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 -- 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
