Virtualbox Won't Let Me Install

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Re: Virtualbox Won't Let Me Install

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aeb105 wrote:DKMS make.log for virtualbox-ose-3.1.6 for kernel 3.0.0-19-lowlatency (x86_64)
Mon Dec 3 01:31:39 EST 2012
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-19-lowlatency'
LD /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-ose/3.1.6/build/built-in.o
LD /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-ose/3.1.6/build/vboxdrv/built-in.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-ose/3.1.6/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-ose/3.1.6/build/include/VBox/types.h:34,
from /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-ose/3.1.6/build/vboxdrv/linux/../SUPDrvInternal.h:39,
from /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-ose/3.1.6/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:37:
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-ose/3.1.6/build/include/iprt/types.h:101:31: error: linux/autoconf.h: No such file or directory
`/usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-19-lowlatency/include/generated/autoconf.h' -> `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-19-lowlatency/include/linux/autoconf.h'
So when building in '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-19-lowlatency' it still can't find 'linux/autoconf.h' even though now '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.0.0-19-lowlatency/include/linux/autoconf.h' does exist? That's odd.
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Re: Virtualbox Won't Let Me Install

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Well when I am in Virtualbox and I start the session it gives:

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and execute 'modprobe vboxdrv' as root.



So then I go to Synaptic Package Manager cause I'm not good with a terminal and look for that dkms and it is installed. So know I choose to reinstall it and the main package and I get

E: virtualbox-ose-dkms: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
E: open-vm-dkms: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
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Re: Virtualbox Won't Let Me Install

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aeb105 wrote:now I choose to reinstall it and the main package and I get

E: virtualbox-ose-dkms: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
E: open-vm-dkms: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
There's probably more error messages above this one (this one basically just says 'something went wrong'). Can you post those? Or are they exactly the same as before?
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Re: Virtualbox Won't Let Me Install

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Yes same as before.
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Re: Virtualbox Won't Let Me Install

Post by rickyrockrat »

It's not the autoconf.h file. I fixed that, and it still doesn't compile (ask me how I know).
Virtual box is not compatible with your version of the kernel.

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s ... ion/182961

This was broken in 2.6.38 and up, since nmi_watchdog is no longer exported from the Kernel source:
do a search on http://lxr.linux.no for nmi_watchdog and you'll see what I mean.

So either get a newer version of virtual box, or install a kernel older than 2.6.38.

Hope that helps someone.
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