6.5.0-25-generic kernel broke due to VirtualBox; don't install

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 4:56 PM Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 3/8/24 15:18, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 3:44 PM Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 3/8/24 13:09, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
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> On 3/8/24 09:56, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
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> A heads up... Installing the latest HWE kernel, 6.5.0-25-generic,
> broke due to VirtualBox. Boot hung with the message "Failed to start
> LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module."
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> If you have VirtualBox installed, you should boot to an old kernel,
> remove the 6.5.0-25 kernel, and block the kernel package with
> something like `sudo apt-mark hold '*6.5.0-25-generic*'`.
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> Could you report this on Launchpad against the virtualbox package?
> That way it can get greater visibility. If not, no problem, I'll try
> to verify the issue and report it when I can.
>
> OK, so I did some testing, and I cannot reproduce this issue. I'm able
> to have Virtualbox and the 6.5.0-25-generic kernel installed at the same
> time - my physical system boots up just fine, and a Tiny Core Linux VM
> runs pretty well.
>
> Uh oh, one of those.
>
> I also have the USB extension pack installed, in case it makes a
> difference. I_think_ it may be the USB 3.0 one nowadays.
>
> Just tried installing that too, no change. System boots fine, Tiny Core Linux VM boots fine (it did freeze during boot once but a reset of the VM fixed that). I guess this is one of those lovely hardware-dependent Heisenbugs...

Ok, thanks.

This weekend I will unblock the the 6.5.0-25 kernel, and add
initcall_debug to the kernel command line, and try to get some more
info.

Jeff