package virtualbox-ose-dkms (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: virtualbox-ose kernel module failed to build

[Dieguti Guti]

Cant' install nor unninstall

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: virtualbox-ose-dkms (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50~lucid1-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 19 09:29:34 2011
ErrorMessage: virtualbox-ose kernel module failed to build
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110720.1)
PackageVersion: 3.1.6-dfsg-2ubuntu2
SourcePackage: virtualbox-ose
Title: package virtualbox-ose-dkms (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: virtualbox-ose kernel module failed to build

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 705593, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

The version of VirtualBox in Ubuntu 10.04 does not support kernel 2.6.38 (used in Ubuntu 11.04). If you require kernel 2.6.38+ and VirtualBox at the same time, then you will need to upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 or 11.10.