Official kernel.org 3.18.3 (custom config) : virtualbox-dkms 4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build

[Yvon TANGUY]

Maybe for kernel >= 3.17, the file "vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c" need also one patch.
In the previous version of the VBox package I also patch the file "r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.c"
See patchs attachments.

Note: I have done theses patch to make VBox working, I'm not an expert in the Linux kernel, nor VirtualBox code!
Since the kernel 3.7.0-rc3 was out, I ran VirtualBox with no problem.
Currently tested Linux kernel: 3.18.3.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: virtualbox-dkms 4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.18.3-1-custom x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.18.3-1-custom
Date: Fri Jan 23 11:36:38 2015
DuplicateSignature: dkms:virtualbox-dkms:4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu1:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.3.10/build/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c:186:48: error: macro "alloc_netdev" requires 4 arguments, but only 3 given
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-28 (269 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu1
SourcePackage: virtualbox
SystemImageInfo: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type: 'system-image-cli'
Title: virtualbox-dkms 4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
VirtualBox.ModInfo:

[Yvon TANGUY (vono22)]

Also, note that I didn't check upstream to see if it was fixed !

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

Hi, yes, they are both fixed upstream

https://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/52420/vbox/trunk/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetAdp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c

https://www.virtualbox.org/changeset?reponame=vbox&old=52420%40trunk%2Fsrc%2FVBox%2FRuntime%2Fr0drv%2Flinux%2Falloc-r0drv-linux.c&new=52420%40trunk%2Fsrc%2FVBox%2FRuntime%2Fr0drv%2Flinux%2Falloc-r0drv-linux.c

Unfortunately I won't backport any patch to trusty until somebody push prior the new kernel on the repository...

Supporting such kind of unsupported configurations is so painful, specially for virtualbox.

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

You can see the whole changeset here
https://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/52420/vbox

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

I subriscribe ubuntu-sponsors, if some sponsor have a different opinion I'll be glad to prepare the patch.

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

BTW the changeset has not (yet) been released in any stable virtualbox version.

[Yvon TANGUY (vono22)]

Not a problem, I was expecting this kind of answer ;-)

[Yvon TANGUY (vono22)]

I created the bug, only because apport popup. I didn't do it the first time.

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

yes, I understand, and your bug report will help users facing similar problems to solve them :)

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

Hi Yvon, can you please try with 4.3.20? just to be sure it isn't fixed in vivid too

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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 1358157, 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.

[Erik M (erik-martens)]

This error came up for me after updating on 14.04 from kernel 3.13 -> 3.16.

(I was aware of this error being reported previously, and I tried 3.18 the boot of which ended in kernel panic, so I decided to go for 3.16 to fix a HW related problem, which worked, as I do not need virtualbox currently)