On 10/01/2012 04:24 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Joseph Areeda<[email protected]> wrote:
I want to run Windows as a guest system on my Sl6.3 box.
Installing vbox from the Oracle repository gives me an error trying to
create the kernel modules.
When trying to do it manually, I run /etc/init.d/vboxdrv -setup and get:
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules [ OK ]
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS
Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64 cannot be
found at
/lib/modules/2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64/build or
/lib/modules/2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64/source.
and when I look for those file I see a broken link
ll /lib/modules/2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64/build
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 51 Jun 20 09:54
/lib/modules/2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64/build ->
../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64
It looks like that file should be linked to:
ls /usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.x86_64/
arch drivers include kernel Makefile.common net security
tools
block firmware init lib mm samples sound
usr
crypto fs ipc Makefile Module.symvers scripts System.map
virt
I'm going try just fixing the link. but it seems like the kernel-header rpm
has a problem. Or am I missing something? Would not be the first time or
even a rare occurrence.
Joe
You need the kernel-devel package (not kernel-headers). That version
must match your *running* kernel. You can find the version of your
running kernel by:
uname -r
Then install kernel-devel of that version.
Akemi
Thanks Akemi,
I think I see the problem now. A yum search produces only one listing
for kernel-devel and yum info says:
Installed Packages
Name : kernel-devel
Arch : x86_64
Version : 2.6.32
Release : 279.9.1.el6
uname -a says
Linux <my fqdn> 2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue May 15 17:16:46
CDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I'm using the repo maintained by the collaboration I'm in and there
seems to an issue.
For the record fixing that broken link did allow me to build the kernel
module and run vbox. I wonder if I introduced any instabilities.
Joe
