[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#798527: virtualbox fails to work with systemd

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

On Thu, 2015-09-10 at 15:28 +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote:
> Package: virtualbox
> Version: 5.0.4-dfsg-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> I installed virtualbox and it complains :-
> 
> $ sudo aptitude install virtualbox=5.0.4-dfsg-1
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   virtualbox
> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not
> upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B/13.7 MB of archives. After unpacking 62.1 MB will be
> used.
> Retrieving bug reports... Done
> Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
> Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox.
> (Reading database ... 260153 files and directories currently
> installed.)
> Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox_5.0.4-dfsg-1_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking virtualbox (5.0.4-dfsg-1) ...
> Processing triggers for systemd (225-1) ...
> Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.3-1) ...
> Setting up virtualbox (5.0.4-dfsg-1) ...
> Job for virtualbox.service failed because the control process exited
> with error code. See "systemctl status virtualbox.service" and
> "journalctl -xe" for details.
> invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
> Processing triggers for systemd (225-1) ...
> Scanning processes...
> Scanning candidates...
> Scanning linux images...
> Running kernel seems to be up-to-date.
> Restarting services using systemd...
> No containers need to be restarted.
> 


Your bug report made me go look into my logs and indeed, vbox does
fail. But I'm not sure if I understand the flow of your  console log.


Setting up libqt4-test:amd64 (4:4.8.7+dfsg-3) ...
Setting up virtualbox (5.0.2-dfsg-2) ...
Job for virtualbox.service failed because the control process exited
with error code. See "systemctl status virtualbox.service" and
"journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
Setting up virtualbox-qt (5.0.2-dfsg-2) ...
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (5.0.2-dfsg-2) ...
Loading new virtualbox-5.0.2 DKMS files...
Building only for 4.1.6+
Building initial module for 4.1.6+
Done.

vboxdrv:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/4.1.6+/updates/dkms/

vboxnetadp.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/4.1.6+/updates/dkms/

vboxnetflt.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/4.1.6+/updates/dkms/

vboxpci.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/4.1.6+/updates/dkms/

depmod....

DKMS: install completed.
Setting up libapt-inst1.7:amd64 (1.0.10.2) ...
Setting up apt-utils (1.0.10.2) ...
Setting up libkeyutils1:amd64 (1.5.9-7) ...


This is from my console logs. Now VBox fails because it got
installed/upgraded prior to the dkms package, which was supposed to
roll in the new drivers.


In your logs, there's no mention of the dkms package.


@Gianfranco: What is your opinion?

I think we should add a, Depends: virtualbox-dkms (=
${binary:Version}), so that virtualbox can pick it up. Currently, it is
a Recommends.

If you ask my opinion, I think we should promote it to Pre-Depends:
virtualbox-dkms | virtualbox-source


Is VBox useful without the kernel modules loaded ?

> Also, the recommends are not installed, they should get in the action
> right ?
> 
> virtualbox-dkms and virtualbox-qt I mean by those.
> 
> 

It may have to do with your APT Policy settings. virtualbox currently
Recommends: virtualbox-dkms

-- 
Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs
Debian - The Universal Operating System
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