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Originally Posted by andrewk88
Linux Newbie and OpenSUSE virgin...
Just trying to RTFM and do what it says. In the VirtualBox 2.1 User Manual, Section 4.3.1 says to install DKMS in the guest. Then it refers back to Section 2.3.2, which says to install 'kernel-source' and 'kernel-syms' in SUSE and OpenSUSE
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I was wondering if this was an acronym for the composite of packages such as (kernel-source, gcc, make). I'm still not sure. But I am confident you don't need it.
Dynamic Kernel Module Support - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So as I understand it. DKMS will automatically re-build packages to the upgraded kernel. Handy but not needed.
Just use the packages it requires, ignore DKMS.
I find openSUSE less successful than others such as Mandriva, Ubuntu, Fedora - as a Guest. It does not integrate as well even with the Guest tools installed, and often does not work in seemless mode.