On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/25/2013 11:42 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Steven Stern >> <subscribed-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 07/25/2013 01:34 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: >>>> I've heard there were issues with Win 8 on Virtualbox in linux, but I >>>> haven't tried it myself >>> >>> I also have a Win8 VM and it's OK. There's an issue where the screen >>> doesn't get refreshed properly -- I have to press the Windows flag key >>> to get it to redisplay itself. (This PC came with Win8, so I >>> virtualized it before blowing it away to install Fedora. The XP VM is >>> from this PC's predecessor.) >>> >>> -- >>> -- Steve >> >> >> I did a <sudo yum install> obviously without the braces shown here and >> after install received the following error in /var/log: >> >> Makefile:181: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current >> Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again. Stop. >> >> Where is the kernel? Shouldn't the install have known? >> > > As Rick points you, install kernel-devel so VirtualBox can compile its > kernel modules. Also, install DKMS. > > Here's the whole shebang, including setting the VirtualBox repo so you > can use USB stuff: (watch out for line wrapping) > > cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ > sudo wget > http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo > > sudo yum install VirtualBox-4.2 kernel-devel dkms kernel-headers > > Once VirtualBox is installed, go to > https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and download the extension > pack. This gives you the means to connect USB devices. It's installed > via FILE -> PREFERENCES -> EXTENSIONS inside the VirtualBox application. > For reasons unknown to me, Virtual Box is added to the SYSTEMS menu. > > > > -- > -- Steve > -- The machine returned the following: Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Microsh*t. The virtual machine 'Microsh*t' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1. Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: Machine Interface: IMachine {22781af3-1c96-4126-9edf-67a020e0e858} -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
