Virtualbox installation on Linux problem:

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TromboLink
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Joined: 28. Apr 2022, 16:25

Virtualbox installation on Linux problem:

Post by TromboLink »

Dears,
I'm stuck, because of unfortunate actions I lost possibility to start virtualbox.
Problem is probably with a kernel module, but I have no idea how to solve it and also there is a no information in Internet.

After some test and tries to fix it I decided to unistall it and install again - as You probably imagine - no luck.
Current setup is : Ubuntu Linux

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5.15.0-27-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 14 04:55:28 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
During installation by apt install virtualbox:

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Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox.
(Reading database ... 447713 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack virtualbox_6.1.32-dfsg-1build1_amd64.deb ...
(..)
Setting up virtualbox (6.1.32-dfsg-1build1) ...
Job for virtualbox.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status virtualbox.service" and "journalctl -xeu virtualbox.service" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
× virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/virtualbox; generated)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2022-04-28 16:29:49 CEST; 5ms ago
       Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Process: 36575 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/virtualbox start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 36ms

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systemctl status virtualbox.service
× virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/virtualbox; generated)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2022-04-28 16:29:49 CEST; 26s ago
       Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Process: 36575 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/virtualbox start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 36ms

Apr 28 16:29:49 U19 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module...
Apr 28 16:29:49 U19 virtualbox[36575]:  * Loading VirtualBox kernel modules...
Apr 28 16:29:49 U19 virtualbox[36575]:  * No suitable module for running kernel found
Apr 28 16:29:49 U19 virtualbox[36575]:    ...fail!
Apr 28 16:29:49 U19 systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 28 16:29:49 U19 systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Apr 28 16:29:49 U19 systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module.
When it comes to module itself:

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Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.15.0-27-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.32/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-dkms (--configure):
 installed virtualbox-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 virtualbox-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
And finally it failed with such information:

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 MODPOST /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.32/build/Module.symvers
ERROR: modpost: "mcount" [/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.32/build/vboxnetadp/vboxnetadp.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "mcount" [/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.32/build/vboxnetflt/vboxnetflt.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "mcount" [/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.32/build/vboxdrv/vboxdrv.ko] undefined!
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modpost:134: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.32/build/Module.symvers] Error 1
make[1]: *** Deleting file '/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.32/build/Module.symvers'
make: *** [Makefile:1790: modules] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.15.0-27-generic'
I tired to install deb package from virtualbox finishes on dependency failure on: libvx6

Any ideas how to fix it ?

Slawek
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