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 Posted: Jul 04, 2008 - 11:20 AM
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The 1.6.2_OSE works very fine and is smooth as can be. Several MS apps (Money 2004, Office 2003) loaded fast and easy in the WinXP-SP2 client, and are executing perfectly. Guest Additions is very much necessary for shared folders; installing that is simple and improves functionality.
The integrated mouse capture feature is significant improvement, makes the mouse work as one would expect when positioned on the client surface and on the host surface, no Right-Ctl capture action is needed.
The only nuisance is having to run "MODPROBE VBOXDRV" after a reboot. I am sure there is a way to call that function during reboot but I have not found it yet. |
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Posted: Jul 04, 2008 - 12:17 PM
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Code:
$ su
# sed -i "s/^\(LOAD_VBOXDRV_MODULE\=\).*/\11/" /etc/default/virtualbox-ose
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Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 09:57 AM
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Hi!
Can someone help the new guy here?
I'm back to sidux and want to use it as my primary OS and run WinXP inside VirtualBox.
But I cant' for the life of me figure out how to instal VirtualBox.
I spent hours searching, and trying, but failed time after time.
Can someone please tell me, with clear console commands, how to do this?
I'll be very much appreciated.
Regards!! |
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Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 10:00 AM
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apt-get update && apt-get install virtualbox-ose
Then u have the gpl-version of VirtualBox.
If u will use the non-ose, then u must download the deb from the Sun website. |
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Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 06:22 PM
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Thanks!
I've just started out with sidux, a convert from Mint, and so there's a great deal of things I don't understand about Linux. But learning 
In Terminal, I ran:
sux: mypassword
apt-get update
apt-get install virtualbox-ose
This is what was reported:
root@RaySiduxbox:/home/Ray# apt-get install virtualbox-ose
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
virtualbox-ose-source bridge-utils
The following NEW packages will be installed:
virtualbox-ose
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 405 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/6758kB of archives.
After this operation, 21.4MB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package virtualbox-ose.
(Reading database ... 92937 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking virtualbox-ose (from .../virtualbox-ose_1.6.2-dfsg-3_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Setting up virtualbox-ose (1.6.2-dfsg-3) ...
Starting VirtualBox host networking ...done.
Processing triggers for menu ...
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But after this, nothing happened. I can't figure out whether its installed or how to run it.
Please advise me on what to do next! This will greatly help me adjust to sidux. I never want to go back to commercial-y Linux varieties again. |
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Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 10:02 PM
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you need to
1) install kernel-module for virtualbox-ose, and
2) start program 'virtualbox' with all small letters.
for 1) please read module section of this page carefully
http://manual.sidux.com/en/sys-admin-ke ... rn-upgrade
for each version of sidux kernel you install, there is virtualbox-ose module with the same version number.
you can install it with apt-get install command. |
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Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 08:44 AM
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Hi
I finally got VirtualBox installed properly using the smxi scripts.
Windows XP is up and running, but VirutalBox won't recognize my USB webcam. And I cant' receive sound from other people's USB webcams.
I noticed that there's alot of discussion on how to get USB ports recognized. But there seems to be differing opinions on which way is correct. Is there a recommended way to do this? And why can't I receive sound from my friend's webcamera? How can I resolve this?
Thanks yet again! |
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Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 08:45 AM
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| If you have installed VBox with smxi, you have installed the ose-version, which don't support usb. |
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Post subject: How do I change to non-ose?
Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 03:39 PM
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I recently had to reinstall sidux, and virtualbox-ose is already installed. However, in the past I found USB access to be very helpful. What steps do I need to take to remove ose version, and kernel modules? I do know how to install the non-ose version after that.
Edit: Um, nevermind. Just d/l'd the .deb from Vbox site, used
kdpkg and it removed the ose version, vbox .deb removed ose kernel modules. |
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Post subject: RE: How do I change to non-ose?
Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 06:52 PM
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Towoj, thanks for your reply. I didn't realize that or I wouldn't have installed the OSE version. After reading the descriptions on the VirtualBox website, i thought the two versions were almost identical. Leaving out USB is a very significant shortcoming for me.
How can I remove the OSE version and install the proprietary version? Could someone run me though this process and the codes I need to enter?
Thanks again. |
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Post subject: RE: How do I change to non-ose?
Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 07:10 PM
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apt-get --purge remove virtualbox-pse
download the non-ose
dpkg -i virtualbox_1.6.2-31466_Debian_etch_i386.deb |
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Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 08:59 PM
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I've somehow lost the ability to share folders between sidux and Windows XP in virtualbox. Possibly occurred with samba upgrade in d-u yesterday. I have managed to read but not write to the shared folder (although I've currently managed to lose the ability to read as well!). Anyone else with this issue?
drb
[EDIT] Going back to samba/testing seems to have 'solved' this - panic over for now! |
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sidux Chaos fully dist-upgraded!
kernel 2.6.27-6.slh.5-sidux-686
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Post subject: USB in VirtualBox
Posted: Jul 25, 2008 - 12:11 AM
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Thanks Towoj
I followed your instructions and installed the non OSE version.
But USB devices, including my webcam are still not recognized.
I searched around for a solution, but found nothing helpful that I could understand.
Will USB devices work in VirtualBox running in sidux?
Thanks for any advice |
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Post subject: RE: USB in VirtualBox
Posted: Jul 25, 2008 - 05:30 AM
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Post subject: 1.6.4 is available!
Posted: Aug 02, 2008 - 12:02 AM
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Sun today released VirtualBox 1.6.4, a maintenance release. Here's the ChangeLog with a list of changes since VirtualBox 1.6.2:
* AMD-V, VT-x: stability fixes
* Shared Folders: fixed host crash (Solaris host only, bugs #1336, #1646)
* Shared Folders: fixed BSOD when debugging with Visual Studio (bug #1627)
* Shared Folders: fixed BSOD when compiling on a shared folder (bug #1683)
* Shared Folders: several fixes/stability improvements
* SATA: fixed a race that could cause an occasional Windows guest system hang
* SATA: fixed spurious BIOS log messages
* Networking: fixed NIC tracing with NAT interfaces (bug #1790)
* USB: fixed crash under certain conditions when unplugging a USB device (bug #1295)
* Settings: fixed bug when converting 1.5.x settings
* RDP: fixed enabling the RDP server during runtime
* RDP: properly detect the rdesktop 1.6.0 RDP client
* RDP: fixed RDP crash (bug #1521)
* RDP: updated modified rdesktop client to version 1.6.0
* GUI: NLS improvements
* BIOS: added SMBIOS header to make Solaris and Vista recognize the DMI data
* ACPI: properly hide a disabled floppy controller
* VMM: small fixes to protected mode without paging
* VMDK: fixed handling of .vmdk images without UUIDs
* Windows hosts: fixed driver parameter validation issue in VBoxDrv.sys that could allow an attacker on the host to crash the system
* Windows hosts: installer now contains web service examples mentioned in the manual
* Linux hosts: properly deregister the Linux kernel module before uninstalling a Linux deb/rpm package
* Linux hosts: kernel module works now with Linux 2.6.27
* Linux hosts: fixed a typo in the vboxnet setup script for host network interfaces (bug #1714)
* Linux hosts: fixed usage of tar in installer (bug #1767)
* Linux hosts: fixed long guest shutdown time when serial port is enabled
* Solaris hosts: refuse to install in Sun xVM hypervisor dom0
* Solaris hosts: accept Solaris raw disks when for raw disk access
* Windows additions: made installation of shared folders more robust
* Windows additions: improved installation
* Linux additions: accept every user-defined guest video mode in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
* Linux additions: fixed startup order for recent Linux distributions (e.g. openSUSE 11) |
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