On 05/30/2010 02:16 PM, Brian Mury wrote: > I am trying to build the VirtualBox kernel module. It fails with this > error: > > Makefile:159: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current > Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again. Stop. > > In /lib/modules/2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686.PAE there is a "build" symlink > that links to /usr/src/kernels/2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686.PAE - but that > directory does not exist! > > What *does* exist is /usr/src/kernels/2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686 (note that > the .PAE extension is missing). > > If I make a symlink from /usr/src/kernels/2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686.PAE > to /usr/src/kernels/2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686, the module will build, but > the kernel will not load it because it has the wrong version number. >>From /var/log/messages: > > May 30 11:55:39 BrianF13 kernel: vboxdrv: version magic > '2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686 SMP mod_unload 686 ' should be > '2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686.PAE SMP mod_unload 686 ' > > Should there be a PAE version of kernel-devel? I can't find a package > for it. > > Brian > > VirtualBox builds OK on my system. $ rpm -qa |grep kernel kernel-PAE-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686 kernel-PAE-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686 kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686 kernel-headers-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686 kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686 abrt-addon-kerneloops-1.1.0-1.fc13.i686 Try 'yum install kernel-PAE-devel'. -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
