GuestAddition build fails on linux -> fixed in 5.2.8

[rithik g]

In file included from ./include/linux/module.h:18:0,

from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:88, from /tmp/vbox.0/VBoxGuest-linux.c:36:

/tmp/vbox.0/VBoxGuest-linux.c:1165:35: error: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]

module_param_call(log, vgdrvLinuxParamLogGrpSet, vgdrvLinuxParamLogGrpGet, NULL, 0664);

./include/linux/moduleparam.h:233:24: note: in definition of macro ‘module_param_call’

{ .flags = 0, .set = _set, .get = _get }; \

Full log in attachment.

[rithik g]

vboxadd setup build log

[rithik g]

user@rawhide ~]$ hostnamectl 

   Static hostname: rawhide
         Icon name: computer-vm
           Chassis: vm
        Machine ID: ac117c87543b44ce80fcd8b933753c84
           Boot ID: d90c8f5c13b147d7b5c089c83c5d7eb6
    Virtualization: oracle
  Operating System: Fedora 28 (Workstation Edition)
       CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28
            Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-0.rc0.git7.2.fc28.x86_64
      Architecture: x86-64

[mightnare]

Try this patch ​https://github.com/mjmaravillo/misc/blob/master/linux-4.15.0-rc8-VBoxGuestAdditions-amd64.diff

[fbauzac]

The patch above works for me. Here is what I did:

In Virtualbox, insert guest additions.

Download the patch above:

wget -qO /tmp/linux-4.15.0-rc8-VBoxGuestAdditions-amd64.diff https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mjmaravillo/misc/master/linux-4.15.0-rc8-VBoxGuestAdditions-amd64.diff

Extract the self-extracting file:

sudo -i
mkdir /tmp/vbox
cd /tmp/vbox
/path/to/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run --keep
# The above command still fails, but keeps the extracted files inside ./install/
cd install

Determine if you use VBoxGuestAdditions-amd64.tar.bz2 (64bit) or VBoxGuestAdditions-x86.tar.bz2 (32bit). Below I use VBoxGuestAdditions-amd64.tar.bz2.

Apply the patch:

mkdir VBoxGuestAdditions-amd64
tar -C VBoxGuestAdditions-amd64 -xf VBoxGuestAdditions-amd64.tar.bz2
patch -p0 < /tmp/linux-4.15.0-rc8-VBoxGuestAdditions-amd64.diff

Edit install.sh:

• Find the line

  bzip2 -d -c "$ARCH_PACKAGE" | tar -xf - -C "$INSTALLATION_DIR" || exit 1
  

• Replace it with:

  cp -a VBoxGuestAdditions-amd64/* "$INSTALLATION_DIR/"
  

• Run ./install.sh
• Done! (You might need to reboot your guest)

[Yaroslav]

With the new kernel (kernel-4.15.3-300.fc27) in Fedora the guest additions cannot be build due to the error mentioned in the bug.

Moreover if you have shared folders managed by systemd in fstab the system doesn't boot.

[Michael Thayer]

Please try out the latest Guest Additions test build<1>.

1. wiki:Testbuilds