[SRU] Trouble installing mainline kernel 4.8: virtualbox-dkms 5.0.24-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build

Or use my ppa
https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/virtualbox-ppa

or use virtualbox-source and build it yourself with module-assistant :)

Why? I thought that updating the kernel independently of the rest of the system is the great benefit of linux and now that is not true? Because of virtualization being special? I don't understand.

Virtualbox has a kernel module, that needs to be updated together with the kernel itself.
So, if you want, you can:
1) update virtualbox from my ppa
2) change the code to match the new kernel by using virtualbox-source
3) keep the old kernel.

virtualization *is* special :)

Thank you! So, will I have to install the 4.8 kernel again after updating virtualbox, or would the kernel already work and this is only required for virtualbox?

the latter, but I still don't get why are you using the kernel ppa but not the virtualbox one
(considering I'm the vbox Ubuntu and Debian maintainer, BTW)

Oh dear, seems I made it more complicated then necessary :-)

I am not using the kernel ppa like a ppa at all. Instead I regularly check http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ and if there is a new kernel, I manually remove the old kernel and manually install the new kernel. Newer realized that I could use it like a ppa (it does not contain the same information like launchpad where you get instructions how to integrate the ppa into your system) - the tutorials to get a more recent kernel did not mention that and it was working until now.

the same happens to virtualbox, that is updated when kernel is updated.
go in the ppa page, and download the updated binary :)
https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/virtualbox-ppa/+packages

Well, seems there is no easy way to integrate the mainline kernel ppa into the system, but at least I can use the virtualbox ppa. Btw: what is the difference between your ppa and the oracle repository?

my ppa (the official Debian and Ubuntu package), has more subpackages, is built against system libraries, and handles the modules build in the dkms debian friendly way
(as well as a ton of other differences).

Sorry to bother you again, but is this expected:

DKMS: install completed.
Job for virtualbox.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status virtualbox.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
virtualbox (5.1.6-dfsg-1~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1) wird eingerichtet ...
vboxweb.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.
Job for virtualbox.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status virtualbox.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
virtualbox-qt (5.1.6-dfsg-1~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1) wird eingerichtet ...
Trigger für shim-signed (1.18~16.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2) werden verarbeitet ...

(I aborted the "deactivate secure boot" dialog because I thought that I have disabled secure boot in the past)

Since I have not removed the old virtualbox install, I went to the ubuntu software-center and uninstalled virtualbox, then used apt-get install virtualbox and I get:
"virtualbox already up to date (5.1.6-dfsg-1~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1)"

So it seems the old virtualbox has not been overwritten with your version but kept in parallel? But the icon is gone and trying to start it from the terminal results in:
"The application virtualbox is currently not installed"

sudo apt-get remove --purge virtualbox-5.1 virtualbox-5.0 or whatever should remove the old one correctly

Thanks!

Alternatively maintainer could update VirtualBox to something less ancient so it would work with newer kernels.

5.0.24 has been released in june, 3 months ago.
Are you serious?

I tried to install from the PPA linked above (https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/virtualbox-ppa), but it made things worse. The installation didn't go through. Instead, there's an error message.

Setting up virtualbox-ext-pack (5.1.8-1~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1) ...
virtualbox-ext-pack: downloading: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.1.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.1.8.vbox-extpack
The file will be downloaded into /usr/share/virtualbox-ext-pack
/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxManage: error while loading shared libraries: VBoxDDU.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-ext-pack (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 virtualbox-ext-pack
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Now Synaptic lists the packages as installed, but they do not run. Removing them also won't work, yielding yet another error message:
E: virtualbox-ext-pack: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 127

please run

ls -l /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxDDU.so*

thanks

Check this thread which contains a patch that can be applied onto virtualbox-5.0.24 when using kernel 4.8: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7974714.html

I incurred in this same bug after installing the proposed HWE kernel (that AFAIK is expected to be released with the incoming 16.04.2 LTS point release) in my Xenial machine.

I installed the 4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1 kernel (from the proposed channel) today, after reading the request for testing that Leann Ogasawara posted one month ago to the Ubuntu Announce list.

However, after I executed "sudo apt-get install linux-generic-hwe-16.04-edge", Apport catched a DKMS problem that it recognized as a duplicate of this bug.

I think VirtualBox should work out-of-the-box with the HWE kernel.

use my ppa for now

I agree with robepisc on this that it should work out-of-the-box with the new kernel. Otherwise, this package would become useless. This bug honestly should be a blocker for the point release.

how can I install the new kernel on xenial?

Hello, I updated the virtualbox* stuff in ppa:costamagnagianfranco/locutusofborg-ppa

 virtualbox-guest-additions-iso - 5.0.30-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
 virtualbox-ext-pack - 5.0.30-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
 virtualbox - 5.0.30-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2

can you please help me in testing them? after the test is successful I'll upload in xenial -proposed pocket and ask an SRU

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

To install the new kernel on xenial, enable Pre-release updates (xenial-proposed) in System Settings - Software & Updates - Developer Options and run
sudo apt-get install linux-generic-hwe-16.04-edge

After reboot you'll probably get this error.

I uploaded 5.0.30 in my ppa and in xenial- queue

I can confirm that 5.0.30 in your ppa works :-)

This seems to be a rather big change so I would appreciate if the bug could also include the Regression Potential field from the SRU template in the bug description. Would be also good if you could include a list of changes coming with this release in comparison to the previous version so that we know if it's indeed only fixing bugs (as you have done it in the previous virtualbox SRU bug).

Thanks!

I did it :) for guest-additions and ext-pack only a subset of the changelog applies, but they are part of the same codebase (IIRC), and they should (IMAO) be handled together

Been getting this bug

As in the comments, indeed 5.1 changes too much. It actually has regression problems with i3wm (which was fixed in one of the versions, but now back...)

Also 5.0.32 is at the ppa but not in xenial-proposed. :-)

it is in unapproved queue, waiting for an Ubuntu-Release team member
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+queue?queue_state=1&queue_text=

Hello hasno, or anyone else affected,

Accepted virtualbox into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/5.0.32-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Hello hasno, or anyone else affected,

Accepted virtualbox-guest-additions-iso into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox-guest-additions-iso/5.0.32-0ubuntu1.16.04.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Hello hasno, or anyone else affected,

Accepted virtualbox-ext-pack into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox-ext-pack/5.0.32-0ubuntu1.16.04.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

testing when dinstall finishes

confirmed the fix from xenial-proposed on my testing VM

I tested the package on my 16.04.1 with linux-hwe-16.04-edge and confirmed that it works :-)

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox - 5.0.32-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2

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virtualbox (5.0.32-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2) xenial; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release, fixing new kernel build issues (LP: #1629870)

 -- Gianfranco Costamagna <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Jan 2017 09:38:42 +0100

The verification of the Stable Release Update for virtualbox has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox-guest-additions-iso - 5.0.32-0ubuntu1.16.04.2

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virtualbox-guest-additions-iso (5.0.32-0ubuntu1.16.04.2) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Update to the latest minor release for xenial (LP: #1629870)

 -- Gianfranco Costamagna <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:43:32 +0100

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox-ext-pack - 5.0.32-0ubuntu1.16.04.2

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virtualbox-ext-pack (5.0.32-0ubuntu1.16.04.2) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Update to the latest minor release for xenial (LP: #1629870)

 -- Gianfranco Costamagna <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:39:14 +0100