Hello,
I decided to change to the latest Fedora distro (verne). Now, when I try to use VirtualBox (versions 3.2.14 AND 4.1.18) I get the error message shown in the subject line. I know this is a problem with that particular distro because I had VirtualBox running just fine with XP on a VM using Debian v6 squeeze. However, the desktop is not nearly as functional as the Fedora KDE.
Here is the feedback I'm getting when trying to create a new VM:
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a
permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by
executing
'/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
as root. Users of Ubuntu, Fedora or Mandriva should install the DKMS package first.
This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel
module if necessary.
When I installed the DKMS package and reinstalled VirtualBox:
Uninstalling modules from DKMS
Attempting to install using DKMS
Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/3.2.14/source ->
/usr/src/vboxhost-3.2.14
DKMS: add Completed.
Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without
Makefile:160: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel.
Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again. Stop.
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules [ OK ]
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMSError! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel 3.1.0-7.fc16.i686 cannot be found at
/lib/modules/3.1.0-7.fc16.i686/build or /lib/modules/3.1.0-7.fc16.i686/source. [FAILED]
(Failed, trying without DKMS)
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules [FAILED]
Since I'm not all that well versed, I'm wondering what to do about specifying the KERNEL and the missing kernel headers (in red). I assume they are somewhere because the OS is working?
Any advice appreciated.
Larry
SOLVED:
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=46958
