[arch-general] missing vbox_build_module

[richard terry]

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:05:47 pm you wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> which virtualbox package did you install? 

virtualbox-ose
virtualbox-ose-additions
virtualbox-ose-additions-modules


Also, I removed all of these, compiled the AUR version and ran that, again no 
file of that name is installed.

Any further hints? is the virtualbox-ose-additions-modules the correct 
package?

Richard

> Only the virtualbox_bin 
> package of aur includes this file, for the opensource edition of
> virtualbox you have to install "virtualbox-modules".
>
> --peter
>
> On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 19:46 +1100, richard terry wrote:
> > I wonder if anyone has anyidea about this, I posted previously and got no
> > reply.
> >
> > May laptop is 1.8 celeron + ati, I upgraded system > no X, tried
> > reconfiguring X to no avail (X wouldn't boot at all, just seemed to lock
> > up). I downgraded back to  kernel26-2.6.23.8-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz, and kde
> > loaded fine, but virtualbox wouldn't load (no front-end gui), no error
> > logs generated, the command just hangs in the terminal.
> >
> > looked everywhere for the /usr/bin/vbox_build_module to rebuild the
> > kernel module but dosn't seem to exist on the computer. Did an updatedb
> > etc first to try and find it. Checked out the forum and of course all the
> > posts mention to use that file.
> >
> > doing a pacman -Ql <package name> also it seems the file needed to
> > rebuild the kernel module is not in any of them.
> >
> > Any Idea's appreciated.
> >
> > Richard