CentOS

I had VNC working with accounts that were logged in. Then I went thru the procedure for vnc-itsp-config (step 5 of the how-to-centos5 vnc server wiki) so that I could log in remotely to an account that was not already logged in. All went well until....I tried to log in and all I get is this X11 wind...

Corrected that.
And found 1 more problem: the usersgroup vboxuser was not created, and my the user was not added to it. So I created it manually.

It is now working.

Thank you all!

I believe i have the PAE kernel from the output below: [root@centoshost1 init.d]# uname -a ; rpm -qa kernel\* | sort Linux centoshost1.mntwesttelecom.com 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 03:33:56 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux kernel-2.6.18-164.el5 kernel-devel-2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 kernel-headers-2...

I started a new thread "virutalBox can't find kernel source" that better describes my evolving challenges.

[ Moderator edit: The above referenced thread is https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=24713&forum=41&post_id=98466 ]

Can someone help me out whit \where the Kernel directory is? See following error message: [root@centoshost1 init.d]# ./vboxdrv setup Stopping VirtualBox kernel module [ OK ] Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module [FAILED] (Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong) [root@centoshost...

I reinstalled Server with the GUI and installed VirtualBox as well. no problems until I go to install a new Guest OS (Win 2003 server) and I get the following error: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission prob...

I just did a basic service install of Centos5 and added the RPM package install of VMware-server 2.02. but I don't the VMware service is running (based upon the flowing screen : [root@centoshost1 vmware-mui-distrib]# ps PID TTY TIME CMD 2925 pts/0 00:00:00 bash 22378 pts/0 00:00:00 ps So how do i st...