At 19:40:40 on Monday Monday 22 March 2010, Joachim Schrod <jschrod@acm.org> wrote:

Stan Goodman wrote:

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At 12:20:15 on Monday Monday 22 March 2010, Joachim Schrod

<jschrod@acm.org> wrote:

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Stan Goodman wrote:

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I intend to run: ln -sf vboxvfs.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.42-0.1-trace/updates/vboxvfs.co ln -sf vboxadd.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.42-0.1-trace/updates/vboxadd.ko from the directory where the incorrect symlinks are located.

Almost. 1) The arguments must be the other way round; first the real files, then the place where the symlinks shall be created. 2) There's a typo in the first command, there ".co" must be ".ko".

The exact commands are, as root:

cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/weak-updates/updates ln -sf /lib/modules/2.6.27.42-0.1-trace/updates/vbox*.ko . depmod -a

# cd /lib/modules/2.6.27.45-0.1-default/weak-updates

This is not the command cited above; it's the wrong directory. The symlinks are in a subdirectory updates.

Yes, that's correct, and it was clear at once what had happened, because I knew that the (real) files were where they should be. That happened because I was in a rush; I am trying to get done with all the things that must be done before I get on an airplane in the morning. I doubt that I will be able to do anything with the resulting mess until my return, after which I clean things up and do it right. In the meantime, thank you for your help and your patience. I am closing down the computer now.

You have now created symlinks in /lib/modules/2.6.27.45-0.1-default/weak-updates, remove them before issuing my commands again.

Joachim

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