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virtualbox-dkms 5.0.36-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2: virtualbox kernel module failed to build [error: implicit declaration of function 'set_pages_x']

Bug #1743978 reported by Nishant Khandelwal on 2018-01-18

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1729568: [ SRU ]virtualbox-dkms 5.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build - error: implicit declaration of function ‘set_pages_x’. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	virtualbox (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I was trying to update software, after restarting the system I got error

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: virtualbox-dkms 5.0.36-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-26.29~16.04.2-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.13.0-26-generic
Date: Thu Jan 18 11:11:57 2018
DuplicateSignature: dkms:virtualbox-dkms:5.0.36-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.0.36/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:313:47: error: implicit declaration of function 'set_pages_x' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-01 (261 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 5.0.36-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-dkms 5.0.36-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2: virtualbox kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Nishant Khandelwal (nishantkhandelwal) wrote on 2018-01-18:

DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (7.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (11.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LsMod.txt Edit (5.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VirtualBox.DpkgList.txt Edit (3.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VirtualBox.ModInfo.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2018-01-18

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2018-01-19:

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 1729568, 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.

summary:

virtualbox-dkms 5.0.36-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2: virtualbox kernel module
- failed to build
+ failed to build [error: implicit declaration of function 'set_pages_x']