Ok, the fix works if I'm running kernel 4.4. $ uname -a Linux xenial 4.4.0-101-generic #124-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 10 18:29:59 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I've installed virtualbox-guest-*-hwe packages version 5.0.40-dfsg- 0ubuntu1.16.04.1~16.04.4 from xenial-proposed, along with HWE packages of xorg: $ LC_ALL=C sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends xserver-xorg- hwe-16.04 xserver-xorg-video-all-hwe-16.04 xserver-xorg-input-all- hwe-16.04 virtualbox-guest-dkms-hwe virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe All good, the installation went fine, and after the reboot the system works fine. -------------------------------- I have a problem with kernel from linux-generic-hwe-16.04 though (version of linux-image-4.10.0-40-generic package is 4.10.0-40.44~16.04.1). That's why I had to use --no-install-recommends option - to avoid installing that kernel. The VM just won't boot with it. It says "loading initial ramdisk", then VirtualBox just keeps eating 100% CPU on each core, and the boot doesn't continue. This happens with both original xorg + virtualbox-guest-* packages and with HWE xorg + virtualbox-guest-*-hwe packages. So it's either a separate bug, or something with my VirtualBox, but it's not caused by the fix for this bug. Therefore this update is good to go. ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1708315 Title: [SRU]package virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe 5.0.40-dfsg- 0ubuntu1.16.04.1~16.04.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1708315/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
