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I am not a newbie, but pretty unexperienced concerning linux. I am running a freshly installed RHEL 5.4. The installation of the RPM-package, downloaded 1 h ago, failed partly with the following details:

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.

The content of the log file is:

** Compiling vboxdrv
Makefile:152: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again. Stop.

Any suggestions what to do very appreciated

TIA Rodyz

Try

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/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

if that doesnot work, install linux-headers

I dont use redhad, but try this:

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yum install kernel-devel

then do that as root

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    /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Solved - thanks miros84

I have installed the kernel for xen, using yum, but that does not automatically install the headers too, as I know now.
In addition I had to add the path to the actual kernel.

After

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/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/<actual_kernel>

I could create guests.

Ups, forgot to mention. (Maybe interesting for others)

I had also to recompile.

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/usr/src/vboxdrv-<version_number>/make
/usr/src/vboxdrv-<version_number>/make install

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