Description of problem: I'm running VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.6_82870_fedora18-1.x86_64 in Fedora18 together with kernel-3.6.11-3.fc18.x86_64 without problems. But after I updated to kernel-3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64, the vbox modules fail to build: ================================================================== Building process ================================================================== Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ] Uninstalling old Virtukernel-devel-3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64alBox DKMS kernel modules [ OK ] Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMSError! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.6/build/make.log for more information. [FAILED] (Failed, trying without DKMS) Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules [FAILED] (Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong) ================================================================== /var/log/vbox-install.log ================================================================== Uninstalling modules from DKMS removing old DKMS module vboxhost version 4.2.6 ------------------------------ Deleting module version: 4.2.6 completely from the DKMS tree. ------------------------------ Done. Attempting to install using DKMS Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.6/source -> /usr/src/vboxhost-4.2.6 DKMS: add completed. Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping... Building module: cleaning build area.... make KERNELRELEASE=3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64 -C /lib/modules/3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64/build M=/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.2.6/build....(bad exit status: 2) Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG= -C /lib/modules/3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64/build modules test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \ echo >&2; \ echo >&2 " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \ echo >&2 " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\ echo >&2 " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \ echo >&2 ; \ /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-redhat-linux/4.7.2/include -I/usr/src/kernels/3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64/arch/x86/include -Iarch/x86/include/generated -Iinclude -I/usr/src/kernels/3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64/arch/x86/include/uapi -Iarch/x86/include/generated/uapi -I/usr/src/kernels/3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64/include/uapi -Iinclude/generated/uapi -include /usr/src/kernels/3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64/include/linux/kconfig.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 -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -g -pg -mfentry -DCC_USING_FENTRY -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -include /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/SUPDrvMangling.h -I/lib/modules/3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64/build/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxdrv/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxdrv/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/vboxdrv/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(vkernel-devel-3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64boxdrv)" -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/types.h:30:0, from /tmp/vbox.0/linux/../SUPDrvInternal.h:35, from /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:31: /tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/types.h:108:7: warning: "LINUX_VERSION_CODE" is not defined [-Wundef] /tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/types.h:108:29: warning: "KERNEL_VERSION" is not defined [-Wundef] /tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/types.h:108:43: error: missing binary operator before token "(" /tmp/vbox.0/include/iprt/types.h:112:32: fatal error: linux/autoconf.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make[2]: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vbox.0] Error 2 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64 kernel-devel-3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: alwyas Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.6_82870_fedora18-1.x86_64 from virtualbox.org 2./etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup 3. Actual results: see description Expected results: building vbox modules does not fail Additional info: I don't know if it's a kernel or kernel-devel issue.
Following https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11036#comment:14 (remove the empty file /usr/src/kernels/3.7.1-2.fc18.x86_64/include/linux/version.h) will solve my build problem too! No more any flaw during /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 892373 ***