[arch-general] Virtual Box Update Fails

[Victor Silva]

2012/6/16 Victor Silva <vfbsilva at gmail.com>

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

I'm back to the issues:

 VirtualBox is not currently allowed to access USB devices. You can change
this by allowing your user to access the 'usbfs' folder and files. Please
see the user manual for a more detailed explanation.

Still looking on the manual. Anyone got a quick fix?