VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)
Recently I updated VirtualBox from 3.2 to 4.0 (non OSE version). From
that moment it stopped working, saying that the kernel driver (vboxdrv)
is not loaded and suggesting to run /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
This fails:
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Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules:done..
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules:done..
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS:
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.38-rc1.mrh.01
(x86_64)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/ for more information.
Failed, trying without DKMS ... failed!
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules:
Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong ... failed!
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The above is the /var/log/vbox-install.log
Below /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/make.log
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DKMS make.log for vboxhost-4.0.2 for kernel 2.6.38-rc1.mrh.01 (x86_64)
Sat Jan 22 18:07:34 GMT 2011
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.38-rc1'
LD /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/built-in.o
LD /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/built-in.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o
In file included from
/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/include/VBox/types.h:30,
from
/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/../SUPDrvInternal.h:35,
from
/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:31:
/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/include/iprt/types.h:105:31:
error: linux/autoconf.h: No such fil
e or directory
make[2]: ***
[/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv] Error 2
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.38-rc1'
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I have home-build kernel, I had the same problem on 2.6.32 first, which
worked nicely with VirtualBox 3.2 but stopped after installing VB 4.0 -
unfortunately it seems it doesn't help going back to the VB 3.2 version,
as the kernel driver module has been deleted and it fails building in
the same way. So it seems there is a problem in building kernel modules.
I have the same problem with nvidia proprietary driver - fails building.
I suspect the problem is I build the kernel with --append-to-version:
make-kpkg --initrd --revision=.mrh.01 --append-to-version=.mrh.01
but this helps me keeping things tidy.
Now I have no idea where is the problem, is it a known bug or I do
something wrong (but it worked to me until recently). And I'm afraid I
have no idea which package is the culprit.
I use debian sid, kernel from http://www.kernel.org/ (2.6.32 or
2.6.38-rc1), have build and installed linux-image and linux-headers.
Any ideas, please?
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Kind regards,
Michal R. Hoffmann
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