Canonical has updated Ubuntu Linux kernel; DEB package from Oracle no longer works

[Atalanttore]

Canonical has updated Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to version 22.04.2. The Linux kernel in this Hardware Enablement Stack has been updated from version 5.15 to 5.19.

With the new kernel version 5.19, virtualization no longer works with the DEB package of Virtualbox 7.0.6 offered by Oracle for Ubuntu 22.04. See https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

When starting a virtual machine, the following error appears: Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

See also: ​https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=108359

[galitsyn]

Hi Atalanttore,

From your log in forums:

/bin/sh: 1: gcc-12: not found

You need to install gcc.

[Atalanttore]

Thanks for the advice.

After I manually installed the gcc-12 package and executed sudo '/sbin/vboxconfig', the virtualization in VirtualBox works again.

Is there a reason why the gcc-12 package was not automatically installed as a dependency when installing the VirtualBox 7.0.6 package?

[galitsyn]

Hi Atalanttore,

Package virtualbox-7.0_7.0.6-155176~Ubuntu~jammy_amd64.deb has dependency on gcc. To my knowledge, this was usually enough to get dependencies installed. I suspect, the issue you have observed might be specific to your setup.