On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:50, John Layt wrote:
How is it more work? Install DKMS, kernel headers, make and gcc... you do this once. Then install the VBox RPM... and that's it. If you update the kernel, DKMS takes care of autobuilding the modules for VBox... works very well
Ummm, exactly my point. For someone who doesn't understand how to build the kernel module themselves or knows about dkms learning all that stuff is an unnecessary barrier when openSuse provides the kernel module as an rpm in the repo.
I should have just provided the one-click install link, one click and done.
Fair enough I'm a bit of a fan of DKMS... I just wish it was supported/available in more places.. like the nVidia binary for example. Historically, many users didn't want the OSE VirtualBox because so much was disabled in that version... now.. it's the same as what you download form the VBox website... to get the extras (like USB support), you just need to install the proprietary extensions regardless of what version is installed (openSUSE repo or direct download). C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org