ok, was missing akmods and other bits. I did yum install akmods (woo-oo I'm getting the hang of linux) and got a whole bunch of stuff with it... rpm -ivh /home/yoram/Download/akmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.1.4-2.fc10.i686.rpm error: Failed dependencies: VirtualBox-OSE-kmod-common >= 2.1.4 is needed by akmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.1.4-2.fc10.i686 VirtualBox-OSE-kmodsrc = 2.1.4 is needed by akmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.1.4-2.fc10.i686 What next? PS: I tried to google "VirtualBox-OSE-kmod-common" without success.... <div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/8 Sharpe, Sam J <<a href="mailto:sam.sharpe%2Blists.redhat@gmail.com">sam.sharpe+lists.redhat@gmail.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">2009/6/8 Yoram Halberstam <<a href="mailto:yoram.halberstam@gmail.com">yoram.halberstam@gmail.com</a>>: <div class="im">> Ok guys, > > You'll have to excuse my inexperience, I'm pulling my hairs. > > I uninstalled the rpm package (the one where I have to run the setup and had > kvm problem). I've tried to find the RPMFusion for PAE. I found > > <a href="http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/updates/testing/10/i386/repoview/kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-PAE.html" target="_blank">http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/updates/testing/10/i386/repoview/kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-PAE.html</a> > > ---- > rpm -iv kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-PAE-2.1.4-2.fc10.4.i686.rpm > > error: Failed dependencies: > kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.6.29.4-75.fc10.i686.PAE >= 2.1.4-2.fc10.4 is > needed by kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-PAE-2.1.4-2.fc10.4.i686 > ---- > > So I ran > > ------ > > rpm -ivh > kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.6.29.4-75.fc10.i686.PAE-2.1.4-2.fc10.4.i686.rpm > > error: Failed dependencies: > VirtualBox-OSE-kmod-common >= 2.1.4 is needed by > kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.6.29.4-75.fc10.i686.PAE-2.1.4-2.fc10.4.i686 > kernel-uname-r = 2.6.29.4-75.fc10.i686.PAE is needed by > kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.6.29.4-75.fc10.i686.PAE-2.1.4-2.fc10.4.i686 > > ----- </div>Try installing <a href="http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/updates/testing/10/i386/akmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.1.4-2.fc10.i686.rpm" target="_blank">http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/updates/testing/10/i386/akmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.1.4-2.fc10.i686.rpm</a> instead of kmod-VirtualBox. When you reboot, the akmod will build kmod-Virtualbox for you against your running kernel. HTH, -- Sam -- <div><div></div><div class="h5">fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> Guidelines: <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines" target="_blank">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Yoram Halberstam Computer Services Provider MSN: <a href="mailto:netfever@hotmail.com">netfever@hotmail.com</a>