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Virtual Box does not specify Desktop, or Server. Will it work on either? Will it work on the latest kernel (2.6.27-11-server)?

Thank you in advance....

It will work, but there are some X dependencies that need to be installed. After VB is installed, you can remove the dependencies if you like. Be careful that it doesn't remove VB with it.

During the install of VB will it inform me of which dependencies need to be installed?

Yes, it should do that. If you install it using dpkg instead of apt-get (if you added the Sun VB repo) or gdebi, then those dependencies will not be installed until you run apt-get install -f. Be sure that you are able to create kernel modules. VB will still be able to run without the X dependencies. You have to configure everything from the CLI so keep that in mind.

Having issues trying to install. Any ideas?

#/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Attempting to install using DKMS
removing old DKMS module vboxdrv version 2.1.4
-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module: vboxdrv
Version: 2.1.4
Kernel: 2.6.27-11-generic (i686)
-------------------------------------

Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

vboxdrv.ko:
- Uninstallation
- Deleting from: /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/updates/dkms/
- Original module
- No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
- Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.

depmod....

DKMS: uninstall Completed.

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 2.1.4
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxdrv/2.1.4/source ->
/usr/src/vboxdrv-2.1.4

DKMS: add Completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....
make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.27-11-server -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-server/build M=/var/lib/dkms/vboxdrv/2.1.4/build.....(bad exit status: 2)

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.27-11-server (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/vboxdrv/2.1.4/build/ for more information.
0
0
Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without
Makefile:154: *** Error: /usr/src/linux (version 2.6.27.10) does not match the current kernel (version 2.6.27-11-server). Stop.


-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module: vboxdrv
Version: 2.1.4
Kernel: 2.6.27-11-generic (i686)
-------------------------------------

Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

vboxdrv.ko:
- Uninstallation
- Deleting from: /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/updates/dkms/
- Original module
- No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
- Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.

depmod....

DKMS: uninstall Completed.

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 2.1.4
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxdrv/2.1.4/source ->
/usr/src/vboxdrv-2.1.4

DKMS: add Completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....
make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.27-11-server -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-server/build M=/var/lib/dkms/vboxdrv/2.1.4/build.....(bad exit status: 2)

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.27-11-server (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/vboxdrv/2.1.4/build/ for more information.
0
0
Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without
Makefile:154: *** Error: /usr/src/linux (version 2.6.27.10) does not match the current kernel (version 2.6.27-11-server). Stop.

Kernel is current:

#/usr/src# uname -a
Linux ubuntuvmtestsvr 2.6.27-11-server #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 20:19:41 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

More information:

/usr/src# ls
linux-headers-2.6.27-11 linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic linux-source-2.6.27 linux-source-2.6.27.tar.bz2 vboxdrv-2.1.4 vboxnetflt-2.1.4

/lib/modules# ls
2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11-server 2.6.27-7-server 2.6.27-9-generic 2.6.27-9-server

Did you install the kernel headers for your running kernel? You also want to install build-essential if you haven't done that yet. Your error is in the VirtualBox FAQ and manual. The solution at least.

I installed linux-source-2.6.27. Did not install build-essential (will do that now). Trying to find my error in the two locations you submitted... no luck finding them yet.

Installed build-essential successfully.

When installing kernel headers I received the following:

root@ubuntuvmtestsvr:/home# apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.27-11-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libscrollkeeper0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-2.6.27-11-server
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 633kB of archives.
After this operation, 8004kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main linux-headers-2.6.27-11-server 2.6.27-11.27 [633kB]
Fetched 633kB in 4s (149kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-2.6.27-11-server.
(Reading database ... 105166 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.27-11-server (from .../linux-headers-2.6.27-11-server_2.6.27-11.27_i386.deb) ...
Setting up linux-headers-2.6.27-11-server (2.6.27-11.27) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms
* Running DKMS auto installation service for kernel 2.6.27-11-server

* vboxdrv (2.1.4)...
vboxdrv (2.1.4): Installing module.
.......(bad exit status: 10)
Build failed. Installation skipped.
...fail!
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common

root@ubuntuvmtestsvr:/home#

Why do you have nvidia-common installed? That isn't needed.

Supercell,

Did you download and install the most recent kernel-devel package, or ncurses package?

PARC, the kernel-source isn't needed. Kernel-devel doesn't exist on Ubuntu, it's a Fedora package name. ncurses isn't needed, VB runs on a clean install of Ubuntu. He only needs kernel-headers and build-essential to be installed.

Supercell, why do you also have a generic kernel? If you boot the generic kernel, the header files from server won't work. And to make upgrading easier, install linux-headers-server instead.

Yes, reinstalled Ubuntu 8.10 server and this time apt-get installed kernel-headers, virtualbox-2.1 (not from .deb install). dkms found the correct kernel source and it looks now as though all it going well. I am installing the ubuntu-desktop now to utilize the gui version of VB. This kernel is not the latest. I am wondering if dkms will do the job when the kernel is updated. If not, I will install the latest kernel-headers and hope for the best! I will keep you updated.

Nothing worse that reading though all the Re:'s only to find that the solution was never posted!