[arch-general] Virtual Box Update Fails

[Ike Devolder]

Op zaterdag 16 juni 2012 13:36:17 schreef Victor Silva:
> Folks with the last kernel I can no longer build virtualbox,
> here is the error log:
> *Targets (2): virtualbox-4.1.16-1
>              virtualbox-modules-4.1.16-2
> 
> Total Installed Size:   66.86 MiB
> 
> Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
> (0/2) checking package integrity       (1/2) checking package
> integrity       (2/2) checking package integrity
> (0/2) loading package files            (1/2) loading package
> files            (2/2) loading package files
> (0/2) checking for file conflicts      (1/2) checking for file
> conflicts      (2/2) checking for file conflicts
> error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
> virtualbox-modules: /lib/modules/extramodules-3.4-ARCH/vboxdrv.ko.gz exists
> in filesystem
> virtualbox-modules: /lib/modules/extramodules-3.4-ARCH/vboxnetadp.ko.gz
> exists in filesystem
> virtualbox-modules: /lib/modules/extramodules-3.4-ARCH/vboxnetflt.ko.gz
> exists in filesystem
> virtualbox-modules: /lib/modules/extramodules-3.4-ARCH/vboxpci.ko.gz exists
> in filesystem
> Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.*
> 
> Can I move those files?
> 
> Regards,
> Victor

did you build the modules manually before ?

you could fix your problem by issuing:
pacman -Sf virtualbox-modules

--Ike