Hi,
I use virtualbox-dkms from experimental, works fine here with 3.8
This is AFAIK another way for a working vbox in between.
For this one you would have to do (in Runlevel 3):
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
touch /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debexp.list
echo >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debexp.list "deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free"
apt-get update
apt-get install -t experimental virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt
You may remove the experimental repo after by editing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debexp.list and set a # sign in front of the there existing line:
#deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
But:
I've no problem here using vbox 4.2 from the virtualbox side.
Purging the old vbox did not remove my in vbox installed XP system. On the contrary I was surprised by installing vbox 4.2 I could use it again immediatly without any needed additional action -only had to add my user to the vboxuser line in /etc/group.
If you care of your systems stability you may remove the vbox repo from your sources-list again after installing vbox 4.2.
Sorry, I'm running out of time.
I will provide the commands for installing from virtualbox side in another post later.
greets
ayla