virtualbox-ose-modules broken AGAIN
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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virtualbox-ose-modules (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Hardy |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Intrepid |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: virtualbox-
My father called me this morning to tell me his virtual Windows XP installation wont start, just after he installed updates.
The kernel was updated to 2.6.24-22-generic from 2.6.24-21-generic. There is no matching virtualbox-
I guess you've got the choice between staying on hardy, and having to wait a bit after each kernel update for the necessary rebuild/upload to occur, or you can upgrade to intrepid where, I believe, DKMS will nicely rebuild the module for you automatically each time the kernel is updated.
Now, claiming that this should not happen on an LTS version is a little weird, as virtualbox is not in main, and is therefore not covered by the long term support you are referring to.
Also, I am sure that Daniel Hahler, whom kindly spends his time having to recompile this module each time the kernel is updated is certainly more bothered by this than you are, so instead of complaining, maybe you should thank him?