[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#780939: virtualbox-dkms does not work for backported kernels.

Ritesh Raj Sarraf rrs at researchut.com
Sun Mar 22 09:07:27 UTC 2015


Control: tag -1 +moreinfo

What is the output of:

ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/  -l

On Sunday 22 March 2015 01:13 PM, dE wrote:
> Package: virtualbox-dkms
> Version: 4.3.18-dfsg-2~bpo70+1
> Severity: important
>
> virtualbox-dkms does not work for backported kernels.
>
> # dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms
> ------------------------------
> Deleting module version: 4.3.18
> completely from the DKMS tree.
> ------------------------------
> Done.
> Loading new virtualbox-4.3.18 DKMS files...
> Building only for 3.16-0.bpo.2-amd64
> Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the
> kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed.
> [ ok ] Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules.
> [FAIL] Starting VirtualBox kernel modules[....] No suitable module for
> running kernel found ... failed!
>  failed!
> invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed. 


-- 
Ritesh Raj Sarraf
RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com
"Necessity is the mother of invention."


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