VirtualBox nixos channel 20.09 - FAILED - nixos-20.09.2152.e34208e1003

Why are there no results in Hydra?
Why is the pkgs status “broken”?

How to get virtualbox running?

make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/virtualbox-6.1.14-modsrc/vboxdrv'
make: *** [Makefile:60: vboxdrv] Error 2
builder for '/nix/store/ba55f3ib38qdyaniwljaw5jqrdzs6v45-virtualbox-modules-6.1.14-5.9.12.drv' failed with exit code 2

Check Hydra without results:
https://hydra.nixos.org/search?query=virtualbox-modules-6.1.14-5.9.11
→ none

https://hydra.nixos.org/search?query=virtualbox-modules-6.1.14


  • system: "x86_64-linux"
  • host os: Linux 5.9.11, NixOS, 20.09.2122.2fbcd0b9df9 (Nightingale)
  • multi-user?: yes
  • sandbox: yes
  • version: nix-env (Nix) 2.3.9
  • channels(root): "nixos-20.09.2152.e34208e1003"
  • channels(user): "nixos-20.09.2152.e34208e1003"
  • nixpkgs: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos

The package is flagged as broken for kernels above 5.9 (on release-20.09 branch): https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/4e5e46061e5ea38beb08446ee0779e6fc7b16fe7/pkgs/os-specific/linux/virtualbox/default.nix#L21

There is also this related issue open: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/105762

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Do you say that there is no other (easy) way then to pin the kernel to 5_8 ?