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Hi!

If do not mind, just help me to solve a problem I'm facing in running "VirtualBox" in "Novell OpenSuse 11.0" host, that when I want to start the virtual machine -after specifying the type, options... etc-, a message would appear saying:



"Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Re-setup the kernel module by executing

'/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'

as root. Users of Ubuntu, Fedora or Mandriva should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary."



Then I tried to execute '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' and the result was



"Stopping VirtualBox kernel module done
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module failed
(Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong)"



At last, the 'vbox-install.log' contented that message:



"Makefile:174: *** Error: unable to find the include directory for your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_INCL=<directory> and run Make again. Stop."



Then, please help me to solve this problem, and I am so grateful for you.

First you need to do a system update on the host. Then you need to install the following files using a terminal and in su, to make it all come together for you. Of course this is all explained in the VBox Users Manual 2.3. Installing on Linux hosts
As well as here: VirtualBox FAQ

Thanks Perryg, I'll try it, but the update I can't run it as I don't have an internet on the linux host....!

Thanks a lot.

No internet means no way to get the development packages. You might be lucky if the install CD has them, but if you already run a kernel that is newer than the one that is shipped with a fresh install, you're not going to get it working if you boot into the new kernel or have no way to get the old one back.