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kususe 03-13-2011 08:22 AM

Error during kernel module compiling
 
I update my last kernl to 2.6.38-rc7 but when I launch VirtualBox, on stdout:

Code:

WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
        available for the current kernel (2.6.38-rc7) or it failed to
        load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

          sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

        You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

If I try to install this kenel module, I obtain this log (compiling failed):

Code:

make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-rc7/build modules
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (                \
        echo;                                                                \
        echo "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";                \
        echo "        include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
        echo "        Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.";        \
        echo;                                                                \
        /bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0
  gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/linux/.SUPDrv-linux.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include -I/usr/src/test/linux-2.6.38-rc7/arch/x86/include -Iinclude  -include include/generated/autoconf.h -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -Os -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fomit-frame-pointer -g -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -I/lib/modules/2.6.38-rc7/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxdrv/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxdrv/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DCONFIG_VBOXDRV_AS_MISC -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS  -DMODULE  -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPDrv_linux)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxdrv)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/.tmp_SUPDrv-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/types.h:30,
                from /tmp/vbox.0/linux/../SUPDrvInternal.h:35,
                from /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:31:
/tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/types.h:105:31: error: linux/autoconf.h: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vbox.0] Error 2
make: *** [vboxdrv] Error 2

where, I think, the cause problaby is the missing of "autoconf.h" or "auto.conf.
But, using
Code:

find / -iname "autoconf.h"
and
Code:

find /-iname "auto.conf"
I get up that the files exist in the specified path.

Suggestions???
Thanks in advance

bathory 03-13-2011 09:50 AM

Hi,

You need to create a symlink.
Code:

ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.38-rc7/include/generated/autoconf.h /usr/src/linux-2.6.38-rc7/include/linux/
Regards


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