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well I am not sure where things are going wrong then. I am using the most current version of VirtualBox 4.3.20 and the latest version of Kali Linux 1.1.0.loukingjr wrote:I have several guests with 3.18 kernels and the guest additions build just fine with VirtualBox 4.3.20.
Perryg wrote:What version of VirtualBox are you using?
I suspect the real reason for this issue, your kernel and headers do not match, which they must.piratestatic wrote:Would the fact that Kali is 1.1.0 instead of 1.0.9 have anything to do with it? Same virtual box but newer Kali Linux? I have had this work before on the same Virtualbox release...the only thing that has changed is Kali, so if it isn't the headers changing then could it be Kali?Perryg wrote:What version of VirtualBox are you using?
I know the stock answer is going to be "logs will help" but just trying to trouble shooting the issue before getting the logs involved.
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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)I have used the apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) to get my headers (3.18) but I am still getting errors.Perryg wrote:Use the following to save space and install the proper headers.
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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
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Uninstalling modules from DKMS
Attempting to install using DKMS
Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxguest/4.3.20/source ->
/usr/src/vboxguest-4.3.20
DKMS: add completed.
Error! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel 3.14-kali1-amd64 cannot be found at
/lib/modules/3.14-kali1-amd64/build or /lib/modules/3.14-kali1-amd64/source.
Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without
/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile.include.header:97: *** Error: unable to find the sources o$
Creating user for the Guest Additions.
Creating udev rule for the Guest Additions kernel module.Code: Select all
root@virtualboxkali:/media/cdrom# sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.20 Guest Additions for Linux............
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing installed version 4.3.20 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Copying additional installer modules ...
Installing additional modules ...
Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules
The headers for the current running kernel were not found. If the following
module compilation fails then this could be the reason.
Building the main Guest Additions module ...fail!
(Look at /var/log/vboxadd-install.log to find out what went wrong)
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
Installing the Window System drivers
Installing X.Org Server 1.12 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.Perryg wrote:What does the following report in the guests terminal?
uname -r
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# uname -r
3.14-kali1-amd64