[arch-general] Virtual Box Update Fails

[Victor Silva]

2012/6/16 Ike Devolder <ike.devolder at gmail.com>

> 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
>
Guys thanks a lot for the insigths your tips did the trick. I could not
look on the forums befor as my system got mangled by the last kernel update
and just now I was able to get an X server and internet running again.

Regards,
Victor