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[Bill Ataras <1292118@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When I executed the first line of your sequence below, I didn't get the 
virtualbox version your second line needs.  Instead, I got:
     virtualbox-4.3_4.3.16-95972~Ubuntu~raring_amd64.deb
It was dated Oct. 6, and located in ~/Downloads
Did I miss something?

Bill

On 12/15/2014 12:46 AM, undefined wrote:
> better late than never; didn't realize i would have to do everything
> myself.
>
> apt-get source virtualbox
> cd virtualbox-4.1.12-dfsg
> patch -p1 <../linux-3.13-virtualbox-host-kernel-modules.patch
> apt-get install build-dep virtualbox
> apt-get install devscripts fakeroot
> debuild -i -us -uc
> cd ..
> dpkg -i virtualbox-dkms_4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.7_all.deb
>
> ** Patch added: "patch to debian package to update host kernel module source code to 3.13"
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1292118/+attachment/4281280/+files/linux-3.13-virtualbox-host-kernel-modules.patch
>

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Bill Ataras

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Title:
  virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6: virtualbox kernel module
  failed to build [error: incompatible types when returning type
  ‘kuid_t’ but ‘RTUID’ was expected]

Status in Virtualbox:
  New
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in virtualbox package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The virtualbox module does not build with the newer HWE kernels found
  in Ubuntu Precise/12.04

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-14.34-generic 3.13.5
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-14-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-17-generic
  Date: Thu Mar 13 12:40:09 2014
  DuplicateSignature: dkms:virtualbox-dkms:4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.5:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.12/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:226:5: error: incompatible types when returning type ‘kuid_t’ but ‘RTUID’ was expected
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-29 (682 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  PackageVersion: 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.5
  SourcePackage: virtualbox
  Title: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.5: virtualbox kernel module failed to build
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  VirtualBox.ModInfo:

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