[SOLVED] Cant rebuld vbox modules on custom kernel

Question

Im trying to rebuld the vbox modules for a custom kernel and I get this.
[generic@ArchLinux ~]$ sudo vbox_build_module
Password:
Building vboxdrv for Linux 2.6.28-L1NUX
make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/virtualbox/src/vboxdrv'
for f in . linux r0drv r0drv/linux VBox common/err common/string common/log generic math/gcc; \
do rm -f $f/*.o $f/.*.cmd $f/.*.flags; done
rm -rf .vboxdrv* .tmp_ver* vboxdrv.* Module.symvers Modules.symvers modules.order
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/virtualbox/src/vboxdrv'
make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/virtualbox/src/vboxnetflt'
for f in . linux r0drv r0drv/linux VBox common/err common/string common/log generic math/gcc; \
do rm -f $f/*.o $f/.*.cmd $f/.*.flags; done
rm -rf .vboxnetflt* .tmp_ver* vboxnetflt.* Modules.symvers modules.order
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/virtualbox/src/vboxnetflt'
rm -f vboxdrv.ko vboxnetflt.ko
*** Building 'vboxdrv' module ***
make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/virtualbox/src/vboxdrv'
Makefile:143: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/virtualbox/src/vboxdrv'
make: *** [all] Error 2
It says to specify the KERN DIR I searched on-line a some people said I should never have to do that. Will it solve my problem if I do? What do i specify it to?
Last edited by generic_ (2009-05-15 03:12:39)

Answer 1

I found out how to fix by editing the script  vbox_build_modules this is what mty script looks like if anyone wants it
#!/bin/bash
echo "Building vboxdrv for `uname -sr`"
cd "/opt/virtualbox/src"
export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.29.3-IX
make clean && make && make install