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As the subject suggests, I am running Virtual Box on a Win XP host machine. I have installed Fedora 9, and am in the process of installing the guest additions. http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8669 I have been following the advise on the previous URL - but this still hasn't worked.

I get the error message:

Please install the build and header files for your current Linux kernel. The current kernel version is 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 Problems were found which would prevent the Guest Additions from installing. Please correct these problems and try again.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Verrona.

What is the point of the poll?

As you run F9, I warn you that the video module will NOT be build because of a non-final version of Xorg. For the other GA, you need the packages kernel-devel.

Thanks for your replies. In regards to:

dmcgraw wrote:What is the point of the poll?

I placed a poll to gauge how many people found the thread helpful. Most fourms/articles that I've read on Virtual Box, the guest O/S has been Ubuntu. Therefore, I was interested in finding out if Fedora was as common, if not at all. However, people can vote even if they don't have Fedora.

Now in regards to the matter at hand. Thanks for your helpful reply Sasquatch, but not to sound "thick", but what should I do to resolve my problem?

Cheers

Run the following on Fedora within a terminal:
That will pull and install kernel headers from the Fedora repos (assuming you have 'net access from Fedora).

Coincidentally, I use Fedora and have done for about a year and a half (first version I played with was FC7).

Yes, but I think the real problem with FC9 and Guest Additions is that FC9 is using a pre-release version of X which is not supported by VB.

As a temporary workaround, you can downgrade the version of Xorg to the one packaged with Fedora 8:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=155503

Follow the instructions up to the point where you're supposed to install Compiz. As VB doesn't support 3D, you won't be able to run Compiz anyway.

Thanks for all your replies. I shall action these ASAP & will let you know of the outcome.

Cheers

MaidenFan wrote:Run the following on Fedora within a terminal:

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su -
[Your root password]
yum install kernel-devel

That will pull and install kernel headers from the Fedora repos (assuming you have 'net access from Fedora).

Coincidentally, I use Fedora and have done for about a year and a half (first version I played with was FC7).

This worked like a treat, thanks.