[vbox-dev] Problems building guest additions with Linux 4.19.0-5-amd64

[Frank Batschulat]

On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:14:41 +0200, Christopher Linn <gauss535 at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> currently there is a problem using VirtualBox 6.0.10 and 6.0.12 in
> combination with debian/buster64 (kernel 4.19.0-5-amd64). The vbox guest
> additions fail to build.
>
> Details:
> VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions  
> kernel
> modules.  This may take a while.
> VirtualBox Guest Additions: To build modules for other installed kernels,
> run
> VirtualBox Guest Additions:   /sbin/rcvboxadd quicksetup <version>
> VirtualBox Guest Additions: or
> VirtualBox Guest Additions:   /sbin/rcvboxadd quicksetup all
> VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the modules for kernel  
> 4.19.0-5-amd64.
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-5-amd64
> VirtualBox Guest Additions: Running kernel modules will not be replaced
> until the system is restarted
> An error occurred during installation of VirtualBox Guest Additions  
> 6.0.12.
> Some functionality may not work as intended.
> In most cases it is OK that the "Window System drivers" installation  
> failed.
>
> From /var/log/vboxadd-setup.log:
> Could not find the X.Org or XFree86 Window System, skipping.
> modprobe vboxguest failed
>
> From /var/log/vboxadd-setup.log.1:
> Could not find the X.Org or XFree86 Window System, skipping.
>
> From /var/log/vboxadd-setup.log.2
> Building the main Guest Additions 6.0.12 module for kernel  
> 4.19.0-5-amd64.
> Building the shared folder support module.
> Building the graphics driver module.
> Could not find the X.Org or XFree86 Window System, skipping.
>
> Can´t find any real error messages why the build fails.
>
> Setup: VirtualBox 6.0.12, Vagrant 2.2.6, Box debian/buster64, fails  
> during vagrant up

Sorry, I cannot reproduce this running a default Debian 10 installation
as guest.

Could you be a bit more specific about your installation?

-- 
frankB

Oracle Virtualbox Development