virtualbox-dkms fails to install
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
virtualbox (Ubuntu) |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
virtualbox-dkms install error: cpu_tlbstate undeclared
virtualbox stopped working about a week ago after a system update.
It advised me to reinstall virtualbox-dkms.
This happens if I try to install virtualbox-dkms:
$ sudo apt install virtualbox-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
virtualbox-dkms is already the newest version (6.1.10-
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (6.1.10-
Removing old virtualbox-6.1.10 DKMS files...
-------
Deleting module version: 6.1.10
completely from the DKMS tree.
-------
Done.
Loading new virtualbox-6.1.10 DKMS files...
Building for 5.8.0-36-generic
Building initial module for 5.8.0-36-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.8.0-36-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-dkms (--configure):
installed virtualbox-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
virtualbox-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Here the content of above mentioned make.log:
=======
$ cat /var/lib/
DKMS make.log for virtualbox-6.1.10 for kernel 5.8.0-36-generic (x86_64)
Do 14. Jan 08:30:47 CET 2021
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/
CC [M] /var/lib/
CC [M] /var/lib/
CC [M] /var/lib/
CC [M] /var/lib/
CC [M] /var/lib/
CC [M] /var/lib/
CC [M] /var/lib/
CC [M] /var/lib/
CC [M] /var/lib/
CC [M] /var/lib/
CC [M] /var/lib/
CC [M] /var/lib/
In file included from ./include/
/var/lib/
/var/lib/
760 | RTCCUINTREG uOld = this_cpu_
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/
318 | typeof(variable) pscr_ret__; \
| ^~~~~~~~
/var/lib/
760 | RTCCUINTREG uOld = this_cpu_
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/
760 | RTCCUINTREG uOld = this_cpu_
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/
318 | typeof(variable) pscr_ret__; \
| ^~~~~~~~
/var/lib/
760 | RTCCUINTREG uOld = this_cpu_
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
make[2]: *** [scripts/
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [scripts/
make: *** [Makefile:1780: /var/lib/
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/
Version Infos
=============
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release: 20.04
$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-dkms
virtualbox-dkms:
Installed: 6.1.10-
Candidate: 6.1.10-
Version table:
*** 6.1.10-
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
6.1.6-dfsg-1 500
500 http://
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: virtualbox-dkms 6.1.10-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jan 14 08:39:20 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-29 (15 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
SourcePackage: virtualbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)