Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)
On Saturday 22 January 2011 13:24:08 MRH wrote:
> 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:
> ----------
> 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!
> ----------
>
> The above is the /var/log/vbox-install.log
> Below /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/make.log
> ----------
> 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'
> ----------
>
> 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.
For the home-built kernels, you want to also build the
kernel-headers target, which will create the "-headers" .deb file,
which you can also install. Use the same append-to-version as
for the kernel image target, and it should work without further
intervention.
I have some really good notes on this somewhere, but can't find them
just now, but as I recall, the make-kpkg docs are pretty good.
-- A.
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Andrew Reid / reidac@bellatlantic.net
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