Broken VirtualBox

[Rasec Solerom]

On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 12:30 AM Native.Code <native.code at gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 at 17:18, Gilles Gravier <ggravier at fsfe.org> wrote:
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>> 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
>
>
Thanks to Gilles and everyone else that offered help.
I followed Gilles' advice and I have the official version working now.
Regards
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