Anbox prevents upgrade to 19.10

[Hasimir]

Hi.

I'm running Ubuntu 19.04 and received the message asking me to upgrade to 19.10.
I happily agreed, but the process keeps aborting with this message:
The upgrade will continue but the 'anbox-modules-dkms' package may not be in a working state.

I tried uninstalling the package and its linked elements, but I seem unable to do it properly.
How can I scrape anbox away from my system?
(if I'm not mistaken it's only used for Android emulation, something I don't need right now)

Thanks for the help :)

[Skaperen]

what means did you use to do "uninstalling the package and its linked elements"? what exact error message(s) did you get?

[Holger_Gehrke]

Have you tried the procedure given on the Anbox-site (https://docs.anbox.io/userguide/install.html#uninstall-anbox) for uninstalling ?

Holger

[Hasimir]

The remove anbox command says that anbox is not installed.

When I then run ppa-purge I get this error:

ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-5.3.7-050307-generic is not supported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.3.7-050307-generic (x86_6
4)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package anbox-modules-dkms (--configure):
installed anbox-modules-dkms package post-installation script subprocess return
ed error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
anbox-modules-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[1fallen]

Have a look in "/var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/make.log "

[Hasimir]

DKMS make.log for anbox-1 for kernel 5.3.7-050307-generic (x86_64)
Mi 23. Okt 22:17:15 CEST 2019
make: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/ashmem'
make -C /lib/modules/5.3.7-050307-generic/build V=0 M=$PWD
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.3.7-050307-generic'
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/ashmem/deps.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/ashmem/ashmem.o
LD [M] /var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/ashmem/ashmem_linux.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/ashmem/ashmem_linux.mod.o
LD [M] /var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/ashmem/ashmem_linux.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.3.7-050307-generic'
make: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/ashmem'
make: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/binder'
make -C /lib/modules/5.3.7-050307-generic/build V=0 M=$PWD
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.3.7-050307-generic'
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/binder/deps.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/binder/binder.o
/var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/binder/binder.c:3382:11: error: initialization of ‘vm_fault_t (*)(struct vm_fault *)’ {aka ‘unsigned int (*)(struct vm_fault *)’} from incompatible pointer type ‘int (*)(struct vm_fault *)’ [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
3382 | .fault = binder_vm_fault,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/binder/binder.c:3382:11: note: (near initialization for ‘binder_vm_ops.fault’)
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:280: /var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/binder/binder.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1626: _module_/var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/binder] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.3.7-050307-generic'
make: *** [Makefile:8: all] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/binder'

[1fallen]

First lets see if we get anywhere with:

sudo apt install libelf-dev libelf-devel
Paste back so we all can see that return.
So far one other poster had a fix for himself: https://github.com/anbox/anbox-modules/issues/28

[Hasimir]

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libelf-devel

[1fallen]

How about just:

sudo apt install libelf-dev

[Hasimir]

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
elementary-theme example-content fonts-raleway-elementary g++-8 geoclue
geoclue-ubuntu-geoip gir1.2-mutter-4 golang-1.10-go
golang-1.10-race-detector-runtime golang-1.10-src libavdevice57
libclang-8-dev libclang-common-8-dev libclang1-8 libdouble-conversion1
libept1.5.0 libfdk-aac1 libgeoclue0 libgnome-desktop-3-17 libigdgmm5
libllvm8 libllvm8:i386 liblouisutdml8 libmbedcrypto1 libmbedtls10 libmp4v2-2
libmutter-4-0 libmysqlclient20 libobjc-9-dev libpoppler85 libpython3.6
libpython3.6-minimal libpython3.6-stdlib libx265-165 linux-headers-5.0.0-32
linux-headers-5.0.0-32-generic linux-tools-5.0.0-32
linux-tools-5.0.0-32-generic pppconfig pppoeconf python-fasteners
python-monotonic python3-evdev
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed
libelf-dev
0 to upgrade, 1 to newly install, 0 to remove and 1 not to upgrade.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 56,8 kB of archives.
After this operation, 367 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/main amd64 libelf-dev amd64 0.176-1.1 [56,8 kB]
Fetched 56,8 kB in 0s (295 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package libelf-dev:amd64.
(Reading database ... 474464 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libelf-dev_0.176-1.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libelf-dev:amd64 (0.176-1.1) ...
Setting up libelf-dev:amd64 (0.176-1.1) ...
Setting up anbox-modules-dkms (13) ...
Removing old anbox-1 DKMS files...


------------------------------
Deleting module version: 1
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new anbox-1 DKMS files...
Building for 5.3.7-050307-generic
Building initial module for 5.3.7-050307-generic
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-5.3.7-050307-generic is not su
pported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.3.7-050307-generic (x86_6
4)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package anbox-modules-dkms (--configure):
installed anbox-modules-dkms package post-installation script subprocess return
ed error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
anbox-modules-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[1fallen]

What is:

uname -r

[Hasimir]

5.3.7-050307-generic

[1fallen]

That baby is dug-in deep, I need to run a few tests. (Give me a sec.)
EDIT: This is what I had in mind, have a look: https://askubuntu.com/questions/919083/dkms-does-not-automatically-rebuild-after-kernel-upgrade

[Hasimir]

That baby is dug-in deep, I need to run a few tests. (Give me a sec.)

Thanks <3

[1fallen]

Check my previous post, and then please add:

ls -1 /dev/{ashmem,binder}

[Hasimir]

ls: cannot access '/dev/ashmem': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '/dev/binder': No such file or directory

[1fallen]

I'm starting to think I'm in over my skills, but:

sudo dkms status

[Hasimir]

Question... was I supposed to run the commands from the linked page?

Anyway, the last command returns this:
anbox, 1: added

[Hasimir]

I'm doing this...

$ ls -la /var/lib/dkms/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Okt 23 23:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 85 root root 4096 Okt 23 19:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Okt 23 23:27 anbox
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Mai 6 19:16 dkms_dbversion

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 19.10
Release: 19.10
Codename: eoan

$ apt list dkms -a
Listing... Done
dkms/eoan,eoan,now 2.7.1-4ubuntu2 all [installed,automatic]

$ sudo dkms status
anbox, 1: added

[1fallen]

Now let's go for broke:


sudo modprobe ashmem_linux
sudo modprobe binder_linux
Stop on any error.

[Hasimir]

$ sudo modprobe ashmem_linux
modprobe: FATAL: Module ashmem_linux not found in directory /lib/modules/5.3.7-050307-generic

$ sudo modprobe binder_linux
modprobe: FATAL: Module binder_linux not found in directory /lib/modules/5.3.7-050307-generic

[1fallen]

Interesting, try:

sudo apt install -y linux-headers-generic

[Hasimir]

$ sudo apt install -y linux-headers-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-headers-generic is already the newest version (5.3.0.19.22).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
elementary-theme example-content fonts-raleway-elementary g++-8 geoclue
geoclue-ubuntu-geoip gir1.2-mutter-4 golang-1.10-go
golang-1.10-race-detector-runtime golang-1.10-src libavdevice57
libclang-8-dev libclang-common-8-dev libclang1-8 libdouble-conversion1
libept1.5.0 libfdk-aac1 libgeoclue0 libgnome-desktop-3-17 libigdgmm5
libllvm8 libllvm8:i386 liblouisutdml8 libmbedcrypto1 libmbedtls10 libmp4v2-2
libmutter-4-0 libmysqlclient20 libobjc-9-dev libpoppler85 libpython3.6
libpython3.6-minimal libpython3.6-stdlib libx265-165 linux-headers-5.0.0-32
linux-headers-5.0.0-32-generic linux-tools-5.0.0-32
linux-tools-5.0.0-32-generic pppconfig pppoeconf python-fasteners
python-monotonic python3-evdev
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 1 not to upgrade.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up anbox-modules-dkms (13) ...
Removing old anbox-1 DKMS files...


------------------------------
Deleting module version: 1
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new anbox-1 DKMS files...
Building for 5.3.7-050307-generic
Building initial module for 5.3.7-050307-generic
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-5.3.7-050307-generic is not su
pported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.3.7-050307-generic (x86_6
4)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/anbox/1/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package anbox-modules-dkms (--configure):
installed anbox-modules-dkms package post-installation script subprocess return
ed error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
anbox-modules-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[1fallen]

Now I'm on a personal quest to solve this:mad: :)

sudo ls -la /usr/src/

[Hasimir]

$ sudo ls -la /usr/src/
total 44
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Okt 23 23:34 .
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Apr 4 2019 ..
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Okt 17 12:58 anbox-1
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Okt 3 2018 libdvd-pkg
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Mai 9 2018 linux-headers-4.16.8-041608
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Okt 17 11:44 linux-headers-5.0.0-32
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Okt 17 11:44 linux-headers-5.0.0-32-generic
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Okt 23 19:39 linux-headers-5.3.0-19
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Okt 23 19:39 linux-headers-5.3.0-19-generic
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Okt 19 23:59 linux-headers-5.3.7-050307
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Okt 19 23:58 linux-headers-5.3.7-050307-generic

[1fallen]

I just can't reproduce your symptoms, but it really sounds like a "possible" fix would be to boot to kernel "5.0.0-32-generic" then try the suggested UN-install procedure.
You are not getting anywhere with kernel "5.3.7-050307-generic".
I have a 12 hour day at work so I won't be around today.
Good Luck.

[Hasimir]

I'll try that.
Thanks for all the help you gave me!
I'll keep you posted on the results ;)

[Hasimir]

Nope.
I installed and switched to the older kernel...

$ uname -r5.0.2-050002-generic

But I keep getting the same results when running the uninstall procedures ( https://docs.anbox.io/userguide/install.html#uninstall-anbox ) T_T

[Hasimir]

SUCCESS! :D
I was trying to remove an ooold version of Skype... and was failing... and ended up opening the Synaptic manager to see if something showed up there. And it did. And I removed it. But still I got errors come up in relation to anbox!

So I thought: what will turn up if I search for "anbox" in Synaptic?
Turns out there was a module.
I marked it for complete removal.
And it worked! :D
No my updates are error free :D

[1fallen]

Yep I figured that there was something more to all this. Congrats and good work. :)
Sorry for the delay, my old bones can't handle my work load, hour wise.