On Mon, 24 May 2010 02:06:36 +0300 Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun,23.May.10, 13:43:53, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > > Yes, install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package ;) > > > > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > virtualbox-ose-dkms is already the newest version. > > During the (first) install did it mention something about building > the module? If so you might need to modprobe it first (it should be > loaded automatically on reboot though). If not, just > > dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-ose-dkms > > to force the (re)build of the module. > That was the problem ! As soon as I ran the reconfigure it began building the modules. Everything else was installed as the build ran smoothly. I'm not sure why they didn't get built in the first place. Now I understand why it's not showing up when I search packages, the module is no longer installed as part of a package but is built when the package is installed (or is supposed to be). Thank you very much for your help. Now we'll see if I can get XP installed :-) Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100523164810.3800e...@windy.deldotd.com