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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote : Re: virtualbox installs for the wrong kernel

That's probably because of the resolution of the virtual package "virtualbox-ose-modules" done by aptitude.

If I remember correctly, there has been a similar bug already been reported before. I'm adding a bug task for aptitude.
Have you tested it using apt alone?

FYI:
$ aptitude search '~Pvirtualbox-ose-modules'
p virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-5-386 - virtualbox-ose modules for linux-image-2.6.24-5-386
i virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-5-generic - virtualbox-ose modules for linux-image-2.6.24-5-generic
p virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-5-rt - virtualbox-ose modules for linux-image-2.6.24-5-rt
p virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-5-server - virtualbox-ose modules for linux-image-2.6.24-5-server
p virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-5-virtual - virtualbox-ose modules for linux-image-2.6.24-5-virtual