Package virtualbox-dkms-6.1.50 fails to install

[tomdean]

> uname -a
Linux aorus 6.5.0-18-generic #18~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Feb 7 11:40:03 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-11.1.0ubuntu4-noarch:security-11.1.0ubuntu4-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy

> sudo apt install virtualbox-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
virtualbox-dkms is already the newest version (6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libstd-rust-1.72 linux-headers-6.5.0-15-generic
  linux-hwe-6.5-headers-6.5.0-15 linux-image-6.5.0-15-generic
  linux-modules-6.5.0-15-generic linux-modules-extra-6.5.0-15-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 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 (6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
Removing old virtualbox-6.1.50 DKMS files...
Deleting module virtualbox-6.1.50 completely from the DKMS tree.
Loading new virtualbox-6.1.50 DKMS files...
Building for 6.5.0-18-generic
Building initial module for 6.5.0-18-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.5.0-18-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.50/build/make.log for more information.
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)
aorus> apport-bug virtualbox-dkms
aorus> ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: virtualbox-dkms 6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-18.18~22.04.1-generic 6.5.8
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Feb 23 22:49:31 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-05-10 (1019 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: virtualbox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2023-05-16 (284 days ago)

[tomdean (tomdean)]

On 2/23/24 22:53, tomdean wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
>> uname -a
> Linux aorus 6.5.0-18-generic #18~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Feb 7 11:40:03 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> lsb_release -a
> LSB Version: core-11.1.0ubuntu4-noarch:security-11.1.0ubuntu4-noarch
> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> Description: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
> Release: 22.04
> Codename: jammy
>
>> sudo apt install virtualbox-dkms
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> virtualbox-dkms is already the newest version (6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1).
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
> libstd-rust-1.72 linux-headers-6.5.0-15-generic
> linux-hwe-6.5-headers-6.5.0-15 linux-image-6.5.0-15-generic
> linux-modules-6.5.0-15-generic linux-modules-extra-6.5.0-15-generic
> Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 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 (6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
> Removing old virtualbox-6.1.50 DKMS files...
> Deleting module virtualbox-6.1.50 completely from the DKMS tree.
> Loading new virtualbox-6.1.50 DKMS files...
> Building for 6.5.0-18-generic
> Building initial module for 6.5.0-18-generic
> Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.5.0-18-generic (x86_64)
> Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.50/build/make.log for more information.
> 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)
> aorus> apport-bug virtualbox-dkms
> aorus> ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
> ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
> Package: virtualbox-dkms 6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-18.18~22.04.1-generic 6.5.8
> Uname: Linux 6.5.0-18-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
> CurrentDesktop: GNOME
> Date: Fri Feb 23 22:49:31 2024
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-05-10 (1019 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm-256color
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: virtualbox
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2023-05-16 (284 days ago)
>
> ** Affects: virtualbox (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy
>

The kernel was built with gcc-12. The installed gcc is gcc-11. Apt
upgrade does not fix this.
Installing gcc-12 fixed the issue.

Before the kernel is built with a version of gcc, that version should be
the default installed version.

Tom Dean

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

Which dkms version are you using?
$ dpkg -l |grep dkms

[tomdean (tomdean)]

On 2/26/24 00:13, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> Which dkms version are you using?
> $ dpkg -l |grep dkms
>
 > dpkg -l |grep dkms
ii dkms 2.8.7-2ubuntu2
                 all Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
ii virtualbox-dkms
6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1 amd64 x86 virtualization
solution - kernel module sources for dkms

[tomdean (tomdean)]

On 2/26/24 00:13, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> Which dkms version are you using?
> $ dpkg -l |grep dkms
>

The problem was a mismatch between the gcc used to build the kernel and
the injstalled gcc version.
The kernel was built with gcc-12.
The default Ubuntu 22.04 version is gcc-11.

I use the default OS gcc to, hopefully, avoid conflicts such as this.

Tom Dean

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

dkms_2.8.7-2ubuntu2.1_all.deb
-----------------------------

 new Debian package, version 2.0.
 size 69966 bytes: control archive=2307 bytes.
     968 bytes, 24 lines conffiles
     897 bytes, 20 lines control
    1540 bytes, 22 lines md5sums
     552 bytes, 20 lines * postinst #!/bin/sh
    1239 bytes, 40 lines * preinst #!/bin/sh
 Package: dkms
 Version: 2.8.7-2ubuntu2.1
 Architecture: all
 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
 Installed-Size: 295
 Pre-Depends: lsb-release
 Depends: kmod | kldutils, gcc, gcc-12, dpkg-dev, make | build-essential, coreutils (>= 7.4), patch, dctrl-tools

dkms should force you to have gcc-12 installed...

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

$ sudo apt remove gcc-12
[...]
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  dkms g++-12 gcc-12 gcc-12-plugin-dev

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

++ if [[ -e $kernel_source_dir/.config ]]; then
++ cc=$(sed -n 's|^CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT="\([^ ]*\) .*"|\1|p' $kernel_source_dir/.config)
++ if command -v "$cc" >/dev/null; then
++ export CC="$cc"
++ fi
++ fi

this is the code checking and forcing a specific compiler version...