I have now done clean installs of 16.04, installed the virtualbox-guest packages then upgraded to 18.04.
In all cases the 16.04 install worked. When adding the guest packages I received the messages similar to: vboxguest: Running module version sanity check. Error! Module version 5.0.40_Ubuntu for vboxguest.ko is not newer than what is already found in kernel 4.13.0-36-generic (5.1.28_Ubuntu). You may override by specifying --force. However everything worked fine at 16.04. I then ran the upgrade to 18.04. In each case the guest packages were removed during the upgrade so I then reinstalled them. The reinstalls had various results. Kubuntu, Ubuntu - All OK. Lubuntu - reinstall failed as follows: Setting up virtualbox-guest-dkms (5.2.8-dfsg-2) ... Loading new virtualbox-guest-5.2.8 DKMS files... Building for 4.15.0-12-generic Building initial module for 4.15.0-12-generic Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.15.0-12-generic (i686) Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/5.2.8/build/make.log for more information. Will post log mentioned separately. The virtualbox-guest-utils.service does not start automatically but strangely can be started manually and then things work. Ubuntu Mate - Reinstall seemed to go OK however the virtualbox-guest- utils.service is not started automatically. It can be started manually. Xubuntu - reinstall failed as follows: Setting up virtualbox-guest-dkms (5.2.8-dfsg-2) ... Loading new virtualbox-guest-5.2.8 DKMS files... Building for 4.15.0-12-generic Building initial module for 4.15.0-12-generic Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.15.0-12-generic (i686) Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/5.2.8/build/make.log for more information. Will post log mentioned separately. However the virtualbox-guest- utils.service starts automatically and shared folders work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1753430 Title: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1753430/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
