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sjb933

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Registered: 2007-01-18

Posts: 113

[solved] Pacman problem -- (could not find or read package)

VirtualBox no longer runs and I dont know why.  This below is weird too.

eh?? Little help:

[shane@Shane-Arch ~]$ sudo pacman -S virtualbox
:: virtualbox-ose-1.5.2-1: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] n
warning: virtualbox-ose-1.5.2-1 is up to date -- skipping
 local database is up to date
[shane@Shane-Arch ~]$ sudo pacman -R virtualbox
error: failed to add target 'virtualbox' (could not find or read package)

Thanks,
Shane

Last edited by sjb933 (2007-12-10 22:17:03)

sjb933

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Registered: 2007-01-18

Posts: 113

Re: [solved] Pacman problem -- (could not find or read package)

Well... okay i figured that out.  It is  "virtualbox-ose"

But the problem is still that virtualbox doesnt run or give me any errors.

If I try to run it like so:

[shane@Shane-Arch ~]$ virtualbox

Then it just freezes my console.  Even CTRL+C doesnt stop it..  Are there any logs or somewhere I can look for vbox errors?

Thanks,
Shane

iva

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Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 4

Re: [solved] Pacman problem -- (could not find or read package)

Take a look at http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8879?project=5

silvik

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From: Bucharest/Romania

Registered: 2006-11-08

Posts: 110

Re: [solved] Pacman problem -- (could not find or read package)

so Virtualbox doesn't run with the lastest kernel and today I ran pacman -Scc so I don't have the old one in cache.... could please somebody give me the old package 2.6.23.8 or a link if there is still one? Thanks!

sjb933

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Registered: 2007-01-18

Posts: 113

Re: [solved] Pacman problem -- (could not find or read package)

Ouch!  Yea, that's my problem

How can I downgrade.

silvik

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From: Bucharest/Romania

Registered: 2006-11-08

Posts: 110

Re: [solved] Pacman problem -- (could not find or read package)

search for kernel 2.6.23.8 in pacman cache directory and install it with pacman -U <pkg>

sjb933

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Registered: 2007-01-18

Posts: 113

Re: [solved] Pacman problem -- (could not find or read package)

Well, so you know they released a new version of the VirtualBox modules and now it's working fine after a pacman -Syu

Shane