Success. I think this is officially a viable alternative for running Scipy/Numpy/Matplotlib/IPython in Vista. I turned off my firewall on my host (XP) and I was able to browse the internet in Ubuntu. Andrew was right that I still couldn't ping, but I seem to have everything else. And with shared folders enabled I seem to have some default SMB stuff set up. I couldn't successfully browse the shares of my partitions (C$, E$, ...), but I did specifically share a folder (from windows) and editted a Python file in that folder from within VMware. The available shared folders showed up under Places > Network as I should have expected for Ubuntu SMB shares.
Another of my students supposedly has everything working in Vista with no problems. I will have to check that out and report back. Ryan On 5/29/07, Andrew Straw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ryan Krauss wrote: > > Thanks for your help in getting me up and going with VMWare. Andrew, > > your virtual appiance seems to work quite well. > > > > I have two hurdles left (I hope there are only 2). The first is still > > networking. I have NAT chosen in the VMWare player and that seems to > > give me limited connectivity. I seem to be able to use apt but can't > > ping or browse the internet. Any thoughts on how to trouble shoot > > this? > I'm guessing that the firewall on the host computer is preventing a lot > of this. I'm not sure I'd expect ping to work ever over NAT, as that's a > UDP thing, which is stateless and thus my guess is that NAT doesn't know > where to direct the incoming packet. However, I think you should be able > to browse, and the fact that apt works but browsing doesn't is certainly > odd, since the standard apt repositories are simply web servers. > > You can try bridged mode. That's usually what I do, but I figured it was > less likely to work than NAT (because it would require 2 external IP > addresses, and I'm not sure how your network is configured), so although > it allows full connectivity, including UDP, I chose NAT for that image. > > > > My second hurdle is how to move files between the host and guest OS. > > I see a shared folders option in the player, but don't seem to be able > > to add to the list of folders. My students need to be able to import > > python modules I give them and then submit files they would be > > developing within the guest OS. I googled for vmware shared folders > > and it seems like a non-free option. > Hmm, I haven't done any sharing through VMware server. On my mac, I have > using VMware fusion, but generally found that using SSH was more > reliable. So, maybe you can have them SSH (well, scp, perhaps using > WinSCP on the Windows side) between their two virtual computers? > > > > I haven't found a good "VMWare for dummies" or getting started guide, > > so feel free to redirect me. > VMware's docs are pretty good but necessarily get indexed by Google -- > make sure you browse their website. > > Good luck, > Andrew > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ryan > > > > On 5/29/07, David Cournapeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ryan Krauss wrote: > >> > Hey David, > >> > > >> > Thanks for all your help. I run Ubuntu stand alone on my dual boot > >> > machines and have no network issues (actually, the computer running > >> > VMWare is dual boot). So, I think my network issues are VMWare > >> > specific. I don't know how it handles the hardware. > >> In this case, it should be even easier. In ethernet options of vmware, > >> you should choose NAT, and then vmware will have a dhcp server on the > >> HOST which will provide an address by dhcp to your guest. > >> > >> David > >> > > _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion