virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6: virtualbox kernel module failed to build

Bug #1383638 reported by Alex Liew
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Bug Description

dockerino@pastacino:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libgsoap1 python-central virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-qt
Suggested packages:
  vde2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libgsoap1 python-central virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-guest-additions virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-qt
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 64.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 121 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe libgsoap1 amd64 2.8.4-2 [507 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe python-central all 0.6.17ubuntu2 [41.4 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe virtualbox amd64 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6 [15.6 MB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe virtualbox-dkms all 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6 [677 kB]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe virtualbox-qt amd64 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6 [6,490 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/multiverse virtualbox-guest-additions-iso all 4.1.12-1 [40.7 MB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/multiverse virtualbox-guest-additions all 4.1.12-1 [5,546 B]
Fetched 64.1 MB in 1min 14s (862 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package libgsoap1.
(Reading database ... 240987 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libgsoap1 (from .../libgsoap1_2.8.4-2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package python-central.
Unpacking python-central (from .../python-central_0.6.17ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox.
Unpacking virtualbox (from .../virtualbox_4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-dkms.
Unpacking virtualbox-dkms (from .../virtualbox-dkms_4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-qt.
Unpacking virtualbox-qt (from .../virtualbox-qt_4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-guest-additions-iso.
Unpacking virtualbox-guest-additions-iso (from .../virtualbox-guest-additions-iso_4.1.12-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-guest-additions.
Unpacking virtualbox-guest-additions (from .../virtualbox-guest-additions_4.1.12-1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Setting up libgsoap1 (2.8.4-2) ...
Setting up python-central (0.6.17ubuntu2) ...
Setting up virtualbox (4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6) ...
 * Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
 * Starting VirtualBox kernel modules * No suitable module for running kernel found
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
Setting up virtualbox-guest-additions-iso (4.1.12-1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-guest-additions (4.1.12-1) ...
Processing triggers for python-central ...
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6) ...
Loading new virtualbox-4.1.12 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.13.0-37-generic
Building initial module for 3.13.0-37-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.13.0-37-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/make.log for more information.
 * Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
 * Starting VirtualBox kernel modules * No suitable module for running kernel found
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
Setting up virtualbox-qt (4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

dockerino@pastacino:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
Release: 12.04

dockerino@pastacino:~$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-guest-additions
virtualbox-guest-additions:
  Installed: 4.1.12-1
  Candidate: 4.1.12-1
  Version table:
 *** 4.1.12-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/multiverse amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Expected install to succeed but it failed.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-37.64~precise1-generic 3.13.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.7
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-37-generic
Date: Tue Oct 21 17:36:51 2014
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140204)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6: virtualbox kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Alex Liew (alex-ljz) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

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 1292118, 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.

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