Virtualbox error after installing new linux kernel 4.4

Question

I have ubuntu x64 15.04 and I have installed latest stable kernel 4.4. I also installed virtualbox 5.0.14, downloaded from here.

I tried to run a virtual machine and I got this error:

I tried to run: sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup and I got: Bad argument setup so I tried sudo /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup and I got:

Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modulesError! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File:  does not exist.
 ...done.
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMSError! DKMS tree already contains: vboxhost-5.0.14
You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once.
 ...failed!
  (Failed, trying without DKMS)
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules ...failed!
  (Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong)

and here is the vbox-install.log: http://pastebin.com/raw/2u2zcS75

How can I solve it? I'd like to keep the new kernel.

Thanks

Solution

Try to install g++/gcc version 5.3 and compile dkms with it

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and I was able to run virtual machine using the following advice

First try

sudo /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup

Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMSERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-4.4.0-040400-generic is not supported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/5.0.14/build/make.log for more information.
 ...failed!
  (Failed, trying without DKMS)
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules ...failed!
  (Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong)

add repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update

install gcc/g++

sudo apt-get install gcc-5 g++-5

The next step is to add alternatives to gcc/g++ show installed versions

ls -lh /usr/bin/gcc* 

and for each of them add alternative, mine are

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.8
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 40 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.9
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-5 20 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-5

last step is to select what to use

sudo update-alternatives --config gcc

and select 3 entry in my case

Now try to compile DKMS

sudo /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup

Now it is successfully compiled

sudo /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup

Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules ...done.
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS ...done.
Starting VirtualBox kernel modules ...done.

Comments

[Adam Ryczkowski]

I think it has nothing to do with the kernel. I have the same problem with Ubuntu 14.04 on 3.16.0-59-generic kernel.

[bain]

Possible duplicate of Virtualbox Kernel driver not installed

[Frank]

Ok I have downloaded the script and change VERSION=5.0.12 to VERSION=5.0.14. I ran sudo sh ./rcvboxdrv.sh setup in /sbin and I got this error: pastebin.com/raw/j0kynqV0

[Adam Ryczkowski]

@Frank. Well, I did run the script without any change (still version 5.0.12) and it did resolve the issue. Anyway, this is a known problem, already reported on the Oracle's bugtracker: virtualbox.org/ticket/15055 . Anyways, there are two other solutions/walkarounds. You can see them as answers and comments to askubuntu.com/questions/724184/…

[Powerriegel]

It changed something but did not solve the problem completely. I guess you have packages installed I missed.

[Powerriegel]

I now fixed it by installing VirtualBox from the website not from Ubuntu sources!