On 11/23/2009 01:08 AM, Bob Williams wrote: > 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 > I've never had that problem yet but if I did the first thing that I would do is force reinstall vbox. Regards Dave P
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