I did it :) for guest-additions and ext-pack only a subset of the changelog applies, but they are part of the same codebase (IIRC), and they should (IMAO) be handled together
** Description changed: [SRU Template ] * the virtualbox kernel module needs some tweaks for the new kernel 4.8. Using 5.0.24 and patching it is not quite easy, because we get less testing and diverge from upstream. * We already did some minor release bump on xenial, without issues, and I think 5.0.30 is the best candidate to go in updates right now, fixing only bugs since 5.0.24 and keeping the kernel modules up-to-date. ext-pack and guest-additions should follow the same way + (a 5.1 upload would be nice, but too many changes) - (a 5.1 upload would be nice, but too many changes) + CHANGES since the last version: + VirtualBox 5.0.30 (released 2016-11-23) + Storage: fixed resizing VDI images resulting in an unbootable image under certain circumstances (bug #15983) + NAT: fixed several 5.0.28 regressions on Mac OS X and Windows hosts (bug #16084) + Audio: fixed recording glitches (Mac OS X hosts) + Audio: fixed stream re-initialization on audio device change (Mac OS X hosts) + Windows hosts: hardening fix for Windows 10 build 14971 (bug #16202) + Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.8 and 4.9 fixes (bugs #16081, #16132 and #16116) + VirtualBox 5.0.28 (released 2016-10-18) + NAT: Don't exceed the maximum number of "search" suffixes. Patch from bug #15948. + NAT: fixed parsing of port-forwarding rules with a name which contains a slash (bug #16002) + NAT Network: when the host has only loopback nameserver that cannot be mapped to the guests (e.g. dnsmasq running on 127.0.1.1), make DHCP supply NAT Network DNS proxy as nameserver. + Bridged Network: prevent flooding syslog with packet allocation error messages (bug #15569) + USB: fixed a possible crash when detaching a USB device + Audio: fixes for recording (Mac OS X hosts only) + Audio: now using Audio Queues on Mac OS X hosts + OVF: improve importing of VMs created by VirtualBox 5.1 + VHDX: fixed cloning images with VBoxManage clonehd (bug #14288) + Storage: Fixed broken bandwidth limitation when the limit is very low (bug #14982) + Serial: Fixed high CPU usage with certain USB to serial converters on Linux hosts (bug #7796) + BIOS: fixed 4bpp scanline calculation (bug #15787) + VBoxManage: Don't try to set the medium type if there is no change (bug #13850) + API: fixed initialization of SAS controllers (bug #15972) + Linux hosts: don't use 32-bit legacy capabilities + Linux hosts / guests: fix for kernels with CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK set (bug #16020) + Linux Additions: several fixes for X11 guests running non-root X servers + Linux Additions: fix for Linux 4.7 (bug #15769) + Linux Additions: fix for the display kmod driver with Linux 4.8 (bugs #15890 and #15896) + Windows Additions: auto-resizing fixes for Windows 10 guests (bug #15257) + Windows Additions: fixes for arranging the guest screens in multi-screen scenarios + Windows Additions / VGA: if the guest's power management turns a virtual screen off, blank the corresponding VM window rather than hide the VM window + Windows Additions: fixed a generic bug which could lead to freezing shared folders (bug #15662) + + VirtualBox 5.0.26 (released 2016-07-18) + VMM: fixed a bug in the task switching code (ticket #15571) + GUI: allow to overwrite an existing file when saving a log file (bug #8034) + GUI: fixed screenshot if the VM is started in separate mode + Audio: improved recording from USB headsets and other sources which might need conversion of captured data + Audio: fixed regression of not having any audio available on Solaris hosts + VGA: fixed an occasional hang when running Windows guests with 3D enabled + Storage: fixed a possible endless reconnect loop for the iSCSI backend if connecting to the target succeeds but further I/O requests cause a disconnect + Storage: fixed a bug when resizing certain VDI images which resulted in using the whole disk on the host (bug #15582) + EFI: fixed access to devices attached to SATA port 2 and higher (bug #15607) + API: fixed video recording with VBoxHeadless (bug #15443) + API: don't crash if there is no graphics controller configured (bug #15628) + VBoxSVC: fixed several memory leaks when handling .dmg images + Solaris hosts: fixed a crash on hosts with certain CPU configurations + Windows hosts: properly fall back to NDIS5 on pre-Vista hosts on silent installations [Impact] Installed mainline kernel 4.8 on Ubuntu 16.04.1 x64 and got this error. Should I uninstall and return to 4.7.6? + + [ Regression Potential ] + * it should be minimal, even if the debdiff looks scary, upstream has testsuites and a lot of people testing it. + Not diverging from upstream makes me more confident about the sanity of the upload. + (I would be more scared about cherry-picking individual patches because the kernel module might affect the interation with the virtulabox code, and it is not trivial to extract such patches) + ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: virtualbox-dkms 5.0.24-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-38.57-generic 4.4.19 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 DKMSKernelVersion: 4.8.0-040800-generic Date: Mon Oct 3 15:03:11 2016 DuplicateSignature: dkms:virtualbox-dkms:5.0.24-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.0.24/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/timer-r0drv-linux.c:364:13: error: implicit declaration of function ‘mod_timer_pinned’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-14 (141 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) PackageArchitecture: all PackageVersion: 5.0.24-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1 RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1 SourcePackage: virtualbox Title: virtualbox-dkms 5.0.24-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) [ Test case ] Installing virtualbox from proposed should work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1629870 Title: [SRU] Trouble installing mainline kernel 4.8: virtualbox-dkms 5.0.24 -dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1629870/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
