[arch-general] Virtual Box Update Fails

[Ionut Biru]

On 06/16/2012 11:10 PM, Victor Silva wrote:
> 2012/6/16 Victor Silva <vfbsilva at gmail.com>
> 
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
> 
> 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?
> 

add your user to vboxusers group, relogin and that's it.

-- 
Ionuț



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