[arch-general] Virtual Box Update Fails

[Victor Silva]

2012/6/16 Ionut Biru <ibiru at archlinux.org>

> 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
>

That did the trick thanks a lot!