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Hi,

Using VirtualBox 4.3.0 on a host running Windows 7 with updates and a guest of Fedora 19 with updates, trying to install Guest Additions and at the status line:
Starting VirtualBox Guest Additions
the message is:
[FAILED] modprobe vlboxguest failed

Running modprobe vboxguest gives the message:
[686.722162] vboxguest: version magic '3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64.debug SMP mod_unload ' should be '3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64 SMP mod_unload'
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxguest': Exec format error

I've tried :
mv /usr/src/kernels/3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64.debug /usr/src/kernels/3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64
no joy
and
ln -sf /usr/src/kernels/3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64.debug /lib/modules/3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64/build
no joy

I don't see anything unusual in /var/log/vboxadd-install.log

Any tips appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

Hi,

I think the problem is that in Fedora 19, when dkms and gcc are installed, the kernel source is installed in:

/usr/src/kernels/3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64.debug/

and in Fedora 18, when dkms and gcc are installed, the kernel source is installed in:

/usr/src/kernels/3.xx.x-xxx.fc18.x86_64/

and the ".debug/" part of the directory name is confusing the GA installation.

Any tips appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

Please post a VM log file. For details read Minimum information needed for assistance.

Hi,

Problem solved. After running:
yum install dkms
(includes installing source to /usr/src/kernels/3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64.debug/)

yum install gcc (not needed - dkms install includes gcc install)

Add this step:
yum install kernel-devel.x86_64
(includes installing source to /usr/src/kernels/3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64/)

Thanks,
Mike