On Wednesday 31 December 2008, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > fcassia wrote: > > Fresh Fedora 10 install... > > > > # rpm --install VirtualBox-2.1.0_41146_fedora9-1.i386.rpm > > > > Creating group 'vboxusers'. VM users must be member of that group! > > > > No precompiled module for this kernel found -- trying to build one. > > Messages emitted during module compilation will be logged to > > /var/log/vbox-install.log. > > > > Compilation of the kernel module FAILED! VirtualBox will not start until > > this problem is fixed. Please consult /var/log/vbox-install.log to find > > out why the kernel module does not compile. Most probably the kernel > > sources are not found. Install them and execute > > > > /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup > > > > as root. > > What does /var/log/vbox-install.log say is missing? With the rate > that Fedora kernels change, it would not make much sense to include > pre-compiled modules. I always end up building my own modules, but > it is easy. (service vboxdrv setup)
Exactly. It is nice if a precompiled kernel module is available during installation, but we cannot guarantee this. We are actually thinking of removing pre-compiled modules from our packages completely. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/
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