On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:28:29 +0000 Magnus Therning <mag...@therning.org> wrote:
> Harry Putnam wrote: > > Googling about virtualbox on debian.. I see only older information. > > Looks like the wiki at http://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox > > Appear to be somewhat old too and only goes up to etch. Other stuff > > shows its from 2007. I know VirtualBox is under very active > > development so wondered if things may have changed since that wiki was > > posted. > > > > aptitude search virtualbox shows a bewildering array of packages with > > virutalbox in the name... but I see no version numbers. > > > > Anyway, is there a recent outline about how to do this somewhere? > > > > Or any posters here have VirtualBox running on lenny that can say how > > they did it? > > Depending on where you land on the proprietary vs. free scale you might > be comfortable with using the proprietary version of VirtualBox (after > reading the license carefully so you know whether your usage is covered, > of course). They have a repo for it: > > deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny non-free > > /M > I tried installing that but for some reason after running windows in a box (which seems to be running rather nicely in initial tests) the color settings are messed up. Opening lyx for example, it runs using 4 colors and a messed up pallet. opening windows again makes it run with weird colors when in focus and correct colors when not in focus. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org