virtualbox-dkms from mantic is not compatible with kernel from lunar and fails when upgrading from lunar to mantic
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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virtualbox (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When upgrading from lunar to mantic I got this error:
```
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (7.0.10-dfsg-3) ...
Removing old virtualbox-7.0.10 DKMS files...
Deleting module virtualbox-7.0.10 completely from the DKMS tree.
Loading new virtualbox-7.0.10 DKMS files...
Building for 6.2.0-33-generic 6.5.0-9-generic
Building initial module for 6.2.0-33-generic
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.2.0-33-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-dkms (--configure):
installed virtualbox-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox:
virtualbox depends on virtualbox-dkms (>= 7.0.10-dfsg-3) | virtualbox-source (>= 7.0.10-dfsg-3) | virtualbox-modules; however:
Package virtualbox-dkms is not configured yet.
Package virtualbox-source is not installed.
Package virtualbox-modules is not installed.
Package virtualbox-dkms which provides virtualbox-modules is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
v4l2loopback-dkms
virtualbox-dkms
virtualbox
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
```
It looks like virtualbox-dkms from mantic is not compatible with lunar kernel, but since I'm upgrading from lunar to mantic I'm still running the lunar kernel.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: virtualbox-dkms (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Oct 13 16:01:23 2023
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: virtualbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.
mtime.conffile.
I was able to finish the mantic installation by doing:
```
apt-get remove virtualbox virtualbox-dkms
apt-get --fix-broken install
```
I'll have to manually reinstall virtualbox and virtualbox-dkms after the reboot.