Re: Instalation and kernel headers

[Pedro Alexi Perez <pperez@lets.es>]

Hi all,
thanks to all. Finally I found what's happen. I do not why, my Debian 
i386 Installation CD install an amd64 kernel, butm aparently, as Dave 
Thayer says,

"You might be running a 64-bit kernel in a 32-bit userspace"

because the kernel was 64-bit but I cannot install the 64-bit version of Virtualbox.

I de-install the amd64 kernel headers and force to install a 32 bits kernel. Then I reboot with the new configuration (32-bit kernel) and reinstalled the Virtualbox. Now it seems that it is all ok.

Thanks to Ralf Mardof, Claudius Hubig, Camaleón and Dave Thayer, all of 
you helps me a lot!



El 13/05/12 06:37, Dave Thayer escribió:
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 09:50:52AM +0200, Pedro Alexi Perez wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am trying to install Virtualbox, and after several times with the
> > same error, I try to check all the steps of the installation in
> > depth, and I see this message
> >
> > First Installation: checking all kernels...
> > Building only for 2.6.32-5-amd64
> > Building initial module for 2.6.32-5-amd64
> >
> > Then I check my kernel, and I see that (aparently) my installation
> > has the 64 bits architecture
> >
> > $ uname -a
> > Linux linuxpc 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Sat May 5 03:03:41 UTC 2012
> > x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> > But I am pretty sure I installed the 32 bits version. In fact, if I
> > revise the /etc/apt/sources.list file, I have this line
> >
> > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.4 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD
> > Binary-1 20120128-12:53]/ squeeze contrib main
> >
> > For sure, I tried to install the 64 bits version of Virtualbox, and
> > I got an error because the wrong architecture.
> > And, of course, my question is: what's happen? I have a 32 or 64
> > bits installation?
> You might be running a 64-bit kernel in a 32-bit userspace. I ran such
> a system for quite some time until my last HD upgrade.
>
> Unfortunately, virtualbox is unhappy in such a system, so you have to
> set up a 64-bit chroot. There's information on the VB wiki here:
> <https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Setup_Jail>. It's kind of a PITA, but
> it works.
>
> HTH
>
> dt