I had a related problem - I could not see *any* new versions of "virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-xx" after "virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-16", even though I could see all of the kernel images from "linux-image-2.6.24-16-generic" to "linux-image-2.6.24-24-generic".
However, the virtualbox-ose-modules packages are in the "universe" repository, so the new packages in "hardy-updates" were not being downloaded by 'apt-get update'. Adding the following lines to sources.list fixed the problem.
The meta-package "virtualbox-ose-modules-generic" now functions as expected, and Virtualbox works with the "virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-24" package installed.
I had a related problem - I could not see *any* new versions of "virtualbox- ose-modules- 2.6.24- xx" after "virtualbox- ose-modules- 2.6.24- 16", even though I could see all of the kernel images from "linux- image-2. 6.24-16- generic" to "linux- image-2. 6.24-24- generic" .
Traced my issue to the default apt "sources.list" file from Hardy, which had the following lines: de.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted de.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted
deb http://
deb-src http://
However, the virtualbox- ose-modules packages are in the "universe" repository, so the new packages in "hardy-updates" were not being downloaded by 'apt-get update'. Adding the following lines to sources.list fixed the problem.
deb http:// de.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu hardy-updates universe multiverse de.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu hardy-updates universe multiverse
deb-src http://
The meta-package "virtualbox- ose-modules- generic" now functions as expected, and Virtualbox works with the "virtualbox- ose-modules- 2.6.24- 24" package installed.