Broken VirtualBox

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On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 at 17:18, Gilles Gravier <ggravier at fsfe.org> wrote:

> Cesar,
>
> On 07/01/2021 20:34, Rasec Solerom wrote:
> > Hi all...  please excuse the long message, but I want to provide as
> > much info as possible... Please I need help to solve this problem fast.
> >
> > I installed some updates this morning and now I can not start any of
> > the VMs I have been using without problems.
> > This is Ubuntu 20.04.1 and VirtualBox 6.1 installed from the Ubuntu
> > repository.
>
> I've had this happen... I've resorted to not using the Ubuntu version.
>
> I use the official one from the Virtualbox.org web site
> (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads).
>
> First uninstall any existing virtualbox component from the Ubuntu repos.
>
> Then install the official VB repo. The latest today is focal which works
> perfectly on 20.04.1. So :
>
>     deb [arch=amd64] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian
> focal contrib
>
> Add the repo signing keys:
>
>     wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O-
> | sudo apt-key add -
>     wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- |
> sudo apt-key add -
>
> It will install the latest 6.1.16 (as of today Jan 8th, 2021). From
> there you can install the extensions.
>
>     sudo apt install virtualbox-6.1
>
> It will directly run your existing VMs.
>
>
> Gilles
>
>
> --
>
>
This is because you need minimum VirtualBox version 6.1.14 to work with
Kernel version 5.8 (6.1.14 was the first version to support kernel 5.8
which was offered by Ubuntu recently). However, the official focal
repository still offers version 6.1.10 of VirtualBox as latest.

Either:
1. Instal 6.1.14 or later version of VirtualBox following instructions from
their website
2. Boot with 5.4 version of kernel and wait till focal repository is
updated to offer VirtualBox 6.1.14 or later.

There is already a bug report out there.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dkms/+bug/1904590
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