When I tried to start a new session of my virtual machine, I got an error saying: Failed to open a session for the virtual machine miniWin7.
And another message saying: The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver is either not loaded or not setup correctly. Please reinstall virtualbox-dkms package and load the kernel module by executing: 'modprobe vboxdrv' as root.
I tried sudo modprobe vboxdrv but the command fails. Then I removed the package virtualbox-dkms and reinstalled it. At the end of the re-installation process, the following message appears in the Synaptic Package Manager: E: virtualbox-dkms: installed virtualbox-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10 .
I also tried the solution offered in this link: Ubuntu 16.04: VirtualBox Error: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
After I entered the command sudo apt install --reinstall linux-headers-$(uname -r) virtualbox-dkms dkms, it fails with message E: Internal Error, No file name for virtualbox-dkms:amd64.
How can I fix this issue and get the virtual machines working again?
UPDATE 01:
The answer Virtualbox 6 stopped working After kernel upgrade in Ubuntu 22.04 in the link pointed to by @Terrance in the comments helps fix the virtual machines run again. The only extra command I had to run is sudo systemctl stop virtualbox.service before running sudo apt-get install virtualbox-7.0 . The installation process ran with an error status of 1 which was due to the error in configuration of the virtualbox-dkms package.
e0[0:0] $
e0[0:0] $ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-7.0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
kbuild libgsoap-2.8.117 liblzf1 module-assistant virtualbox-source
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed
virtualbox-7.0
0 to upgrade, 1 to newly install, 0 to remove and 4 not to upgrade.
6 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/92.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 222 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 298289 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-7.0_7.0.12-159484~Ubuntu~jammy_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-7.0 (7.0.12-159484~Ubuntu~jammy) ...
Setting up libqt5sql5:amd64 (5.15.3+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2) ...
Setting up libqt5xml5:amd64 (5.15.3+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2) ...
Setting up libsdl-ttf2.0-0:amd64 (2.0.11-6) ...
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
Removing old virtualbox-6.1.38 DKMS files...
Deleting module virtualbox-6.1.38 completely from the DKMS tree.
Loading new virtualbox-6.1.38 DKMS files...
Building for 6.5.0-14-generic
Building initial module for 6.5.0-14-generic
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/virtualbox-dkms.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.5.0-14-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/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
Setting up libqt5sql5-sqlite:amd64 (5.15.3+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2) ...
Setting up libqt5help5:amd64 (5.15.3-1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-7.0 (7.0.12-159484~Ubuntu~jammy) ...
addgroup: The group `vboxusers' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.35-0ubuntu3.6) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
virtualbox-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
e100[0:45] $
UPDATE 02:
The answer Virtualbox 6 stopped working After kernel upgrade in Ubuntu 22.04 fixed the virtual machines not starting, but the configuration of virtualbox-dkms package still fails every time I update the computer. The last update log:
e0[0:0] $ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
gjs libgjs0g
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 2 not to upgrade.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
Removing old virtualbox-6.1.38 DKMS files...
Deleting module virtualbox-6.1.38 completely from the DKMS tree.
Loading new virtualbox-6.1.38 DKMS files...
Building for 6.5.0-14-generic
Building initial module for 6.5.0-14-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.5.0-14-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/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)
e100[0:21] $
The contents of /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/make.log:
DKMS make.log for virtualbox-6.1.38 for kernel 6.5.0-14-generic (x86_64)
Monday 15 January 2024 05:00:54 PM +0545
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-14-generic'
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 12.3.0
You are using: gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 12.3.0
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrv.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvGip.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvSem.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPLibAll.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/alloc-r0drv.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/initterm-r0drv.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/memobj-r0drv.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/mpnotification-r0drv.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/powernotification-r0drv.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/assert-r0drv-linux.o
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o: warning: objtool: SUPR0TracerFireProbe+0x7: indirect jump found in RETPOLINE build
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o: warning: objtool: supdrvTracerProbeFireStub+0x0: 'naked' return found in RETHUNK build
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/initterm-r0drv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memuserkernel-r0drv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/mp-r0drv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/mpnotification-r0drv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/process-r0drv-linux.o
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c: In function ‘rtR0MemObjNativeLockUser’:
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1228:18: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_user_pages’
1228 | rc = get_user_pages(R3Ptr, /* Where from. */
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:102,
from /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:31:
./include/linux/mm.h:2430:6: note: declared here
2430 | long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1261:33: error: passing argument 6 of ‘get_user_pages_remote’ from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
1261 | papVMAs /* vmas */
| ^~~~~~~
| |
| struct vm_area_struct **
./include/linux/mm.h:2400:33: note: expected ‘int *’ but argument is of type ‘struct vm_area_struct **’
2400 | int *locked);
| ~~~~~^~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1245:18: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_user_pages_remote’
1245 | rc = get_user_pages_remote(
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/mm.h:2397:6: note: declared here
2397 | long get_user_pages_remote(struct mm_struct *mm,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1304:39: error: assignment of read-only member ‘vm_flags’
1304 | papVMAs[rc]->vm_flags |= VM_DONTCOPY | VM_LOCKED;
| ^~
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c: In function ‘rtR0MemObjNativeMapUser’:
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1774:35: error: assignment of read-only member ‘vm_flags’
1774 | vma->vm_flags |= VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP;
| ^~
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:251: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memuserkernel-r0drv-linux.o: warning: objtool: VBoxHost_RTR0MemKernelCopyTo+0x13: redundant CLD
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memuserkernel-r0drv-linux.o: warning: objtool: VBoxHost_RTR0MemKernelCopyFrom+0x13: redundant CLD
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:488: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv] Error 2
make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-14-generic/Makefile:2037: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:234: __sub-make] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-14-generic'
How to fix this 'virtualbox-dkms failing to configure' problem?
