Comment 11 for bug 1457776

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Frans van Basten (linux4me) wrote : Re: virtualbox-dkms 4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu5: virtualbox kernel module failed to build

Same story as Eduar: just installed Ubuntu 14.04.3 on a new ASUS N751IJ laptop.
Through Ubuntu Software Centrum I installed VirtualBox 4.3.10 and get the following error:

Loading new virtualbox-4.3.10 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.19.0-25-generic
Building initial module for 3.19.0-25-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.3.10/build/make.log for more information.
 * Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
 * Starting VirtualBox kernel modules * No suitable module for running kernel found
                                                                                                                                        [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.

The make.log file contains the following errors:
Loading new virtualbox-4.3.10 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.19.0-25-generic
Building initial module for 3.19.0-25-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.3.10/build/make.log for more information.
 * Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
 * Starting VirtualBox kernel modules * No suitable module for running kernel found
                                                                                                                                        [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
...
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.3.10/build/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c: In function ‘vboxNetAdpOsCreate’:
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.3.10/build/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c:186:48: error: macro "alloc_netdev" requires 4 arguments, but only 3 given
                            vboxNetAdpNetDevInit);
                                                ^
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.3.10/build/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c:184:15: error: ‘alloc_netdev’ undeclared (first use in this function)
     pNetDev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(VBOXNETADPPRIV),
               ^
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.3.10/build/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c:184:15: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.3.10/build/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c: At top level:
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.3.10/build/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c:159:13: warning: ‘vboxNetAdpNetDevInit’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
 static void vboxNetAdpNetDevInit(struct net_device *pNetDev)
             ^
make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.3.10/build/vboxnetadp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.3.10/build/vboxnetadp] Error 2
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.3.10/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.19.0-25-generic'