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  1. Bug #1292118
  2. Comment #31

Comment 31 for bug 1292118

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Bill Ataras (signalman) wrote : Re: [Bug 1292118] Re: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6: virtualbox kernel module failed to build [error: incompatible types when returning type ‘kuid_t’ but ‘RTUID’ was expected]

When I executed the first line of your sequence below, I didn't get the
virtualbox version your second line needs. Instead, I got:
     virtualbox-4.3_4.3.16-95972~Ubuntu~raring_amd64.deb
It was dated Oct. 6, and located in ~/Downloads
Did I miss something?

Bill

On 12/15/2014 12:46 AM, undefined wrote:
> better late than never; didn't realize i would have to do everything
> myself.
>
> apt-get source virtualbox
> cd virtualbox-4.1.12-dfsg
> patch -p1 <../linux-3.13-virtualbox-host-kernel-modules.patch
> apt-get install build-dep virtualbox
> apt-get install devscripts fakeroot
> debuild -i -us -uc
> cd ..
> dpkg -i virtualbox-dkms_4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.7_all.deb
>
> ** Patch added: "patch to debian package to update host kernel module source code to 3.13"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1292118/+attachment/4281280/+files/linux-3.13-virtualbox-host-kernel-modules.patch
>

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Bill Ataras