Package: virtualbox Version: 5.1.8-dfsg-6~bpo8+2 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
I use virtualbox from jessie-backports. After upgrading to linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-unsigned from linux-image-4.8.0-0.bpo.2-amd64, the dkms module fails to build. Here is the error message upon running dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms > DKMS: install completed. > Building initial module for 4.9.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 > Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.9.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 > (x86_64) > Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.1.8/build/make.log for more information. I stay on kernel 4.8 for the moment, as I can't use virtualbox on 4.9. Regards, Fran -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.7 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (75, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages virtualbox depends on: ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii init-system-helpers 1.22 ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u7 ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.38.0-4+deb8u5 ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.90-2.2+deb8u1 ii libgcc1 1:4.9.2-10 ii libgsoap5 2.8.17-1 ii libpng12-0 1.2.50-2+deb8u3 ii libpython3.4 3.4.2-1 ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.15-10+b1 ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.1t-1+deb8u6 ii libstdc++6 4.9.2-10 ii libvncserver0 0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u2 ii libvpx1 1.3.0-3 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-3 ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.14-1+b1 ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1 ii libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u4 ii libxmu6 2:1.1.2-1 ii libxt6 1:1.1.4-1+b1 ii procps 2:3.3.9-9 ii python3 3.4.2-2 ii python3.4 3.4.2-1 ii virtualbox-dkms [virtualbox-modules] 5.1.8-dfsg-6~bpo8+2 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 Versions of packages virtualbox recommends: ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 12.0.4-2~bpo8+1 ii libqt5core5a 5.3.2+dfsg-4+deb8u2 ii libqt5opengl5 5.3.2+dfsg-4+deb8u2 ii libqt5widgets5 5.3.2+dfsg-4+deb8u2 ii virtualbox-qt 5.1.8-dfsg-6~bpo8+2 Versions of packages virtualbox suggests: pn vde2 <none> pn virtualbox-guest-additions-iso <none> -- no debconf information