Today I've stumbled across this problem. My computer is a quite old 32bit machine. Due to totally outdated I've updated from debian 9 to debian 11 this day. The last virtualbox release supporting 32bit hosts is 5.2.
I've downloaded the virtualbox-xxxxx-.run file for 5.2 and tried to install. This is what happens:
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bx@haufi ~ % sudo ./VirtualBox-5.2.44-139111-Linux_x86.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox for Linux installation..............
VirtualBox Version 5.2.44 r139111 (2020-07-09T17:21:50Z) installer
Installing VirtualBox to /opt/VirtualBox
Python found: python2, installing bindings...
vboxdrv.sh: failed: Look at /var/log/vbox-setup.log to find out what went wrong.
There were problems setting up VirtualBox. To re-start the set-up process, run
/sbin/vboxconfig
as root. If your system is using EFI Secure Boot you may need to sign the
kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load
them. Please see your Linux system's documentation for more information.
VirtualBox has been installed successfully.
You will find useful information about using VirtualBox in the user manual
/opt/VirtualBox/UserManual.pdf
and in the user FAQ
We hope that you enjoy using VirtualBox.
The installation log file is at /var/log/vbox-install.log.
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bx@haufi ~ % cat /var/log/vbox-setup.log
Building the main VirtualBox module.
Error building the module:
make V=1 -C /lib/modules/5.16.0-rc5-bx-00033-ga52a8e9eaf4a/build M=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 -j2 modules
make[1]: warning: -j2 forced in submake: resetting jobserver mode.
make -f ./scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0 \
single-build= \
need-builtin=1 need-modorder=1
gcc -Wp,-MMD,/tmp/vbox.0/linux/.SUPDrv-linux.o.d -nostdinc -I./arch/x86/include -I./arch/x86/include/generated -I./include -I./arch/x86/include/uapi -I./arch/x86/include/generated/uapi -I./include/uapi -I./include/generated/uapi -include ./include/linux/compiler-version.h -include ./include/linux/kconfig.h -include ./include/linux/compiler_types.h -D__KERNEL__ -fmacro-prefix-map=./= -Wall -Wundef -Werror=strict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fshort-wchar -fno-PIE -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=implicit-int -Werror=return-type -Wno-format-security -std=gnu89 -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -fcf-protection=none -m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -fno-pic -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -mtune=pentium4 -mtune=generic -Wa,-mtune=generic32 -ffreestanding -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register -fno-jump-tables -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -Wno-frame-address -Wno-format-truncation -Wno-format-overflow -Wno-address-of-packed-member -O2 -fno-allow-store-data-races -Wframe-larger-than=1024 -fno-stack-protector -Wimplicit-fallthrough=5 -Wno-main -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-const-variable -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -fno-stack-clash-protection -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wvla -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-stringop-truncation -Wno-zero-length-bounds -Wno-array-bounds -Wno-stringop-overflow -Wno-restrict -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -Wno-alloc-size-larger-than -fno-strict-overflow -fno-stack-check -fconserve-stack -Werror=date-time -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types -Werror=designated-init -Wno-packed-not-aligned -include /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/SUPDrvMangling.h -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-pie -I./include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DSUPDRV_WITH_RELEASE_LOGGER -Wno-declaration-after-statement -DCONFIG_VBOXDRV_AS_MISC -DRT_ARCH_X86 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME='"SUPDrv_linux"' -DKBUILD_MODNAME='"vboxdrv"' -D__KBUILD_MODNAME=kmod_vboxdrv -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c
gcc -Wp,-MMD,/tmp/vbox.0/.SUPDrv.o.d -nostdinc -I./arch/x86/include -I./arch/x86/include/generated -I./include -I./arch/x86/include/uapi -I./arch/x86/include/generated/uapi -I./include/uapi -I./include/generated/uapi -include ./include/linux/compiler-version.h -include ./include/linux/kconfig.h -include ./include/linux/compiler_types.h -D__KERNEL__ -fmacro-prefix-map=./= -Wall -Wundef -Werror=strict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fshort-wchar -fno-PIE -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=implicit-int -Werror=return-type -Wno-format-security -std=gnu89 -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -fcf-protection=none -m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -fno-pic -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -mtune=pentium4 -mtune=generic -Wa,-mtune=generic32 -ffreestanding -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register -fno-jump-tables -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -Wno-frame-address -Wno-format-truncation -Wno-format-overflow -Wno-address-of-packed-member -O2 -fno-allow-store-data-races -Wframe-larger-than=1024 -fno-stack-protector -Wimplicit-fallthrough=5 -Wno-main -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-const-variable -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -fno-stack-clash-protection -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wvla -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-stringop-truncation -Wno-zero-length-bounds -Wno-array-bounds -Wno-stringop-overflow -Wno-restrict -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -Wno-alloc-size-larger-than -fno-strict-overflow -fno-stack-check -fconserve-stack -Werror=date-time -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types -Werror=designated-init -Wno-packed-not-aligned -include /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/SUPDrvMangling.h -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-pie -I./include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DSUPDRV_WITH_RELEASE_LOGGER -Wno-declaration-after-statement -DCONFIG_VBOXDRV_AS_MISC -DRT_ARCH_X86 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME='"SUPDrv"' -DKBUILD_MODNAME='"vboxdrv"' -D__KBUILD_MODNAME=kmod_vboxdrv -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/SUPDrv.o /tmp/vbox.0/SUPDrv.c
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/types.h:31,
from /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/types.h:30,
from /tmp/vbox.0/SUPDrvInternal.h:35,
from /tmp/vbox.0/SUPDrv.c:33:
/tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/stdarg.h:44:12: fatal error: stdarg.h: No such file or directory
44 | # include <stdarg.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/types.h:31,
from /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/types.h:30,
from /tmp/vbox.0/linux/../SUPDrvInternal.h:35,
from /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:32:
/tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/stdarg.h:44:12: fatal error: stdarg.h: No such file or directory
44 | # include <stdarg.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:287: /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:287: /tmp/vbox.0/SUPDrv.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1846: /tmp/vbox.0] Error 2
make: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile.include.footer:107: vboxdrv] Error 2
The only hint I've found is something related to Xcode on Mac OS, someone suggested using an older version. I think this could be also the problem in my case. Do I have to find/compile an older release of gcc/other toolchain parts to get it compiled?
If it's not working it would make somehow sad... I know, my computer is old, but for now I have to stick with it.
(BTW: web-content process spawned by firefox showing this forum consumes 90% cpu, just idling around....)
Thanks in advance,
Nils