VBox fail to run after kern update 2.6.33 to 2.6.33 [Solved]

[robjeffrey]

After yesterday's kernel update from 2.6.33 to 2.6.33 64bit, the vbox install fails with the message to run /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Running that generates the following error log:

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make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.33-sabayon/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 modules
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (      \
   echo;                        \
   echo "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";      \
   echo "         include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
   echo "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.";   \
   echo;                        \
   /bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/vbox.0/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0
  gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vbox.0/linux/.SUPDrv-linux.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.2/include -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.33-sabayon/arch/x86/include -Iinclude  -include include/generated/autoconf.h -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -Os -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fno-stack-protector -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm -fconserve-stack -I/lib/modules/2.6.33-sabayon/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DCONFIG_VBOXDRV_AS_MISC -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS  -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(SUPDrv_linux)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(vboxdrv)"  -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/.tmp_SUPDrv-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c
In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/types.h:34,
                 from /tmp/vbox.0/linux/../SUPDrvInternal.h:39,
                 from /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:37:
/tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/types.h:100:30: error: linux/autoconf.h: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vbox.0] Error 2
make: *** [vboxdrv] Error 2

I have made sure I have the newest kernel sources, re-run the make oldconfig && make prepare, even though the header files were already present.

I have also re-installed vbox kernel drivers and the binary for 3.2.0 - same issue.
Last time this happened, there was a binary update for the vbox kernel drivers as well, so I am not sure if there will be one this time as well (and just have to wait), or if I have to build from the sources (which isn't going so well with the above error).

I am continuing on and will post results as/if I find them.

[robjeffrey]

The only solution that has worked was to download the full install directly from virtualbox.org.
After a reinstall and reboot, all is back to normal.
Still have no idea why make wasn't able to locate the needed headers, though.

[wolfden]

no issues here, just tested it out on my amd64 entropy system

Where are you getting that error message? Sounds like you are mixing entropy and portage packages?

[robjeffrey]

The error above was from /var/log/vbox-install.log

It is possible I've mixed portage/entropy somewhere down the line, the system has been up for years following updates, etc. But a complete kernel, sources, and vbox re-install from entropy should have fixed that, no?

Let me know if I can supply you with more info (logs, system details, etc). Will be glad to help.