Compiling Guest Additions in a SuSE 9.1 Guest

[Linopus]

Dear readers,
I installed a SuSE 9.1 guest machine (kernel 2.6.4) in Virtualbox version 5.2.22 (host: Ubuntu 18.04) because I need to recover drawings made with an abandoned software in an abandoned file format.
In the guest I added kernel-syms (i. e. kernel-headers), gcc (version 3.3.3) and make, mounted the guest extension iso and did sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run, because the Virtualbox documentation states that SuSE 9 with 2.6.x kernels is supported by guest additions.
However, the script ends with the following message:

VirtualBox Guest Additions: Look at /var/log/vboxadd-setup.log to find out what went wrong

In this setup-log I find the following error messages:

cc1: error: unrecognized option '-Wno-declaration-after-statement'
cc1: error: unrecognized option '-fno-pie'

Is it possible to compile der guest additions for SuSE 9.1? Helpful hints are appreciated, thanks in advance!

[andyp73]

It looks as though the Makefile for the guest additions are using compiler flags which are not supported by the version of gcc you have. The build docs for VirtualBox as a whole say gcc v3.3.3 as a minimum so you should be OK.

Does SuSE 9.1 have an option for installing a newer version of gcc?

-Andy.

[Linopus]

Dear Andy,

thank you for your quick response. I just checked if there is a newer version of gcc on the DVD-Iso-image I have, but no, there isn't. So I have to find either a newer compatible version of gcc in the internet, or a way to circumvent the limitations of gcc 3.3.3 by modifying the Makefile(s). I will try.

Tobias

[Linopus]

I downloaded SuSE 9.3 with kernel 2.6.11 and gcc 3.3.5, as it contains the application skencil, too, and installed it in a virtual machine. I get the same errors trying to compile the guest additions as with SuSE 9.1. As a workaround for the missing guest additions I configured a host-only net with ftp and move my files that way to the host.

[andyp73]

Do you have a link to the ISO files that you have been using?

-Andy.

[socratis]

LinuxQuestions.org > ISOs > SUSE > Suse 9.1 Personal.
That's where I got the SUSE 9.1 one, installed it (very finicky), but haven't had the chance to test the GAs installation.

There's also a 9.3 plus some more in the SUSE section if you're interested...

[Linopus]

Do you have a link to the ISO files that you have been using?

-Andy.

SuSE 9.1 Iso image (DVD)
https://archive.org/download/SuSE_Linux ... 10.001.iso
and
SuSE 9.3 Iso images (5 CDs, the corresponding DVD seems to be corrupted)
https://archive.org/download/SuSE_Linux ... 86-CD1.iso
https://archive.org/download/SuSE_Linux ... 86-CD2.iso
https://archive.org/download/SuSE_Linux ... 86-CD3.iso
https://archive.org/download/SuSE_Linux ... 86-CD4.iso
https://archive.org/download/SuSE_Linux ... 86-CD5.iso

I wish you a happy new year 2019
Tobias