RHEL6.2 64bit guest addition breakage -> fixed as of 12 Jan 2012

[Rainer]

Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 64bit, the guest additions do no build cleanly. I have attached logfiles. Here is console output of installation:

[root@vm-rhel6 VBOXADDITIONS_4.1.6_74713]# ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.1.6 Guest Additions for Linux.........
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing installed version 4.1.6 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules           [  OK  ]
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules       [  OK  ]
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules
Building the main Guest Additions module                   [  OK  ]
Building the shared folder support module                  [  OK  ]
Building the OpenGL support module                         [FEHLGESCHLAGEN]
(Look at /var/log/vboxadd-install.log to find out what went wrong)
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions              [  OK  ]
Installing the Window System drivers
Installing X.Org Server 1.10 modules                       [  OK  ]
Setting up the Window System to use the Guest Additions    [  OK  ]
You may need to restart the hal service and the Window System (or just restart
the guest system) to enable the Guest Additions.

Installing graphics libraries and desktop services componen[  OK  ]

[Rainer]

only relevant file is I guess vboxadd-install.log

[Frank Mehnert]

This is not a bug. The Additions are installed correctly. The DRM module cannot be built. This is expected on some Linux distributions.

[Michael Thayer]

Closer inspection showed that this is due to changes in the RHEL/OEL kernel relative to the same version number upstream. The Additions test build linked below (usual disclaimers apply) should contain the fix.

https://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VBoxGuestAdditions-r75565.iso

[Rainer]

Hmm no, it does not seem to build clean.

Console:

[root@vm-rhel6 VBOXADDITIONS_4.1.9_75566]# sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run 
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.1.9 Guest Additions for Linux.........
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing installed version 4.1.8 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules           [  OK  ]
Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules       [  OK  ]
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules
Building the main Guest Additions module                   [  OK  ]
Building the shared folder support module                  [  OK  ]
Building the OpenGL support module                         [FEHLGESCHLAGEN]
(Look at /var/log/vboxadd-install.log to find out what went wrong)
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions              [  OK  ]
Installing the Window System drivers
Installing X.Org Server 1.10 modules                       [  OK  ]
Setting up the Window System to use the Guest Additions    [  OK  ]
You may need to restart the hal service and the Window System (or just restart
the guest system) to enable the Guest Additions.

Installing graphics libraries and desktop services componen[  OK  ]
[root@vm-rhel6 VBOXADDITIONS_4.1.9_75566]# 

And I will attach vboxadd-install.log.

[Rainer]

new install log

[Michael Thayer]

Sorry, in that case please try

https://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VBoxGuestAdditions-r75672.iso

[Rainer]

Yes, this builds clean. Thank you!

[Michael Thayer]

Thanks for testing. I will update my over-eager fix date!

[Frank Mehnert]

Fix is part of VBox 4.1.10.