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virtualbox-dkms 5.1.30-dfsg-1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build

Bug #1741918 reported by Christopher on 2018-01-08

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1741914: artful-proposed 4.13.0-24: kernel module failed to build [Cannot generate ORC metadata for CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel]. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	virtualbox (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

It appears to be a recurrence of bug 931692, but a different version. I noticed while Synaptic was doing the update that a report could not be made.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: virtualbox-dkms 5.1.30-dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-22.25-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
DKMSBuildLog:
DKMS make.log for virtualbox-5.1.30 for kernel 4.13.0-24-generic (x86_64)
Mon Jan 8 10:46:38 EST 2018
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-24-generic'
Makefile:969: *** "Cannot generate ORC metadata for CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel". Stop.
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-24-generic'
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.13.0-24-generic
Date: Mon Jan 8 10:46:41 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-14 (909 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 5.1.30-dfsg-1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, python3-minimal, 3.6.3-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14, python-minimal, 2.7.14-2ubuntu1
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
apt 1.5.1
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-dkms 5.1.30-dfsg-1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Christopher (soft-kristal) wrote on 2018-01-08:

Dependencies.txt Edit (9.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (104.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LsMod.txt Edit (5.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (988 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VirtualBox.DpkgList.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VirtualBox.ModInfo.txt Edit (5.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2018-01-09:

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 1741914, 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.