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Bug#717791: debian-installer: virtualbox guest additions not installed correctly



Quoting Sander Marechal (sander@prezent.nl):
> Package: debian-installer
> Severity: normal
> Tags: d-i
> 
> I installed a clean Debian Wheezy 7.1. The installer correctly determined that it
> was running in a Virtualbox VM and installed the virtualbox guest additions. The
> problem is that the additions were not correctly installed. The kernel module wasn't
> built so the guest additions did not work.
> 
> I first had to install the build-essentials myself. Also, the installer installed
> the wrong kernel headers for my kernel. The debian installation came out running the
>  -486 kernel but the installer installed the -686-pae kernel headers.
> 
> IMHO if the debian installer installs the virtualbox guest additions, it should also
> build and load the kernel module.


To be confirmed but I suspect this is not the installer that
triggerred the installation of virtualbox extensions.

I see nothing in tasksel's tasks that is related to virtualbox or
virtualization.


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