VirtualBox Failed to recompile after kernel update

[nicko]

Hello,

Have have centos 6 server and virtualBox won't start after a Kernel update.

Centos 6.8
VirtualBox 4.3
kernel 2.6.32-642.1.1.el6.x86_64

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make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=
 -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.x86_64/build modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (
\
        echo;                                                           \
        echo "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";               \
        echo "         include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are
missing.";      \
        echo "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix
 it.";  \
        echo;                                                           \
        /bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0

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WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (2.6.32-642.1.1.el6.x86_64) or it fail
ed to
         load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

           sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

         You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
Usage:

VBoxManage list [--long|-l] vms|runningvms|ostypes|hostdvds|hostfloppies|
                            intnets|bridgedifs|hostonlyifs|natnets|dhcpservers|
                            hostinfo|hostcpuids|hddbackends|hdds|dvds|floppies|
                            usbhost|usbfilters|systemproperties|extpacks|
                            groups|webcams

Thank you.

[Perryg]

What did the terminal say when you ran the suggest fix?

[nicko]

[root]# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
Removing old VirtualBox kernel module [ OK ]
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules [FAILED]
(Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong)

[Perryg]

So since you did not post that log I guess you must have found the error and fixed it, right?

[nicko]

no I did not fix the error and I did not find the log file. The only log file I have its /var/log/vbox-install.log

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make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=
 -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.x86_64/build modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (
\
        echo;                                                           \
        echo "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";               \
        echo "         include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are
missing.";      \
        echo "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix
 it.";  \
        echo;                                                           \
        /bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0

[Perryg]

I am guessing that the reason you can not build the kernel module is due to not having matching kernel headers for the new kernel. Have you updated them?

[nicko]

yes i did:
yum install kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.1.1.el6.x86_64

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Package kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.1.1.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version

I am able to recompile virtualBox to the old kernel "2.6.32-573.18.1.el6.x86_64" but not to the new one.

[Perryg]

And kernel-devel?

All of this usually happens when you do not use dkms to keep the supporting packages up to date when installing a new kernel. In the end this is a host OS issue I am afraid.

I might suggest that you use the wild card command when installing the headers and devel package. -$(uname -r) instead of typing the version yourself.

[nicko]

And kernel-devel?

Yes its up to date.

so i do have to install centos 7 if is the OS issue? or should I update to virtualbox 5?

[Perryg]

You need to fix your host operating system because something is not happy with the new kernel. Updating VirtualBox will only cause you more problems since the new versions depend on newer packages.

[nicko]

ok Thanks so I will install Centos 7

Thanks for your help.