it were enabled or not.
>
> Make menuconfig; it's on the first page:
>   [*] Enable loadable module support  --->
>

Ahh, at the kernel level... then yes I do.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: install of vbox guest-additions failing

[Peter Humphrey]

On Sunday 09 Jul 2017 17:37:03 Harry Putnam wrote:
> "J. Roeleveld"  writes:
> 
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Do you have module support enabled?
> 
> Yes, or at least I have been using modules.. not sure where I would
> determine if it were enabled or not.

Make menuconfig; it's on the first page:
[*] Enable loadable module support  --->

> I guess I'm not sure what you mean... it sounds as if you expect there
> to be a conf file that says `enable modules = yes' or something.
> 
> /etc/conf.d/modules does not seem to have any info about `enabling
> modules.
> 
> Just now to insert specific modules
> 
> lsmod shows:
> 
> Module  Size  Used by
> vboxsf 40960  0
> vboxguest 208896  6 vboxsf

You clearly do have module support, as you have modules loaded.

> > Is the /usr/src/linux symlink pointing to the correct kernel version?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > In a VBOX VM, you would normally need to compile a kernel,
> 
> And I have done so many times.
> 
> > the commands given are only needed when the sources are not used to
> > compile the kernel.
> 
> What commands are you talking about?
> 
> How else would I compile a kernel but with the source?

-- 
Regards
Peter

[gentoo-user] Re: install of vbox guest-additions failing

[Harry Putnam]

"J. Roeleveld"  writes:


[...]


> Do you have module support enabled?

Yes, or at least I have been using modules.. not sure where I would
determine if it were enabled or not.

I guess I'm not sure what you mean... it sounds as if you expect there
to be a conf file that says `enable modules = yes' or something.

/etc/conf.d/modules does not seem to have any info about `enabling
modules.

Just now to insert specific modules

lsmod shows:

Module  Size  Used by
vboxsf 40960  0
vboxguest 208896  6 vboxsf



> Is the /usr/src/linux symlink pointing to the correct kernel version?

Yes.

> In a VBOX VM, you would normally need to compile a kernel,

And I have done so many times.

> the commands given are only needed when the sources are not used to
> compile the kernel.

What commands are you talking about?

How else would I compile a kernel but with the source?