Sounds like if you're trying to install it on a AMD64 system (64-bit linux). Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows and Linux 32-bit hosts only. Support for 64-bit is actively being worked on.
Kind Regards, knut Peer Griebel wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not able to install VirtualBox: sys/ioctl.h cannot be found. > My system is a Gentoo System, AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 > Here is vbox-install.log: > > VirtualBox 1.3.2 installer, built Sun Jan 14 15:25:08 CET 2007. > > Testing system setup... > System setup appears correct. > > Installing VirtualBox to /opt/VirtualBox > > Output from the module build process (the Linux kernel build system) follows: > > Info: using /lib/modules/2.6.18-gentoo-r2/build/include as the include > directory of your Linux kernel. If this is not correct, specify > KERN_INFO=<directory> and run Make again. > make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-gentoo-r2/build > SUBDIRS=/opt/VirtualBox/src SRCROOT=/opt/VirtualBox/src modules > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18-gentoo-r2' > test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( > \ > echo; \ > echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \ > echo " include/linux/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 /opt/VirtualBox/src/.tmp_versions > rm -f /opt/VirtualBox/src/.tmp_versions/* > make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/opt/VirtualBox/src > Info: using /lib/modules/2.6.18-gentoo-r2/build/include as the include > directory of your Linux kernel. If this is not correct, specify > KERN_INFO=<directory> and run Make again. > gcc -Wp,-MD,/opt/VirtualBox/src/linux/.SUPDrv-linux.o.d -nostdinc -isystem > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude > -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes > -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Os -march=k8 -m64 > -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -pipe -fno-reorder-blocks -Wno-sign-compare > -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -funit-at-a-time -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 > -mno-3dnow -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-stack-protector > -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign > -I/lib/modules/2.6.18-gentoo-r2/build/include -I/opt/VirtualBox/src > -I/opt/VirtualBox/src/include -I/opt/VirtualBox/src/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ > -DMODULE -D__LINUX__ -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 > -DCONFIG_VBOXDRV_AS_MISC -D__AMD64__ -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" > -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPDrv_linux)" > -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxdrv)" -c -o > /opt/VirtualBox/src/linux/.tmp_SUPDrv-linux.o > /opt/VirtualBox/src/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c > In file included from /opt/VirtualBox/src/SUPDRV.h:94, > from /opt/VirtualBox/src/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:26: > /opt/VirtualBox/src/SUPDRVIOC.h:78:25: error: sys/ioctl.h: No such file or > directory > make[2]: *** [/opt/VirtualBox/src/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1 > make[1]: *** [_module_/opt/VirtualBox/src] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.18-gentoo-r2' > make: *** [vboxdrv] Error 2 > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Der WEB.DE SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! > http://smartsurfer.web.de/?mc=100071&distributionid=000000000066 > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
