Comment 28 for bug 600517

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Damiƶn la Bagh (kat-amsterdam) wrote : Re: dkms is not processing vboxdrv must do manually

So I worked around the bug the old fashioned way.

Purged dkms completely from my system, then removed the folder /var/lib/dkms
then reinstalled my videocard and wireless network adapter drivers
Then reconfigured virutalbox

1640 sudo aptitude purge dkms
 1641 cd ~
 1642 sudo rm -r /var/lib/dkms
 1643 sudo aptitud install dkms
 1644 sudo aptitude install dkms
 1645 dkms status
 1646 sudo dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-3.2
 1647 dkms status

bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.32-24-generic, x86_64: installed
fglrx, 8.723.1, 2.6.32-24-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxdrv, 3.2.6, 2.6.32-24-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxnetadp, 3.2.6, 2.6.32-24-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxnetflt, 3.2.6, 2.6.32-24-generic, x86_64: installed

Question remains. Why does dkms get stuck, holding on to old entries, without cleaning them up?