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Virtualbox 6.1.10, Ubuntu 20.04 bad return status build on kernel 5.8.0, package virtualbox-dkms error

Not so much as a question as a documentation. This is regarding a failing apt-get install or update related to virtualbox 6.1.10, Ubuntu 20.04, and virtualbox-dkms package failing to build. I had an issue recently with Ubuntu 20.04 and Virtual Box…
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Why virtualbox fails to install on Ubuntu20.04

I am trying to install virtualbox. I had it installed previously and it worked. Today I tried to add another virtual machine and it started complaining about problems with dkms so I tried to purge and install everything with the following failure. $…
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When is it necessary to rebuild the initrd (Linux initial ramdisk)?

Background: I'm developing a DKMS package for my kernel module. The DKMS manpage contains the following sentence: REMAKE_INITRD = This directive specifies whether your initrd should be remade after the module is installed onto the…
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VirtualBox to share clipboard and files

I use VirtualBox 5.2.6 on Windows 10. There is an Ubuntu virtual machine, from which I would like to access to host's clipboard and files. I tried to use Machine>Settings >> General>Advanced>Shared Clipboard I also tried Devices>Shared…
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How to make DKMS pass the right ARCH to 'make'?

I'm trying to use DKMS to build a module. My problem is that I cannot seem to make DKMS pass the right ARCH to 'make'. It keeps using the architecture of the my OS's kernel which is armv7l. But there's no map /usr/src/linux/arch/armv7l It needs to…
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Creating a DKMS package for a kernel module, dependency on kernel header

Background I have developed a Linux device driver (ASoC). Now I would like to release it as a DKMS package. The target machine is a Raspberry Pi with Raspbian. Problem My source code depends on a header file from the Linux /sound/soc/codecs/…
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How can I delete a dkms module in (arch) linux?

I have a dkms module. I wanted to remove it. I did sudo dkms remove .... But when I update to a newer kernel, my package manager tries to build that module and failed, so it added it again. How do I prevent that and remove the module?
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How to build device-tree overlays using DKMS?

I am trying to build a device-tree overlay using DKMS for a running kernel (4.4). My naive Makefile is as follows: PWD := $(shell pwd) dtbo-y += my-awsome-overlay.dtbo targets += $(dtbo-y) all: make -C /lib/modules/${kernelver}/build…
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Prefix getting added to license information during Linux Kernel module build

I am trying to build a single Linux Kernel module from multiple source files. I am using the following Makefile: obj-m := mymodule.o mymodule-y := mymodule_a.o mymodule_b.o mymodule_c.o all: $(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules clean: …
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dkms module not loaded in debian 12

When I installed the driver by dkms in debian 12, everything goes without errors. root@debian:/home/sw/Linux_DRM_1.14.1_4/DKMS# dpkg -i ast-drm-deb12.deb (Reading database ... 169202 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack…
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How are Linux kernel headers that point outside include/ meant to be used?

My attempt at compiling a kernel module failed. Missing a header file pulled from include/net/netfilter/br_netfilter.h. Its just not there. I do not see how it possibly could. What I expected to see: filename: …
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invoke-rc.d: could not determine current runlevel by running sudo dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms

I am trying to execute the vagrant up command in Ubuntu. After some recommendations here on StackOverflow, I tried running other commands to try and solve this, but now I'm stuck and I don't know what I should do. This is what I have done until…
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ROS Melodic Install dkms error in Ubuntu 18.04 - Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.4.0-89-generic (x86_64)

I was trying to install ROS Melodic, and got this error:- (ROSMelodic) (system) t@tsd:~/git/ROSMelodic$ sudo apt install ros-melodic-desktop-full Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information...…
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Build dkms module for specific kernel versions only

How do you define dkms.conf such that a DKMS module will only be built for specific kernel version or range of versions? Background: A buggy driver is present in the the current kernels we are using (eg 4.4) but fixed in 4.10. I produced as dkms…
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Patch existing kernel module with dkms

Creating a debian package with a kernel module seems fairly easy as described here and elsewhere. I want to update an existing module with a patch. How would I go about this? I don't really have a source tarball to unpack, but rather I would use the…
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