virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.2: virtualbox kernel module failed to build during install on fresh installation

[vyze]

fresh ubuntu 12.04 installation

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.5.0-23-generic
Date: Fri Feb 15 10:36:49 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.2
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.2: virtualbox kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
VirtualBox.ModInfo:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Daniel Haas (saahleinad)]

On my computer the bug does not occur anymore after deinstalling VirtualBox in Software Center, and installing via Terminal:

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wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
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sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian precise contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.2
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hope this helps!

[Ruben Rocha (ruben-silvarocha)]

Installed 12.04.2 yesterday. This is the only release that i want to run on my laptop because of hardware support. It is more stable and faster than 12.10 but how can they release it with this type of bugs???

Tried to install via terminal with sudo apt-get install virtualbox and it fails to build the module. Also if i try to install linux-headers-generic it tries to revert back to 3.2 kernel headers.

What is going on people? This is an LTS version!

[Ruben Rocha (ruben-silvarocha)]

Downloaded the deb package from virtualbox site for version 4.2 and installed from terminal. It compiles the modules ok with no errors.

[vyze (mrvyze)]

I was able to resolve with Daniel Haas's help. I performed this in terminal:
$ sudo apt-get remove virtualbox
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get autoremove
$ wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc
$ sudo apt-key add oracle_vbox.asc
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian precise contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.2
$ sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers MYUSERNAME # resolve USB issue

[Ruben Rocha (ruben-silvarocha)]

May i just say that 12.04.2 is completely broken. On a fresh install if you try to install ia32-libs it will remove half of your packages. If you try to install linux-headers-generic, it tries to downgrade the kernel to 3.2... what a mess!