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I got VirtualBox installed on WinXP. The guest os is Fedora 8 with following kernel:

[root@localhost VBOXADDITIONS_2.1.0_41146]# rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-headers-2.6.26.8-57.fc8
kernel-xen-2.6.21.7-5.fc8
kernel-debug-2.6.26.8-57.fc8
kernel-debug-2.6.26.6-49.fc8
kernel-PAE-2.6.26.6-49.fc8
kernel-devel-2.6.26.6-49.fc8
kernel-devel-2.6.26.8-57.fc8
kernel-PAE-2.6.26.8-57.fc8
kernel-2.6.26.6-49.fc8
kernel-2.6.26.8-57.fc8

When installing guest additions, I got the following hint:
[root@localhost VBOXADDITIONS_2.1.0_41146]# sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 2.1.0 Guest Additions for Linux installation.......................................................................................................................................................................................................
VirtualBox 2.1.0 Guest Additions installation
Please install the build and header files for your current Linux kernel.
The current kernel version is 2.6.26.8-57.fc8
Problems were found which would prevent the Guest Additions from installing.
Please correct these problems and try again.

Anyone help me? Thanks!

RTFM.

One of the most discussed topics. Read the Installation chapter for the guest additions in the manual.

I did follow the instruction on the manual. But it did not work.

Say exact what you have done.

Post output from

rpm -qa | grep gcc
rpm -qa | grep make
rpm -qa | grep kernel

install dkms

sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run


[hu@localhost VBOXADDITIONS_2.1.0_41146]$ rpm -qa | grep gcc
gcc-c++-4.1.2-33
gcc-4.1.2-33
gcc-java-4.1.2-33
gcc-gfortran-4.1.2-33
libgcc-4.1.2-33
compat-gcc-34-g77-3.4.6-8
compat-gcc-34-3.4.6-8
[hu@localhost VBOXADDITIONS_2.1.0_41146]$ rpm -qa | grep make
texmaker-1.8-1.fc8
make-3.81-11.fc8
[hu@localhost VBOXADDITIONS_2.1.0_41146]$ rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-headers-2.6.26.8-57.fc8
kernel-xen-2.6.21.7-5.fc8
kernel-debug-2.6.26.8-57.fc8
kernel-debug-2.6.26.6-49.fc8
kernel-PAE-2.6.26.6-49.fc8
kernel-devel-2.6.26.6-49.fc8
kernel-devel-2.6.26.8-57.fc8
kernel-PAE-2.6.26.8-57.fc8
kernel-2.6.26.6-49.fc8
kernel-2.6.26.8-57.fc8

Why are all kernel-packages installed? Nonsense.

What says "uname -r"?

I have same problem too. I have reisntalled fedora 9 compleate from cd. still got same error as yahoohoo.. I like to install guest additions soft to get access to a windows folder and 1021x768 resolutions. Kernel from cd is 2.6.25-14-fc9.i686 updated/upgraded to 2.6.27.9-73.fc9.i686. Same error with both kernels.

Host: vista 32
Guest: fedora 9
Vbox 2.10

rpm qa | grep kernel
kernel-firmware-2.6.27.9-73.fc9.noarch
kernel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686
kernel-headers-2.6.27.9-73.fc9.i386
kernel-2.6.27.9-73.fc9.i686
kerneloops-0.12-1.fc9.i386

rpm -qa |grep make
automake14-1.4p6-15.fc7.noarch
automake17-1.7.9-11.noarch
imake-1.0.2-6.fc9.i386
make-3.81-12.fc9.i386
automake16-1.6.3-14.noarch
automake-1.10.1-2.noarch
automake15-1.5-23.noarch

rpm -qa |grep gcc
gcc-java-4.3.0-8.i386
libgcc-4.3.0-8.i386
gcc-gfortran-4.3.0-8.i386
gcc-4.3.0-8.i386
gcc-c++-4.3.0-8.i386

uname -r
2.6.27.9-73.fc9.i686

so, What else to do?

Please forget my previous post.

I read Section 4.3.1 of manual, after run

yum install dkms

installations of guest additions run without problem.

uname -r
kernel-2.6.26.8-57.fc8

I also did as 4.3.1 says. But it didn't work

I remove kernel-*, and reinstall dmks and guestadditions. It's OK now.
There seems to be some conflicts between the kernel-* files.