Kernel 2.6.38 and VirtualBox 4.0

Tue Feb 15 12:33:26 UTC 2011

A quick and dirty fix could solve this problem.
create a symlink for generated/autoconf.h

as for your situation, it should be:

sudo ln -s
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-1-generic/include/generated/autoconf.h
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-1-generic/include/linux/

then compile the module again:

sudo service vboxdrv setup

I found another solution in the virtualbox forum but it asks to change
several paths in the source code and I think this one is more easy.

(sorry for my poor English)

Felix Yan
Twitter: @felixonmars
Blog: http://felixcat.net

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:29, jcjglt at lagoon.nc <jcjglt at lagoon.nc> wrote:

>   I run a laptop with Ubuntu10.04-1LTS and have been using Windows XP SP3
> in a VirtualBox4.0 for months without any problem.
> A few days ago I upgraded the kernel to the new Linux 2.6.38-1 generic
> lucid1 and got the following  error message at the end of upgrade about
> VirtualBox
> namely :
> "Package problem :
> Sorry, failure of installation or upgrade of virtualbox-4.0 package.
> You could help the developpers to solve the problem by providing them with
> data".
> I tried to submit the informations and got the answer :
> "Informations could not be submitted, package is not supported".
>
> I started VirtualBox4.0 then Windows XP inside and got the following error
> boxes :
> <The virtual machine "XP" has terminated unexpectedly during startup with
> exit code 1.
> <Details :
> <Error code :
> <NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
> <Component :
> <Machine
> <Interface :
> <IMachine {662c175e-a69d-40b8-a77a-1d719d0ab062}
>
> and a second error box appeared :
> <VirtualBox-Error in suplibOsInit
> <kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
> <The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there
> is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel
> module by executing
> '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
> as root. Users of Ubuntu, Fedora or Mandriva should install the DKMS
> package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and
> recompiles the vboxdrv <kernel module if necessary.
>
> I ran "sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup" as I have often to do - with success
> - after a kernel upgrade and today it failed with the following message
> error :
> < jean-claude at jean-claude-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
> [sudo] password for jean-claude:
> * Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules * done.
> * Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules * done.
> * Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS
> Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.38-1-generic
> (i686)
> Consult the make.log in the build directory
> /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/ for more information.
>
> * Failed, trying without DKMS
> * Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules
> * Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong
> jean-claude at jean-claude-laptop:~$
>
> Here is the content of /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/ :
> <DKMS make.log for vboxhost-4.0.2 for kernel 2.6.38-1-generic (i686)
> Monday 7 February 2011, 18:23:12 (UTC+1100)
> make: entering directory « /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-1-generic »
> LD /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/built-in.o
> LD /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/built-in.o
> CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o
> In file included from
> /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/include/VBox/types.h:30,
> from
> /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/../SUPDrvInternal.h:35,
> from /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:31:
> /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/include/iprt/types.h:105:31:
> error: linux/autoconf.h: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
> make[2]: ***
> [/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Erreur 1
> make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv] Erreur 2
> make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build] Erreur 2
> make: leaving directory « /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-1-generic »
>
> Here is the content of /var/log/vbox-install.log :
> <Uninstalling modules from DKMS
> removing old DKMS module vboxhost version 4.0.2
> ------------------------------
> Deleting module version: 4.0.2
> completely from the DKMS tree.
> ------------------------------
> Done.
> Attempting to install using DKMS
> Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/source ->
> /usr/src/vboxhost-4.0.2
> DKMS: add Completed.
> Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...
> Building module:
> cleaning build area....
> make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.38-1-generic -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-1-generic/build
> M=/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build....(bad exit status: 2)
> 0
> 0
> Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without
> Makefile:178: *** Error: /usr/src/linux (version 2.6.38-rc2) does not match
> the current kernel (version 2.6.38-1-generic). Halting.
>
>
>   Then, I rebooted my laptop with the former kernel 2.6.36-1 generic
> lucid1. I started VBox4.0.2 then Windows XP, which failed with the same
> messages. I ran "sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup" in a terminal and it worked
> OK as allways before and I could boot Windows XP.
> I then rebooted to 2.6.38-1 and could not boot Windows XP in VBox. There
> seems to be a real problem with this new 2.6.38-1 kernel.
>
> Since the first attempt to upgrade to 2.6.38-1 I also upgraded to -2 then
> -3 from Synaptic and got the same error mesage during installation of
> linux-headers-generic and the same error messages during any attempt to
> start Windows XP from within VirtualBox 4.0.2 PUEL.
>
>
> Any idea about this problem ? I'd like to get a solution since kernel
> 2.6.38-3 is perfectly working on my laptop with Ubuntu 10.04-1LTS Lucid,
> except VirtualBox and for the first time for months I have with this kernel
> under development a perfectly working and steady WiFi connexion.
>
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