Re: *exe files

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On 07/26/2013 08:08 PM, Richard Vickery wrote:
> 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}
> 


Try this:

sudo /sbin/service vboxdrv setup

It will use dkms to remove the existing moodules, recompile the kernel
modules, and use dkms to put them back.

-- 
-- Steve
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