Public bug reported: You cannot run an i386 virtualbox binary on an amd64 kernel with otherwise mostly i386 userland. I was told by upstream that binary bitness for the virtualhost binary package and kernel bitness have to be the same.
The error message when attempting to start an image in that scenario is probably not helpful in pinpointing the problem even for a technical person. ========================================== RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 (rc=-1912) The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' may correct this. Make sure that you do not mix the OSE version and the PUEL version of VirtualBox. Details: where: supR3HardenedMainInitRuntime what: 4 VERR_VM_DRIVER_VERSION_MISMATCH (-1912) - The installed support driver doesn't match the version of the user. ========================================== The suggested fix is unlikely to bring the user any closer to a resolution even if bug 1665419 wouldn't stop it dead in its tracks. What I think needs to happen is to collaborate with upstream to make the error message more meaning- and helpful. $ apt-cache policy virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-dkms: Installed: 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 Candidate: 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 Version table: *** 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 0 500 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages 500 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 4.3.10-dfsg-1 0 500 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/multiverse i386 Packages ** Affects: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: trusty ** Description changed: You cannot run an i386 virtualbox binary on an amd64 kernel with otherwise mostly i386 userland. I was told by upstream that binary bitness for the virtualhost binary package and kernel bitness have to be the same. The error message when attempting to start an image in that scenario is probably not helpful in pinpointing the problem even for a technical person. ========================================== RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 (rc=-1912) The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' may correct this. Make sure that you do not mix the OSE version and the PUEL version of VirtualBox. Details: where: supR3HardenedMainInitRuntime what: 4 VERR_VM_DRIVER_VERSION_MISMATCH (-1912) - The installed support driver doesn't match the version of the user. ========================================== The suggested fix is unlikely to bring the user any closer to a resolution even if bug 1665419 wouldn't stop it dead in its tracks. + What I think needs to happen is to collaborate with upstream to make the + error message more meaning- and helpful. + $ apt-cache policy virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-dkms: - Installed: 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 - Candidate: 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 - Version table: - *** 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 0 - 500 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages - 500 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - 4.3.10-dfsg-1 0 - 500 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/multiverse i386 Packages + Installed: 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 + Candidate: 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 + Version table: + *** 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 0 + 500 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages + 500 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + 4.3.10-dfsg-1 0 + 500 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/multiverse i386 Packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1665424 Title: virtualbox does not warn appropriately when kernel bitness and binary bitness differ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1665424/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
