On Saturday 21 November 2009 13:47:23 Bob Williams wrote: > On Saturday 21 November 2009 09:43:42 Dave Plater wrote: > > On 11/21/2009 11:16 AM, Bob Williams wrote: > > > I have recently upgraded my host system from linux openSUSE 11.1 to > > > 11.2which has a different kernel, so I have to rebuild the VirtualBox > > > driver module. I am not a programmer. > > [...] > > > > I would be grateful if someone could suggest what I need to do next. > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > Bob > > > > You need to install the kernel devel package for your installed kernel > > ie. if you have kernel-default installed then you need > > kernel-default-devel, if you have kernel-desktop then you need that > > -devel package and if you have kernel-pae that devel package and so on. > > Regards > > Dave P > > Many thanks, Dave. That did the trick nicely. :) > > Bob > Except that now I can't run VirtualBox as a normal user ...
22:45 barrowhillfarm:~> VirtualBox /usr/bin/VirtualBox: line 72: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox: Permission denied /usr/bin/VirtualBox: line 72: exec: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox: cannot execute: Permission denied It's obviously a permissions problem, but I'm not sure which file needs its permissions changing and to what. I am in the vboxusers group. Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.2, Kernel 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop, KDE 4.3.3 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 4GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9200GS _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
