problems with the kernel when installing virtual box:Fedora 10 arch:2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64

David Antonio Garcia Campos dgarciacampos at gmail.com
Fri Feb 13 03:36:29 UTC 2009


Hi everyone,

Im trying to install virtual box from an rpm but Im getting an error message
when i try to install it. Im using fedora 10 arch:2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64

ERROR message from virtual box:Error! Your kernel source for kernel
2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 cannot be found at
/lib/modules/2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64/build or
/lib/modules/2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64/source.
You can use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located.
Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without
For some reason i have this
directory:/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.x86_64

but when i run uname -r i get:

[root at localhost 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.x86_64]# pwd
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.x86_64
[root at localhost 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.x86_64]# uname -r
2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64

can someone please put me on the right direction?

Thanks a lot,

Dave
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