Bug#502375: closed by Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) (Re: Bug#502375: virtualbox-ose: kernel modules and application do not match)
Clayton wrote: > The part in question is "get the package source", which sounds to me > like it absolves me of the responsibility for getting the source. At > least that is how I read it. Is the man page wrong or incomplete? imho it's incomplete - due to the nature how dependencies are handled, m-a thinks that if /any/ version of virtualbox-ose is installed, the correct package here would be the newest available version, which is not necessarily what you have on your system. however, this is not really fixable in m-a i think, but the manpage could probably more clear about it. -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#502375: closed by Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) (Re: Bug#502375: virtualbox-ose: kernel modules and application do not match)
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:48:19 +0200 Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. Install virtualbox-ose-source, as root: > > apt-get install virtualbox-ose-source Thanks Daniel, we found the missing piece of information, above, and I am back in business. Needless to say, I don't often build from source and I am not a frequent user of m-a, which says on its man page: "auto-install | a-i auto-install is followed by one or more packages desired for installation. It will run prepare to configure your system to build packages, get the package source, try to build it for the current kernel and install it." The part in question is "get the package source", which sounds to me like it absolves me of the responsibility for getting the source. At least that is how I read it. Is the man page wrong or incomplete? Thanks again, Clayton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#502375: closed by Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) (Re: Bug#502375: virtualbox-ose: kernel modules and application do not match)
Clayton wrote: > with no error messages of any kind to suggest what might be wrong. to make sure we don't miss anything, here are (probably obvious) things you should be aware of: 1. Do a full update of your system, as root: apt-get update apt-get upgrade 2. Install virtualbox-ose-source, as root: apt-get install virtualbox-ose-source 3. Build the virtualbox-ose module, as root: m-a a-i virtualbox-ose 4. The buildlog is located at /var/cache/modass. 5. Please send the *matching* build-log to your build-attempt to this bug, usually this would be one with the newest timestamp in its filename. -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#502375: closed by Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) (Re: Bug#502375: virtualbox-ose: kernel modules and application do not match)
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:33:07 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Debian Bug Tracking System) wrote: > clayton wrote: > > You can correct this by either > > installing the correct virtualbox-ose-modules package (if > > available) through apt-get or by building it manually with: > > module-assistant auto-install virtualbox-ose. > > as the message says, do build the module package with > module-assistant. Except I just tried to do exactly that: "module-assistant auto-install virtualbox-ose" and it very quickly stopped with an error, pointing me to a build log file that contains one line: "Build log starting." with no error messages of any kind to suggest what might be wrong. Clayton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
