On 03/25/2012 10:58 PM, Robert Benjamin wrote:
On 03/25/2012 10:07 AM, Robert Benjamin wrote:
Here's what I get as root with /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
>>>> Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel >>>> modules done >>>> Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using >>>> DKMS failed >>>> (Failed, trying without DKMS) >>>> Recompiling VirtualBox kernel >>>> modules failed >>>> (Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong >>> Stopping VirtualBox kernel >>> modules done >>> What does all this mean. Hope I didn't mess things up too >>> seriously. Tks again >>> >> Hi >> It means it can't compile the kernel modules. You need to >> install kernel-devel, make and gcc. >> HTH >> L x
>> Hi It is the 25th and I have trouble with >> getting anywhere with the start arrow. Here's what comes up: >> Error box Failed to open a session for the virtual machine >> bbox. The virtual machine bbox has terminated unexpectedly >> during startup with exit code 1. OK Press OK and it is back to the start arrow again. Ticked the boxes in Yast as was suggested before for kernel-devel and others. They were already checked. and dkms is not in add/remove software. Using /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup gets the same thing as at the top of this email. So close but ... :-) Bob
Have checked again and kernel-devel and gcc are installed but I'm still stuck at the same place as above. Any way to get out of this rut? Bob
What is the output of: getent group vboxusers L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org