Does VirtualBox install on OpenSuse 11.0

Hi,

Has anyone installed VirtualBox properly on OpenSuse 11.0 ?
The User manual of VirtualBox mentions Suse 10.3 but not version 11.
Shortly I want to install a new powerful PC with Suse as host OS and several other guest operating systems like Vista and Solaris.

The 10.3 version will work in 11.0.

Yes
I would add this repo:
Index of /repositories/Virtualization:/VirtualBox/openSUSE_11.0

Install help is here:
VirtualBox Installation - openSUSE

FWIW, I had issues with the openSUSE_11.0 build of virtualbox. I wound up just installing the version from virtualbox directly, works like a charm.

The only PITA is that I need to rebuild to vb driver after every kernel update, but that’s a fairly easy process (rcvboxdrv setup). But it works, with all of the integrated pieces etc.

Just my 2c…

Cheers,
KV

i have no troubles for now… when i read this thread i would like to try… And have some troble…
I always update all software when the update is available…
So when I start now my virtualbox… all looks like ok… when i start guest os… VB said that i need run
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

/etc/init.d # ./vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel module done
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module, NOT. It has been packaged. done
Starting VirtualBox kernel module failed
(Kernel module not found)

i’m not realy good with linux…
I understand that i need to compile the module for my kernel

> uname -a
Linux [name] 2.6.25.11-0.1-default #1 SMP 2008-07-13 20:48:28 +0200 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

what can i do VB is start to work?

make sure you have:

  • kernel-source
  • kernel-syms
  • Xalan-c
  • Xerces-c

then run: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Do this:
open YaST -> Security and Users -> UserManagement, and edit your user and add them to the vboxusers group. To do this, select your user name, click on Edit, switch to the Details tab and check the vboxusers check box.

And:

adding it to the Modules_loaded_on_boot setting under sysconfig editor
YaST -> System -> /etc/sysconfig editor -> System -> Kernel -> MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT and just type in vboxdrv in the input box.

reboot

thank for your quick reaply :slight_smile:

make sure you have:

* kernel-source
* kernel-syms

i have no this… ADD

* Xalan-c
* Xerces-c

already installed

then run: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

i could do this only as root file have permissions root:root

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Stopping VirtualBox kernel module done
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module, NOT. It has been packaged. done
Starting VirtualBox kernel module failed
(Kernel module not found)

also if i use sudo i have the same…

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv
Usage: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv {start|stop|restart|status|setup}

i have it installed

Do this:
open YaST -> Security and Users -> UserManagement, and edit your user and add them to the vboxusers group. To do this, select your user name, click on Edit, switch to the Details tab and check the vboxusers check box.

check… already in vboxusers group

adding it to the Modules_loaded_on_boot setting under sysconfig editor
YaST -> System -> /etc/sysconfig editor -> System -> Kernel -> MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT and just type in vboxdrv in the input box.

miss this… and for now i made this…

reboot

johnzoet wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone installed VirtualBox properly on OpenSuse 11.0 ?
> The User manual of VirtualBox mentions Suse 10.3 but not version 11.
> Shortly I want to install a new powerful PC with Suse as host OS and
> several other guest operating systems like Vista and Solaris.
>
>
I installed virtualbox on openSUSE 11.0. I used the rpm from SUN, since I
needed usb support. It installed fine, (make sure you have all the
prereq’s). I then loaded WinXP, and TurboTax, both work fine. If it was not
for my need of TurboTax I could of just done away with WinXP. I was never
able to get TTax to run under Wine.The manual from SUN is very useful.


Russ
Linux register user 441463

didencool schrieb:
> So when I start now my virtualbox… all looks like ok… when i start
> guest os… VB said that i need run
> sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
>
> /etc/init.d # ./vboxdrv setup
> Stopping VirtualBox kernel module
> done
> Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module, NOT. It has been packaged.

Ah yes. That’s the crippled SUSE version of VirtualBox. It cannot
recompile the kernel module, instead displaying this message if you try.

> done
> Starting VirtualBox kernel module
> failed
> (Kernel module not found)
>
> i’m not realy good with linux…
> I understand that i need to compile the module for my kernel
>
>> uname -a
> Linux [name] 2.6.25.11-0.1-default #1 SMP 2008-07-13 20:48:28 +0200
> i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
>
> what can i do VB is start to work?

Either use SUSE kernels exclusively and always install the corresponding
VirtualBox kernel module package, or use the original VirtualBox version
from Sun which does support recompiling the kernel module for any kernel
you might be running.

HTH
T.

thanx to all :slight_smile:

if i build svn version is it work properly?
PS:
vbox> ./configure
Checking for environment: Determined build machine: linux.x86, target machine: linux.x86, OK.
Checking for kBuild: found, OK.
Checking for gcc:
** There are known problems with gcc version 4.3 when compiling the recompiler
** stuff. You need to specify a compatibility compiler with version < 4.3. Look
** for a package compat-gcc-34 on Fedora systems or something similar on other
** distributions and call configure with parameter --with-gcc-compat=gcc34.

maybe problem with gcc4.3?

I wouldn’t do this unless you must have the latest experimental features. Look in the Vbox forums for a user having problems compiling, even after he used an older gcc version.

yeh it seems that i didn’t wanna such sex today :slight_smile:

maybe later, it will work normally… :slight_smile: