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VirtualBox version to use with kernel 2.6.18?
Posted: 12. Jun 2009, 14:46
by IanVaughan
I have to use a older kernel (2.6.18), and wanted to know which version of VB would be best suited?
Using the latest VB (v2.2.4) gives problems with VBoxManage not present after guest additions installed.
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sh VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
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VirtualBox requires Linux 2.6.27 or later for this. Please see the log
Cheers, Ian.
Host: Windows XP
Guest: RedHat EL5 (Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:42:39 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux)
Re: VirtualBox version to use with kernel 2.6.18?
Posted: 12. Jun 2009, 17:47
by fixedwheel
IanVaughan wrote:Using the latest VB (v2.2.4) gives problems with VBoxManage not present after guest additions installed.
dont know, but IMO has nothing to do with this error message:
IanVaughan wrote:Code: Select all
sh VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
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VirtualBox requires Linux 2.6.27 or later for this. Please see the log
you cut the interesting lines away, i bet it looks like this one:
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[root@cent-1 VBOXADDITIONS_2.2.4_47978]# uname -a
Linux cent-1 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 21 10:44:23 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@cent-1 VBOXADDITIONS_2.2.4_47978]# sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 2.2.4 Guest Additions for Linux installation..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
VirtualBox 2.2.4 Guest Additions installation
This system does not seem to have support for OpenGL direct rendering.
VirtualBox requires Linux 2.6.27 or later for this. Please see the log
file /var/log/vboxadd-install.log if your guest uses Linux 2.6.27 and you still see this message.
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel module...
Building the shared folder support kernel module...
Installing the VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Successfully installed the VirtualBox Guest Additions.
You must restart your guest system in order to complete the installation.
meaning for guest system OpenGL direct rendering you need a kernel 2.6.27 or later
Re: VirtualBox version to use with kernel 2.6.18?
Posted: 12. Jun 2009, 23:44
by sej7278
fixedwheel wrote:meaning for guest system OpenGL direct rendering you need a kernel 2.6.27 or later
yeah exactly, no problem with 2.6.18 on rhel/centos 5 here, i've got five guests running it (with guest additions, just no compiz) and a host.