Running Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) in VirtualBox (Windows host). After Ubuntu update got affected too - vboxdrv dkms won't install. dmesg would give: [ 260.993242] vboxdrv: version magic '4.4.0-119-generic SMP mod_unload modversions ' should be '4.4.0-119-generic SMP mod_unload modversions retpoline '
$ uname -a Linux ... 4.4.0-119-generic #143-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 2 16:08:24 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux In my case I had two GCC versions installed side by side (4.9 and 5): $ sudo update-alternatives --config gcc There are 2 choices for the alternative gcc (providing /usr/bin/gcc). Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ 0 /usr/bin/gcc-5 20 auto mode * 1 /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 10 manual mode 2 /usr/bin/gcc-5 20 manual mode update-alternatives was pointing to 4.9, so g++ --version was giving me 4.9: $ gcc --version gcc (Ubuntu 4.9.3-13ubuntu2) 4.9.3 Switched to version 5 and re-installed virtualbox-dkms: $ sudo update-alternatives --config gcc There are 2 choices for the alternative gcc (providing /usr/bin/gcc). Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ 0 /usr/bin/gcc-5 20 auto mode 1 /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 10 manual mode * 2 /usr/bin/gcc-5 20 manual mode Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 2 $ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms --reinstall -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1750937 Title: 4.4.0-116 Kernel update on 2/21 breaks Nvidia drivers (on 14.04 and 16.04) due to outdated gcc-4.8 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-4.8/+bug/1750937/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
