vbox addons gives missing kernel headers error

Bug #1034484 reported by L
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Bug Description

When I try to run the virtualbox guest addons for my VM of Quantal Quetzal Alpha 3, it give an error saying that the kernel headers were missing and that the module build had failed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: virtualbox-guest-x11 4.1.18-dfsg-1build1 [modified: usr/bin/VBoxClient usr/lib/VBoxOGL.so usr/lib/VBoxOGLarrayspu.so usr/lib/VBoxOGLcrutil.so usr/lib/VBoxOGLerrorspu.so usr/lib/VBoxOGLfeedbackspu.so usr/lib/VBoxOGLpackspu.so usr/lib/VBoxOGLpassthroughspu.so usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vboxvideo_drv.so]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-6.6-generic 3.5.0
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-6-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 8 11:29:45 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120724.2)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: virtualbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.X11.Xsession.d.98vboxadd.xclient: 2012-08-08T11:19:16.170617

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1016165, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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