Annoying issues with Virtualbox

[ibrahim52]

I reinstalled my fedora and after installing Virtualbox , DKMS & dependencies the issue still comes for /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup , i am even doing that but below are the logs if somebody can help me solving it. Thanks.


Make.log

DKMS make.log for vboxhost-4.1.8 for kernel 3.2.9-1.fc16.x86_64 (x86_64)
Mon Mar 12 00:56:55 GST 2012
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.2.9-1.fc16.x86_64'
/usr/src/kernels/3.2.9-1.fc16.x86_64/arch/x86/Makefile:81: stack protector enabled but no compiler support
make: gcc: Command not found
  LD      /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.1.8/build/built-in.o
/bin/sh: ar: command not found
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.1.8/build/built-in.o] Error 127
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.1.8/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.2.9-1.fc16.x86_64'

vbox-install.log

Uninstalling modules from DKMS
  removing old DKMS module vboxhost version  4.1.8

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 4.1.8
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Attempting to install using DKMS

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.1.8/source ->
                 /usr/src/vboxhost-4.1.8

DKMS: add completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....
make KERNELRELEASE=3.2.9-1.fc16.x86_64 -C /lib/modules/3.2.9-1.fc16.x86_64/build M=/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.1.8/build....(bad exit status: 2)
Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG= -C /lib/modules/3.2.9-1.fc16.x86_64/build modules
/usr/src/kernels/3.2.9-1.fc16.x86_64/arch/x86/Makefile:81: stack protector enabled but no compiler support
make[1]: gcc: Command not found
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (		\
echo;								\
echo "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";		\
echo "         include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
echo "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.";	\
echo;								\
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0
  gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/linux/.SUPDrv-linux.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem  -I/usr/src/kernels/3.2.9-1.fc16.x86_64/arch/x86/include -Iarch/x86/include/generated -Iinclude  -include /usr/src/kernels/3.2.9-1.fc16.x86_64/include/linux/kconfig.h -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -maccumulate-outgoing-args -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -g -pg -include /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/SUPDrvMangling.h -I/lib/modules/3.2.9-1.fc16.x86_64/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxdrv/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxdrv/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DCONFIG_VBOXDRV_AS_MISC -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS  -DMODULE  -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPDrv_linux)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxdrv)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c
/bin/sh: gcc: command not found
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 127
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vbox.0] Error 2
make: *** [vboxdrv] Error 2

[glennzo]

Based on the error log you need to install gcc.

PHP Code:

su
yum install gcc
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup 


[marko]

LD /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.1.8/build/built-in.o
/bin/sh: ar: command not found

ibrahim52:

The ar warning/error seems to imply you've got a problem with your binutils package (binutils is the package that has 'ar' in it). Either that or the path
in the Virtualbox build didn't include /usr/bin

Can you do this to confirm you have binutils and that ar is in the right place?

ls -l /usr/bin/ar ---> should show a valid file

rpm -q binutils ---> should show package is in the rpm db and installed

[ibrahim52]

Results for
ls -l /usr/bin/ar --->-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 56272 Dec 14 15:23 /usr/bin/ar


rpm -q binutils ---> binutils-2.21.53.0.1-6.fc16.x86_64

[StephenH]

Check this site: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=15679

Fedora users need the following packages:

dkms
binutils
gcc
make
patch
libgomp
glibc-headers
glibc-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-devel OR kernel-pae-devel

yum install dkms binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel

Or alternatively:

yum install dkms binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-pae-devel

[ibrahim52]

StephenH you are the direct gift from GOD Thanks a load, it did solve the whole thing and thanks to Marko and other experts as well who keep this FEDORA USERS problems free.

[StephenH]

Originally Posted by ibrahim52

StephenH you are the direct gift from GOD Thanks a load, it did solve the whole thing and thanks to Marko and other experts as well who keep this FEDORA USERS problems free.

You're welcome. I would not call myself an expert, just an experienced user who has encountered this situation previously. I've been where you were. Like you, I have benefited greatly from the expertise of others in this forum. "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" (Isaac Newton).

[ibrahim52]

Thanks stephen once again, i am changing the topic title to SOLVED. But seriously, i never thought that after formatting my laptop and facing such issues i would be able to restore my Vbox again ever. Thanks to you.

[maydayjay1970]

I am having issues also loading Fedora 16 into Virtualbox, the Live CD part works fine and Fedora comes up with in VirtualBox, however once i go to settings and load to hard disk the system starts the processes get almost all the way through the copying Live Image to Hard Drive and at the end of the copying processes the following error message comes up: "Error: There was an error installing the live image to your hard drive. This could be due to bad media. Please verify your installation media. " Then there is a warning about exiting the installer and that your system can be left in a inconsistent state. It does not matter which media I download from Fedora.org I keep getting the same error message and it does not matter if I burn the .ISO image to DVD or leave it on the hard drive and have VirtualBox point to it as the Live CD. Any help? A few things: I have Ubuntu running fine in one of the virtualbox machines with no issues. I have allocated 2 gigs ram for Fedora as I have a 6 gig laptop and I increased the video to 128 and checked off the 3d acceleration even though I know GNOME3 will crash on the Live CD, but I wanted to install to hard drive to start fixing that issue per other posts. I have burned several copies of the different .ISO images with NERO and Windows media burner same situation with the error message. Would this be related to this POST and VirtualBox?