Re: Up to date Sid: Custom kernel, trying to install Virtualbox
On Tue, 2013-03-12 at 19:21 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Curt Howland wrote:
> > Good evening. Up-to-date Sid, 32 bit.
> >
> > I've been trying to install VirtualBox, both from the Sid main
> > archives and the Oracle
> > virtualbox-4.2_4.2.8-83876~Debian~wheezy_i386.deb package.
> >
> > Both give the same error, that the kernel module cannot be built
> > because the kernel source tree cannot be found.
> >
> > I'm running a self-compiled 3.6.5, and /usr/src/linux-3.6.5 exists.
> >
>
> <snip>
>
> Supposing that this is not VB specific (I might be wrong ;-)), source
> for a self-compiled kernel is pointed at by the symlink 'source' in
> /lib/modules/<your kernel>. What does that contain in your case?
>
> Hugo
I guess some of my mails didn't came through the list. Correct, at least
for self-build deb packages, the links .../source and .../build often
are missing.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/03/msg00691.html
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