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Error installing VBOX2.24 in Fedora 9

Posted: 19. Jun 2009, 03:33
by sunardo_panjaitan
Hello all..
I'm a newbie. i get a problem while installing VirtualBox in Fedora Core 9.

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Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:VirtualBox             ########################################### [100%]

Creating group 'vboxusers'. VM users must be member of that group!

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.
and i see the log in /var/log/vbox-install.log

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[root@messenger Download]# cat /var/log/vbox-install.log
** Compiling vboxdrv
Makefile:145: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again.  Stop.
i see in System Tools there is Sun VirtualBox, but it can't run..

How to solve this problem????
give me solution pliz...

Re: Error installing VBOX2.24 in Fedora 9

Posted: 19. Jun 2009, 03:34
by Perryg
Add yourself to the vbox uses group.

Read here: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8669

Re: Error installing VBOX2.24 in Fedora 9

Posted: 19. Jun 2009, 03:56
by sunardo_panjaitan
i've already add my account to the vbox uses group.
but i can't still run the VBOX...
i'm sorry for that i can't get it...

Re: Error installing VBOX2.24 in Fedora 9

Posted: 19. Jun 2009, 15:06
by Perryg
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You must prep the OS to be able to compile the drivers

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su yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel gcc
Reboot then install the guest additions.

Watch the terminal window closely for errors and fix accordingly.