Mint Linux Debian Guest Additions Issue

[Kingy]

I'm using the latest Linux Mint Debian fully updated for a guest and for some reason, it's not installing the guest additions - only a non-kernel install. I've tried manually adding the Linux kernel and header packages but it doesn't seem to work since linux-headers-generic isn't available. What's the manual way to install the header package(s) and the guest additions (I've got build-essential installed) and get it to work? Thanks!

[Perryg]

Try apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

[Kingy]

Yep, it has it... linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686 is already the newest version. However it's still doing a non-kernel install.

Here's what it says as it's installing...

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Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
You should restart your guest to make sure the new modules are actually used

Installing the Window System drivers
Installing X.Org Server 1.7 modules ...done.
Setting up the Window System to use the Guest Additions ...done.
You may need to restart the hal service and the Window System (or just restart
the guest system) to enable the Guest Additions.

Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components ...done.

And here's what it says in vboxadd-install.log...

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Uninstalling modules from DKMS
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 modules
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686 \
	KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common \
	KBUILD_EXTMOD="/tmp/vbox.0" -f /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/Makefile \
	modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (		\
	echo;								\
	echo "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";		\
	echo "         include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";	\
	echo "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.";	\
	echo;								\
	/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/*
make -f /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0
   gcc-4.3 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.test.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.5/include -Iinclude -Iinclude2 -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/arch/x86/include -include include/linux/autoconf.h   -I/tmp/vbox.0 -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -Os -m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -Wa,-mtune=generic32 -ffreestanding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -fomit-frame-pointer -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow   -I/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build/include   -I/tmp/vbox.0/   -I/tmp/vbox.0/include   -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -D_X86_ -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBGL_VBOXGUEST -DVBGL_HGCM -DVBOX_WITH_HGCM  -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(test)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd_test)"  -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_test.o /tmp/vbox.0/test.c
  ld -m elf_i386   -r -o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test.o /tmp/vbox.0/test.o 
(cat /dev/null;   echo kernel//tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test.ko;) > /tmp/vbox.0/modules.order
make -f /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/scripts/Makefile.modpost
  scripts/mod/modpost -m  -i /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686/Module.symvers -I /tmp/vbox.0/Module.symvers  -o /tmp/vbox.0/Module.symvers -S -w -c -s
   gcc-4.3 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.vboxadd_test.mod.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.5/include -Iinclude -Iinclude2 -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/arch/x86/include -include include/linux/autoconf.h   -I/tmp/vbox.0 -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -Os -m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -Wa,-mtune=generic32 -ffreestanding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -fomit-frame-pointer -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow   -I/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build/include   -I/tmp/vbox.0/   -I/tmp/vbox.0/include   -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -D_X86_ -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBGL_VBOXGUEST -DVBGL_HGCM -DVBOX_WITH_HGCM  -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd_test.mod)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd_test)"  -DMODULE -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test.mod.o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test.mod.c
  ld -r -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/scripts/module-common.lds --build-id -o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test.ko /tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test.o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test.mod.o
/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile.include.header:87: Ignoring unknown BUILD_TYPE value '_BUILDTYPE_'.
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 modules
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686 \
	KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common \
	KBUILD_EXTMOD="/tmp/vbox.0" -f /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/Makefile \
	modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (		\
	echo;								\
	echo "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";		\
	echo "         include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";	\
	echo "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.";	\
	echo;								\
	/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/*
make -f /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0
/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile.include.header:93: Using BUILD_TYPE='release' from the environment.
   gcc-4.3 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.test_drm.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.5/include -Iinclude -Iinclude2 -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/arch/x86/include -include include/linux/autoconf.h   -I/tmp/vbox.0 -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -Os -m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -Wa,-mtune=generic32 -ffreestanding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -fomit-frame-pointer -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow   -I/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build/include   -I/tmp/vbox.0/   -I/tmp/vbox.0/include   -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DVBGL_VBOXGUEST -DVBOX_WITH_HGCM -DLOG_TO_BACKDOOR -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DIN_MODULE -DIN_GUEST_R0 -DRT_ARCH_X86  -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(test_drm)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd_test_drm)"  -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_test_drm.o /tmp/vbox.0/test_drm.c
  ld -m elf_i386   -r -o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test_drm.o /tmp/vbox.0/test_drm.o 
(cat /dev/null;   echo kernel//tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test_drm.ko;) > /tmp/vbox.0/modules.order
make -f /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/scripts/Makefile.modpost
/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile.include.header:93: Using BUILD_TYPE='release' from the environment.
  scripts/mod/modpost -m  -i /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686/Module.symvers -I /tmp/vbox.0/Module.symvers  -o /tmp/vbox.0/Module.symvers -S -w -c -s
   gcc-4.3 -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/.vboxadd_test_drm.mod.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.3.5/include -Iinclude -Iinclude2 -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/include -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/arch/x86/include -include include/linux/autoconf.h   -I/tmp/vbox.0 -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -Os -m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -Wa,-mtune=generic32 -ffreestanding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -fomit-frame-pointer -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow   -I/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build/include   -I/tmp/vbox.0/   -I/tmp/vbox.0/include   -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DVBGL_VBOXGUEST -DVBOX_WITH_HGCM -DLOG_TO_BACKDOOR -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DIN_MODULE -DIN_GUEST_R0 -DRT_ARCH_X86  -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd_test_drm.mod)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxadd_test_drm)"  -DMODULE -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test_drm.mod.o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test_drm.mod.c
  ld -r -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common/scripts/module-common.lds --build-id -o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test_drm.ko /tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test_drm.o /tmp/vbox.0/vboxadd_test_drm.mod.o
Attempting to install using DKMS

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxguest/3.2.10/source ->
                 /usr/src/vboxguest-3.2.10

DKMS: add Completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....
make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.32-5-686 -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build M=/var/lib/dkms/vboxguest/3.2.10/build...........
cleaning build area....

DKMS: build Completed.

vboxguest.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/misc/

vboxsf.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/misc/

vboxvideo.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/misc/

depmod....

DKMS: install Completed.
Creating user for the Guest Additions.
Creating udev rule for the Guest Additions kernel module.

It *shouldn't* be doing a non-kernel install. =|

[Sasquatch]

What's the problem? I don't see anything wrong here. They work, right?

[Kingy]

Just wondering why it's doing a non-kernel install, mainly.