Virtualbox Guest Additions in openSuse 11

[JawsThemeSwimming428]

I am very new to openSuse and I am trying to get it running in VirtualBox with a Windows Vista host (bleh). Well, I installed it and everything seemed to go smooth. However, when I tried to install the Guest Additions I get the following message:

linux-u8j8:/media/VBOXADDITIONS_1.5.4_27034 # sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 1.5.4 Guest Additions for Linux installation...................................... .................................................. .................................................. .......
VirtualBox 1.5.4 Guest Additions installation
Building a test kernel module failed. See the log file /var/log/vboxadd-install.log
for more details.
Problems were found which would prevent the Guest Additions from installing.
Please correct these problems and try again.

At first I was getting an error saying that I didn't have make and some other packages installed so I followed the guide at this website (Installing VirtualBox guest additions in OpenSuse « James Selvakumar’s Blog) and it got past that error but now I get the one mentioned above. What should I do?

[garyg_the_first]

Building a test kernel module failed. See the log file /var/log/vboxadd-install.log for more details.

From that, I am guessing that you do not have the kernel headers installed for the linux you have installed on that virtual machine.
Use yast:
yast--->software--->software management

When the panel containing the search box comes up, enter "kernel-headers" [without the quotes] and click on "search"

If the entry that is found is not selected, the select it and click "accept"

[caf4926]

If I read correctly
Suse is the GUEST
Vista is the host

by default with suse I always add at install
make
gcc
gcc-c++
kernel-source
kernel-syms

now try

[JawsThemeSwimming428]

Thanks for the info. I will give that a try when I get home tomorrow.

[JawsThemeSwimming428]

Checked both, installed what was missing and it still didn't work. Thought maybe I needed to reboot but I am still getting the same message. What next?

[caf4926]

add this repo for more up to date ver
Index of /repositories/Virtualization:/VirtualBox/openSUSE_11.0

read help info:
VirtualBox Installation - openSUSE

[dm6257]

I had the same problem when I followed the directions you referenced. When I installed kernel-source and kernel-syms using the YaST package selection GUI.( I selected Patterns at the bottom, found Linux Kernel Development and selected kernel-source and kernel-syms and installed them.) When I executed ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run as root, it worked. I also couldn't install just the headers as I did with Ubuntu and had to load the entire 254Mb package. But all's well...

[pcs_radio]

Make sure you have the same kernel as you do kernel sources. sudo zypper dist-upgrade

[brunomcl]

Had the same issue with vmware once after a kernel upgrade. The problem was the instruction to install kernel-headers, which as I understand are not the "full" headers the compiler needs. I had to install kernel-headers, a much larger download. No problems with Vbox OSE/OS11 with standard (DVD release) kernel.

[felipe1982]

I have HOST=winxp GUEST=SUSE11.0. i added OBS VirtualBox for latest in GUEST-TOOLS. I am still not getting seamless mode, and fluid mouse (where you DO NOT have to press CTRL). HOST=Winxp has Virtualbox 2.0.0 and SUSE guest-tools is 2.0.2. I would prefer not to install vboxadditions.sh from SUN. Ought not the suse one's to work?? If not, what's the point of them being there?
thanks