Package: virtualbox-dkms Version: 5.1.16-dfsg-1 Severity: important Hi!
Using virtualbox-dkms always worked like a charm. But today, while trying to run virtualbox, I saw an error: ===== The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall virtualbox-dkms package and load the kernel module by executing ===== Trying to modprobe vboxdrv I see: ===== modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Exec format error ===== Reconfiguring virtualbox-dkms seems to run without any problems: ===== # dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms -------- Uninstall Beginning -------- Module: virtualbox Version: 5.1.16 Kernel: 4.9.0-2-amd64 (x86_64) ------------------------------------- Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel. vboxdrv.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/4.9.0-2-amd64/updates/dkms/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. vboxnetadp.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/4.9.0-2-amd64/updates/dkms/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. vboxnetflt.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/4.9.0-2-amd64/updates/dkms/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. vboxpci.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/4.9.0-2-amd64/updates/dkms/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. depmod... DKMS: uninstall completed. ------------------------------ Deleting module version: 5.1.16 completely from the DKMS tree. ------------------------------ Done. Loading new virtualbox-5.1.16 DKMS files... Building for 4.9.0-2-amd64 Building initial module for 4.9.0-2-amd64 Done. vboxdrv: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.9.0-2-amd64/updates/dkms/ vboxnetadp.ko: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.9.0-2-amd64/updates/dkms/ vboxnetflt.ko: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.9.0-2-amd64/updates/dkms/ vboxpci.ko: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.9.0-2-amd64/updates/dkms/ depmod... DKMS: install completed. ===== But: ===== # modprobe vboxdrv modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Exec format error ===== In dmesg I can see: ===== vboxdrv: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout ===== I am running a 4.9.0-2-amd64 kernel, with packages installed: linux-headers-4.9.0-2-amd64 4.9.13-1 linux-headers-4.9.0-2-common 4.9.13-1 linux-image-4.9.0-2-amd64 4.9.13-1 No other linux-image or linux-headers are installed. Am I missing something? Any ideas of what could be happening here, please? Thank you! Best regards, Nelson -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), (200, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages virtualbox-dkms depends on: ii dkms 2.3-2 Versions of packages virtualbox-dkms recommends: ii virtualbox 5.1.16-dfsg-1 virtualbox-dkms suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
