[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#672357: virtualbox-ose-dkms: fails to build kernel module - I found a solution

[Tobiasz Karoń]

Package: virtualbox-ose-dkms
Version: 3.2.10-dfsg-1
Severity: grave
Tags: patch
Justification: renders package unusable


Virtualbox-ose fails to start a virtualmachine due to lack of
virtualbox kernel module.
"modprobe vboxdrv" returns "FATAL: module not found".
Package virtualbox-ose-dkms was installed but no module was built
during the installation. However the package didn't report an error
upon installation.
I installed virtualbox-ose-source and re-installed
virtualbox-ose-dkms. Now virtualbox-ose-dkms really built a module for
the kernel and installed it.
Virtualbox-ose runs virtual machiens fine. The problem is fixed.

I suggest to make virtualbox-ose-source a dependency of
virtualbox-ose-dkms (which is a dependency of virtualbox-ose, right?).
That should fix the problem.

Best regards - unfa.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.4
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages virtualbox-ose-dkms depends on:
ii  dkms                          2.1.1.2-5  Dynamic Kernel Module Support Fram

virtualbox-ose-dkms recommends no packages.

virtualbox-ose-dkms suggests no packages.

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Tobiasz unfa

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