Hi have the some problem with ubuntu 7.10, I try to follow the wiki which suggest :
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-source sudo module-assistant prepare sudo module-assistant update sudo module-assistant unpack virtualbox-ose sudo module-assistant auto-install virtualbox-ose and the last line give this errror: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo module-assistant auto-install virtualbox-ose Updated infos about 1 packages Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.22-14-386 Kernel headers available in /usr/src/linux Creating symlink... Couldn't create the /usr/src/linux symlink! apt-get install build-essential Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done build-essential is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Done! unpack Extracting the package tarball, /usr/src/virtualbox-ose.tar.bz2, please wait... "/usr/share/modass/packages/default.sh" build KVERS=2.6.22-14-386 KSRC=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-386 KDREV=2.6.22-14.46 kdist_image Done with /usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-386_1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu3+2.6.22-14.46_i386.deb . dpkg -Ei /usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-386_1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu3+2.6.22-14.46_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-386. dpkg: regarding .../virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-386_1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu3+2.6.22-14.46_i386.deb containing virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-386: virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-generic conflicts with virtualbox-ose-modules virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-386 provides virtualbox-ose-modules and is to be installed. dpkg: error processing /usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-386_1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu3+2.6.22-14.46_i386.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-386 Errors were encountered while processing: /usr/src/virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.22-14-386_1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu3+2.6.22-14.46_i386.deb I: Direct installation failed, trying to post-install the dependencies apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. after this I checked the result with [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /dev/vboxdrv ls: /dev/vboxdrv: No such file or directory -- Virtualbox OSE doesn't run in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153989 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs