[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#707094: Bug#707094: [virtualbox-dkms] Fails to build the kernel module for kernel 3.8-1-686-pae

[Alexey Eromenko]

Upgrading kernel will probably force you to use upstream VirtualBox
(from Oracle).
Debian's VirtualBox only supports Debian kernel (3.2.x).

On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Rainer Schwarzbach
<rainer at blackstream.de> wrote:
> Package: virtualbox-dkms
> Version: 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u1
> Severity: important
>
> --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> after installing kernel 3.8-1-686-pae, I triggered the build of the
> Virtualbox kernel module by entering 'dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms'.
> The (re-)build for the old 3.2.0-4-686-pae went well, but for the new
> kernel, I got the following messages:
>
> Building initial module for 3.8-1-686-pae
> Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.8-1-686-pae (i686)
> Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/make.log for more information.
>
>
> The mentioned make.log contains the following:
>
> DKMS make.log for virtualbox-4.1.18 for kernel 3.8-1-686-pae (i686)
> Di 7. Mai 13:35:22 CEST 2013
> make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8-1-686-pae'
>   LD      /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/built-in.o
>   LD      /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/built-in.o
>   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o
>   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrv.o
>   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvSem.o
>   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/alloc-r0drv.o
>   CC [M]
> /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/initterm-r0drv.o
>   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/memobj-r0drv.o
>   CC [M]
> /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/mpnotification-r0drv.o
>   CC [M]
> /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/powernotification-r0drv.o
>   CC [M]
> /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/assert-r0drv-linux.o
>   CC [M]
> /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.o
>   CC [M]
> /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/initterm-r0drv-linux.o
>   CC [M]
> /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.o
> /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:
> In function ‘rtR0MemObjNativeMapUser’:
> /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1451:38:
> error: ‘VM_RESERVED’ undeclared (first use in this function)
> /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1451:38:
> note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it
> appears in
> make[4]: ***
> [/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.o]
> Fehler 1
> make[3]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/vboxdrv] Fehler 2
> make[2]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build] Fehler 2
> make[1]: *** [sub-make] Fehler 2
> make: *** [all] Fehler 2
> make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8-1-686-pae'
>
>
> Kind regards
> Rainer
>
> --- System information. ---
> Architecture: i386
> Kernel:       Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae
>
> Debian Release: jessie/sid
>   500 unstable        ftp.de.debian.org
>   500 testing         ftp.de.debian.org
>
> --- Package information. ---
> Depends                        (Version) | Installed
> ========================================-+-==========================
> dkms                        (>= 2.1.0.0) | 2.2.0.3-1.2
> virtualbox     (>= 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u1) | 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u1
>
>
> Package's Recommends field is empty.
>
> Package's Suggests field is empty.
>
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