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

[Yves de Freitas]

Get errors when trying to install virtualbox using the "Ubuntu Software Center"

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 i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 15 12:13:34 2012
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is a distribution channel descriptor
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-hwe-lowell-i386-20111208-0
ErrorMessage: virtualbox-ose kernel module failed to build
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid" - Build i386 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20111208-04:32
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.