id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
8359	vboxdrv setup failed in gentoo - VirtualBox-4.0.4-70112-Linux_amd64	upendra		"Hello,

I am using gentoo, kernel - 2.6.35-gentoo-r8 , AMD64 

I was able to install this Virtualbox version successfully but when I ran /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup, it shows below messages and fails.

{{{

 * Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules ...                                                                                                             [ ok ]
 * Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...                                                                                                [ !! ]
 * Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS ...
 * Failed, trying without DKMS
 * Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules ...
 * Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong

}}}

cat /var/log/vbox-install.log


{{{
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.4 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.4 -C /lib/modules/2.6.35-gentoo-r8/build modules
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'.  Stop.
make: *** [vboxdrv] Error 2
}}}

If you can assist, that will be great.

Thanks!

"	defect	closed	installer	VirtualBox 4.0.4	worksforme	vboxdrv		other	Linux