Public bug reported: VirtualBox DKMS build fails on 12.04 against the 3.13.0-27 backported kernel.
Here is the termnial output: Loading new virtualbox-guest-4.1.12 DKMS files... Building only for 3.13.0-27-generic Building initial module for 3.13.0-27-generic Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.13.0-27-generic (x86_64) I'll include the whole log as an attachment (if it didn't happen automatically), but these are the build errors: CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.12/build/vboxsf/utils.o /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.12/build/vboxsf/utils.c: In function ‘sf_init_inode’: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.12/build/vboxsf/utils.c:147:18: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘kuid_t’ from type ‘int’ /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.12/build/vboxsf/utils.c:148:18: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘kgid_t’ from type ‘int’ /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.12/build/vboxsf/utils.c: In function ‘sf_nlscpy’: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.12/build/vboxsf/utils.c:575:13: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘utf8_to_utf32’ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] include/linux/nls.h:53:12: note: expected ‘unicode_t *’ but argument is of type ‘wchar_t *’ /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.12/build/vboxsf/utils.c: At top level: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.12/build/vboxsf/utils.c:841:1: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.12/build/vboxsf/utils.c:841:1: warning: (near initialization for ‘sf_dentry_ops.d_revalidate’) [enabled by default] make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.12/build/vboxsf/utils.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.12/build/vboxsf] Error 2 make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.12/build] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-27-generic' ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-27.50~precise1-generic 3.13.11 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 Architecture: amd64 DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-27-generic Date: Fri May 30 12:30:05 2014 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all PackageVersion: 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6 SourcePackage: virtualbox Title: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6: virtualbox kernel module failed to build UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) VirtualBox.ModInfo: ** Affects: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package need-duplicate-check precise ** Attachment added: "make.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1325022/+attachment/4123033/+files/make.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1325022 Title: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6: virtualbox kernel module failed to build To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1325022/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs