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"No precompiled module for this kernel found"

Trying to install Virtual Box on Fedora 9 (2.6.25.9-76.fc9.i686) and receiving the following error:

Code:

[root@localhost Download]# rpm -ivh VirtualBox-1.6.2_31466_fedora9-1.i586.rpm

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]

  1:VirtualBox            ########################################### [100%]



Creating group 'vboxusers'. VM users must be member of that group!



No precompiled module for this kernel found -- trying to build one. Messages

emitted during module compilation will be logged to /var/log/vbox-install.log.



Compilation of the kernel module FAILED! VirtualBox will not start until this

problem is fixed. Please consult /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out why the

kernel module does not compile. Most probably the kernel sources are not found.

Install them and execute



  /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup



as root.

Edit: The /var/log/vbox-install.log says:

Quote:

Makefile:127: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again. Stop.

I'm a complete newbie and still learning all the great things about Linux - so please forgive me if I am slow to understand. I will appreciate any help/info!

you need to install the kernel source for your current running kernel.

Install the kernel-devel package first, and then you should be able to install VirtualBox. Do a "yum -y install kernel-devel" from the command-line as root.

You MIGHT need to install kernel-headers as well as kernel-devel. Remember these have to be the exact same ones as your running kernel.

Thanks very much for the responses, solution and plain English :)

Quote:

yum -y install

Why is it that people insist on using the -y option
get out of that habit or you may find you ,by mistake, run
yum -y remove glibc
and remove 50% of fedora 1412 packages will be removed