On 11/16/2009 11:46 AM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > Stephan, > > On Sunday 15 November 2009, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > >> today I found out that vbox together with opensuse 11.2 is nothing for >> unexperienced users. Besides the fact of accepting to use the 11.1 version >> the modules have to be compiled by "setup". Unfortunately this only works >> out if you install the kernel-sources _and_ compile them (which may take >> hours). That is really tough for joe-average-user. >> > are you sure that one has to compile the kernel sources? If so > then this is definitely different from openSUSE 11.1 where it > was sufficient to install kernel-source and kernel-*-base to get > the correct dependencies. > > There is an open ticket http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5468, > are you the same reporter? > > >> Another thing I had to find out: the user registration is a gameplay of its >> own. I thought I knew the password, but it did not work. So I choose to >> re-register ... which does not work either (gives me two "IP='xxx'" lines >> and exits). >> > That's another unrelated problem. > > Kind regards, > > Frank > > openSUSE 11.2 now has kernel-flavour-devel package which ensures that the kernel-source package is setup correctly, partly due to there being kernel-desktop flavour added to the list of kernels. Virtualbox binary from virtualbox.org automatically inserts the kernel module when it is installed and you only have to run vboxdrv when you update your kernel and you are prompted when you start the virtual machine. You don't have to compile your kernel, you simply have to have kernel sources installed. Make sure you have the kernel devel package installed (I believe it depends on kernel-source ) and Virtualbox should install and work properly on openSUSE 11.2 I don't have a problem with my system. Regards Dave P
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