One last attempt before abandoning Project

[GirlNet]

I don't want to - but after a week of troubleshooting, I still get . . .

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No suitable module for running kernel found

In the /var/log/vbox-install.log, I find . . .

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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.";	\

When running . . .

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/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

The server abends.

I've updated every kernel/kernel dependent module such as kernel-devel, gcc, etc.

I can't even figure out how to uninstall 2.0, to install 1.6 which I is proven stable.

Anyone? Please help! I'd really like to use virtualbox, I hear it's great when installed properly.

Signed,
Hopeless in Detroit

[MaidenFan]

What distro is your host?

If it's Debain-based (Ubuntu etc) then run:

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sudo apt-get remove VirtualBox

If it's RedHat-based (Fedora, CentOS etc) then run:

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su -
[Your root password]
yum remove VirtualBox

That should remove all traces of your current VirtualBox install. From there, download 2.0.2 and install as you would do normally (via RPM on RH or DEB on Debian).

[GirlNet]

Thank you! I'm using RHEL 5.2. It worked. I'm have a issue with Xen (I'm a total newbie here).

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Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rhel-i386.

Is it possible this has something to do with it? I'm frustrated that I'm not more knowledgeable about this - but I'm working on it.

[MaidenFan]

That error means that Yum (RHEL's package manager) can't access the relevant repositories on the Internet.

Check proxy settings, network connections and general internet browser access on the host. It may also be a good idea to clear the repo cache so that you get a fresh list next time you install something:

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su -
[Your root password]
yum clean all

Once you've removed VirtualBox, you can download the RPM from the VirtualBox download page and install it by running this command as root (if you still have the "su" window open from earlier you can miss this out):

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su -
[Your root password]
rpm -ivh /path/to/downloaded.rpm

Make sure you have the kernel-devel package installed for your relevant kernel. If you don't, the VBox installer will complain and fail.

[sej7278]

you say you have kernel-devel installed so i guess its redhat/fedora, have you got kernel-headers installed too - as its asking for .h files.....

yum install kernel-headers

and it has to be for your current running kernel, so if you've just installed a new kernel you have to reboot before running vboxdrv setup

vbox 2.0.2 worked out of the box for me with centos 5.2, you really should't be trying to do any virtualisation with the xen kernel installed though, you have to have the non-xen kernel.

[GirlNet]

Yep - got that too!

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[root@qadmirror ~]# yum list kernel*
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
rhel-i386-server-5        100% |=========================| 1.4 kB    00:00     
Installed Packages
kernel.i686                              2.6.18-92.1.13.el5     installed       
kernel.i686                              2.6.18-92.1.10.el5     installed       
kernel-devel.i686                        2.6.18-92.1.10.el5     installed       
kernel-devel.i686                        2.6.18-92.1.13.el5     installed       
kernel-headers.i386                      2.6.18-92.1.13.el5     installed       
kernel-xen.i686                          2.6.18-92.el5          installed       
kernel-xen.i686                          2.6.18-92.1.13.el5     installed       
kernel-xen.i686                          2.6.18-92.1.10.el5     installed       
kernel-xen-devel.i686                    2.6.18-92.el5          installed       
kernel-xen-devel.i686                    2.6.18-92.1.13.el5     installed       
kernel-xen-devel.i686                    2.6.18-92.1.10.el5     installed       
Available Packages
kernel-PAE.i686                          2.6.18-92.1.13.el5     rhel-i386-server
kernel-PAE-devel.i686                    2.6.18-92.1.13.el5     rhel-i386-server
kernel-debug.i686                        2.6.18-92.1.13.el5     rhel-i386-server
kernel-debug-devel.i686                  2.6.18-92.1.13.el5     rhel-i386-server
kernel-doc.noarch                        2.6.18-92.1.13.el5     rhel-i386-server

[GirlNet]

vbox 2.0.2 worked out of the box for me with centos 5.2, you really should't be trying to do any virtualisation with the xen kernel installed though, you have to have the non-xen kernel.

So, should I uninstall xen and install something else? Is that possible? I don't care what desktop I run as long as I can virtualize and put Linux 3 on it.

[GirlNet]

Well . . .

I did uninstall version 2.0.2 and installed 1.6.6 and the machine abended again. I did actually see an error before it rebooted - but I wasn't quick enough to read it.

Darn it! I'm a whole two weeks into Linux and I have to tell you - everything has been really difficult. I'm not complaining cause learning new things are difficult - but DANG!

[MaidenFan]

I would uninstall Xen before you start playing with VirtualBox - I'm not exactly an expert on Xen but the two could create problems if they don't play well together.

Does Xen use a different kernel to the RHEL standard? If it is a non-standard kernel then it would definitely be possible that it could conflict with VBox.

[GirlNet]

Ok - here's what I did.

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yum remove xen.i386
yum remove xen-libs.i386

Ran

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rpm -ivh nameof package.rpm

Before it rebooted, I got this message "No precompile module for the kernel found". I had to be quick to get it!

Now I get a different error when I do a:

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/etc/init.d/vboxdrv start

(modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why)

When I fun dmesg, I get a whole lot of gobbly gook, that I can't make heads or tails from.

But . . . at least I'm getting a new error now!

[MaidenFan]

Try posting the contents of the /var/log/vbox-install.log file - that should give you why the install is failing. Are you choosing the right install RPM from the Download page?

[sej7278]

you have to replace that xen kernel with the vanilla one:

yum install kernel kernel-devel kernel-headers

yum remove kernel-xen*

[Sasquatch]

Be sure to boot to the proper kernel too. Only then will VB run and compile it's kernel module.