Hi Bill, the patch was useful to me, to upload a fixed version into my ppa. Now if you can test the ppa and report back positive feedbacks I'll ask a sponsor to make the fix be uploaded into the ubuntu repositories.
there is no more need to build it yourself :-) to add the repository sudo apt-add-repository ppa:costamagnagianfranco/locutusofborg-ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install virtualbox (or upgrade) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1292118 Title: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6: virtualbox kernel module failed to build [error: incompatible types when returning type ‘kuid_t’ but ‘RTUID’ was expected] Status in Virtualbox: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in virtualbox package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: The virtualbox module does not build with the newer HWE kernels found in Ubuntu Precise/12.04 ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-14.34-generic 3.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-14-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-17-generic Date: Thu Mar 13 12:40:09 2014 DuplicateSignature: dkms:virtualbox-dkms:4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.5:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:226:5: error: incompatible types when returning type ‘kuid_t’ but ‘RTUID’ was expected InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-29 (682 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) PackageArchitecture: all PackageVersion: 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.5 SourcePackage: virtualbox Title: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.5: virtualbox kernel module failed to build UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) VirtualBox.ModInfo: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/virtualbox/+bug/1292118/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
