On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:56:35 +0200 Frank Mehnert <[email protected]> wrote:
> Battal, > > On Wednesday 08 April 2009, Battal Kekec wrote: > > I have a WindowsXP host system and a Suse Linux 11.0 guest system. > > My question is where is the makefile after I call the "sh > > ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run" script for installing the guest extensions? I > > possibly have to adapt the variable with the kernel include path of the > > operating system. > > Have a look at the script /etc/init.d/vboxadd. This script knows > a command 'setup' which will recompile all guest kernel modules. > > But keep in mind that setting the path manually shouldn't be necessary. > Make sure that the link > > /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build > > points to a valid directory. Don't create this link yourself but > install the proper package of your Linux distribution. > > Kind regards, > > Frank ... and if you happen to see vboxadd fail during guest startup although the modules are ok edit it and replace line "sleep .5" with "sleep 2". On some boxes the module needs more time to startup, so the chown inside the script fails ... -- Regards, Stephan _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
