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

Bug #1743317 reported by Erasmo De Meo on 2018-01-15

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

Failed to build on Ubuntu 17.10 when trying to update. Then the module need to be activated manually.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: virtualbox-dkms 5.1.30-dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
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)
mar 9 gen 2018, 21.10.01, CET
make: ingresso nella 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". Arresto.
make: uscita dalla directory "/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-24-generic"
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.13.0-24-generic
Date: Tue Jan 9 21:10:03 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-14 (122 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
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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Erasmo De Meo (erasmodem) wrote on 2018-01-15:

Dependencies.txt Edit (9.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (135.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LsMod.txt Edit (4.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (973 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VirtualBox.DpkgList.txt Edit (2.6 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 2018-01-16:

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.