I forgot all about the virtualbox problem. The log you attached clearly shows that the kernel module did not compile correctly. You are missing some dependencies - probably newer library. So, you need kernel sources/development package installed, gcc, make, automake, ... it should be part of the vbox package dependencies.
On https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads they mention unspecified signature problem and recommend to do: # apt-get clean # rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* # rm /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/* # apt-get clean # apt-get update This just clears apt cache and should be no harm in trying to do that before forcing re-install. It could also solve you graphics problem .... if you somehow corrupted apt cache. I do not recall your virtualbox version - there are currently v6.1 as well as v6.0 branches - if you are using older - I would definitely try to remove the older version and install new one. That may avoid your kernel module build problem. Side note: I prefer to resolve and understand problems and learn from them. Though, given the time you already spend on this and are likely to spend more - I would have probably reinstalled the thing from scratch already. I automate install and config of computers, and I do not keep data on them unless temporarily. So, I can reliably reinstall in 1-2 hour-ish from start to finish. Re-installing manually should not take more than 2 hour-ish with decent notes and data backup. It is worth considering it, rather than burning another week on it. Tomas On Thu, 2020-01-23 at 21:31 -0800, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 1/23/20 8:40 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > I am not discrete graphics card expert - the last time I was helping a > > friend > > with similar Nvidia card problem - I did not know what to do, so I booted > > from > > live Ubuntu/Knoppix - one of them worked great - so, I checked the > > installed/used driver and replicated it in his setup. > > > > If you chose to try that, and if that works - you should be able to figure > > out > > the driver using lsmod and dmesg - and check installed packages and > > repositories > > in aptitude. > > I'll give that a try tomorrow. > > > That is my poor man's way of skinning this cat. If I could get my dream come > > through graphics card - it would be $50 or less Aspeed openBMC accessible > > over > > NIC. > > Right now I'm trying to remember why I wanted the nVidia driver instead > of the nouveau driver. That choice was made several years ago (I think), > at least more than one year. > > I'm still wondering what it was about the update that broke both the > nVidia driver and VirtualBox. Is there some way I can discover what was > installed with that update and chase it from that angle? > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
