[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

Just did a fresh upgrade of Ubuntu Mate from Xenial to Bionic. The guest packages were installed on the Xenial system prior to upgrade. During the upgrade the guest packages were upgraded, NOT removed. However, on the upgraded system the virtualbox-guest-utils.service was NOT started but could

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

Regarding the original service not starting problem. If I do a clean 18.04 install everything works OK. (Apart from Lubuntu where I couldn't get the installer to work.) If I do a clean 17.10 install without the guest packages because of bug #1683043, upgrade to 18.04, install dpkg-dev, install

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

Had a look at your PPA and realised that you had got hwe versions of the guest packages as well as virtualbox-hwe. So, added your PPA to 16.04 Kubuntu guest and tried to upgrade to 18.04. However do-release-upgrade disabled the entry before it upgraded. In that case I don't know how to test

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

I thought virtualbox-hwe was a host package. My problem was when upgrading guest systems. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to dkms in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1753430 Title: virtualbox-guest-utils.service

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

for the service not starting, I don't know where to look, feel free to open a new bug even if I don't know how to fix it yet -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to dkms in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1753430 Title:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

@ximera I fixed the upgrade issue, unfortunately it is still in bionic new queue there is now a virtualbox-hwe package, that provides an upgrade path from xenial virtualbox-hwe package (right now it is at the same version as the normal virtualbox one

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

Slightly confused by this response and the move to "Fix released". The fix referred to fixes the compilation error. However there are two other problems - the service not starting even when the module compiled and the packages being uninstalled during the upgrade. Do I need to raise those as

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

This bug was fixed in the package dkms - 2.3-3ubuntu6 --- dkms (2.3-3ubuntu6) bionic; urgency=medium * Move dpkg-dev to a real depends, needed for dpkg-architecture calls (LP: #1753430) -- Gianfranco Costamagna Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:31:39 +0100 **

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

Hello Tony, without an upgrade log I find difficult to followup :) ** Package changed: virtualbox (Ubuntu) => dkms (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to dkms in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1753430 Title: