On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 12:38, Klaus Espenlaub <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09.09.2011 18:52, David A. Bandel wrote: >> >> Folks, >> >> Reading the user documentation and have a suggested change. Is this >> the correct forum? If not, what is? > > Sure, if you have something which we can apply more or less directly you're > in the right place.
---- current documentation (copied from pdf version, p. 62) ---- 4.2.2.1 Installing the Linux Guest Additions ... Debian 1. In order to fully update your guest system, open a terminal and run apt-get update as root followed by apt-get upgrade 2. Install the make tool and the GNU C compiler using apt-get install make gcc 3. Reboot your guest system in order to activate the updates. 4. Determine the exact version of your kernel using uname -a and install the correct version of the linux-headers package, e.g. using apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.26-2-686 ------ end current documentation ------ ------ recommended change ------ Debian 1. In order to fully update your guest system, open a terminal and run apt-get update as root followed by apt-get install module-assistant 2. Run the module-assistant to install all necessary dependencies: m-a prepare accept the recommended installations. ----- end recommended changes ----- Normally, gcc, make, kernel-headers, dkms, and more are installed with the above. This is by far the easiest way to satisfy all dependencies to build kernel modules. No reboots necessary until after the guest's kernel modules are installed. > > Klaus > >> >> Thanx, >> >> David A. Bandel > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev > David A. Bandel -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. - Nemesis Air Racing Team motto Visit my web page at: http://david.bandel.us/ _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
