unable to sign kernel modules

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eelstrebor1
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unable to sign kernel modules

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I'm unable to launch virtualbox on ubuntu 18.04 after enabling uefi. The error message says that I need to sign the kernel modules vbox*.ko but the only module that I can find on my system is vboxvideo.ko. How am I suppose to sign the kernel modules if they don't exist (i.e. vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci)?
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Re: unable to sign kernel modules

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Where did you get your VirtualBox from? If you used the Ubuntu repositories, that's an Ubuntu-fork. Completely remove/uninstall/delete/purge their version and install the official version from the Linux Downloads section of VirtualBox.
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eelstrebor1
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Re: unable to sign kernel modules

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I have a PPA setup in /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb [arch=amd64] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic contrib
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Re: unable to sign kernel modules

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Can you completely remove/uninstall/delete/purge whatever you have installed, and then download the stand-alone Bionic package from the Linux Downloads section of VirtualBox? Try installing that, bypassing the PPA.
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Re: unable to sign kernel modules

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No difference.
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Re: unable to sign kernel modules

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What does that mean? You didn't get the modules? You had issues during the installation? Other?

Please get out of Twitter-mode and start expanding on your replies. We can't be guessing on what the "No difference" means...
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Re: unable to sign kernel modules

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Never mind. If you're going to be hostile then I'm going to see if I can get vmware working. Besides, I think I've explained my issue sufficiently. Goodbye.
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Re: unable to sign kernel modules

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Hostile??? That's what ... "hostile" is to you? Asking you to expand on an unclear statement?
By Toutatis, are all the sensitiv-o-meters broken these days? :shock:
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