[vbox-dev] Missing client support for Fedora18/kernel-3.7.1

[Joachim Backes]

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On 01/08/2013 11:36 AM, Frank Mehnert wrote:
> Joachim,
> 
> On Tuesday 08 January 2013 10:47:21 Joachim Backes wrote:
>> Hi list, I don_t know if this is the right place for my problem, 
>> but ... let us try:
>> 
>> I'm running VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.6_82870_fedora18-1.x86_6 in
>> Fedora18 together with kernel-3.6.11-3.fc18.x86_64 without
>> problems. But after I updated to kernel-3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64, the
>> vbox modules fail to build:
>> 
>> ==================================================================
>>
>> 
Building process
>> ==================================================================
>>
>>
>> 
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules                         [  OK  ]
>> Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules            [  OK
>> ] Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using
>> DKMSError! Bad return status for module build on kernel:
>> 3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64) Consult
>> /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.6/build/make.log for more
>> information. [FAILED]
> 
> 
> Sounds like the same problem as described here:
> 
> https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11036#comment:13
> 
> So probably a bug in the Fedora kernel package.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Frank
> 
> 

Hi Frank,

following the advice of A. Robatino in
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11036 and removing rhe empty file

/usr/src/kernels/3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64/include/linux/version.h

will solve my vbox modules building problem too in Fedora 18!

Kind regards

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Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>

https://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes

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