bug in virtualbox debs from virtualbox.org.  quoting their website (
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads) on today (jan 31 2009):
"

*Note:* The VirtualBox 2.1.0 deb/rpm packages do not properly unregister
from dkms before the package is removed / upgraded. Please have a look at
our FAQ <http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki> for further details.
"
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 03:37, Knysliux001 <[email protected]> wrote:

> dkms: 2.0.20.4
> After upgrading to virtualbox 2.1.2 got those errors in
> /var/log/vbox-install.log (attached)
>
> dain...@server:~$ dkms status
> nvidia, 96.43.09, 2.6.27-11-generic, i686: installed
> vboxdrv, 2.1.2, 2.6.27-11-generic, i686: installed
> dkms.conf: Error! No 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' directive specified.
> dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_NAME' directive specified.
> dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_VERSION' directive specified.
> vboxnetflt, 2.1.0, 2.6.27-9-generic, i686: built
> vboxnetflt, 2.1.2, 2.6.27-11-generic, i686: installed
>
> dain...@server:~$ ls -l /var/lib/dkms/vboxnetflt/2.1.0
> total 8
> drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 2009-01-02 15:21 2.6.27-9-generic
> drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2009-01-02 15:21 build
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   25 2009-01-02 15:21 source ->
> /usr/src/vboxnetflt-2.1.0
> shows that the symlink is broken (/usr/src/vboxnetflt-2.1.0: No such file
> or directory)
>
> I had to manually remove old modules to get rid of dkms errors
> dain...@server:~$ sudo rm -R /var/lib/dkms/vboxnetflt/2.1.0
>
> ** Attachment added: "vbox-install.log"
>   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21847411/vbox-install.log
>
> --
> Old dkms modules are not removed when upgrading fglrx
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250757
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