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unable to sign kernel modules
Posted: 2. Dec 2019, 23:37
by eelstrebor1
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)?
Re: unable to sign kernel modules
Posted: 3. Dec 2019, 09:46
by socratis
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.
Re: unable to sign kernel modules
Posted: 3. Dec 2019, 16:08
by eelstrebor1
I have a PPA setup in /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb [arch=amd64]
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic contrib
Re: unable to sign kernel modules
Posted: 3. Dec 2019, 22:58
by socratis
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.
Re: unable to sign kernel modules
Posted: 3. Dec 2019, 23:30
by eelstrebor1
No difference.
Re: unable to sign kernel modules
Posted: 4. Dec 2019, 00:44
by socratis
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...
Re: unable to sign kernel modules
Posted: 4. Dec 2019, 03:11
by eelstrebor1
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.
Re: unable to sign kernel modules
Posted: 4. Dec 2019, 06:19
by socratis
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?
