Stan Goodman schreef: (snip)
It had not come up here. Following your suggestion:
Poblano:/usr/bin # /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup Stopping VirtualBox kernel module done Removing old VirtualBox netflt kernel module done Removing old VirtualBox kernel module done Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module failed (Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong) Poblano:/usr/bin # cd /var/log Poblano:/var/log # vi vbox-install.log
***** Here is what the log says: Makefile:170: *** Error: unable to find the include directory for your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_INCL=<directory> and run Make again. Stop. *****
What exactly does the above want me to do?
Install the kernel sources. Apparently the installation tries to recompile the kernel modules and in order to do that it needs the kernel source. The instruction "Specify ... etc" erroneously supposes you already did that and put them in a non-standard spot. Stupid computers ... :-) -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org