Re: PS: virtualbox 7.0.16 and Windows 11 guest
Hi Frank, On Wed, 2024-06-05 at 13:59 +0200, Frank wrote: > Have you been able to further advance, either witht he docker setup or > your Virtualbox? I haven't tested docker. > One issue I have is that there's no sound output, does this work with > Virtualbox? I don't need audio output, but yes, it does work when using virtualbox. After a Windows 11 shut down I run "pkill VirtualBoxVM" with root privileges. The "Affinity V2 Universal Licence" Apps, Photo 2, Designer 2 and Publisher 2 most of the times hang at "Lizenskonfiguration wird überprüft..." (Licence configuration is checked...), so the apps don't open. That's new. Today I sent an email to Affinity support. On the iPad Pro there are no Affinity license issues. I wonder if it has something to do with the broken shut down. extra/virtualbox 7.0.18-1 core/linux 6.9.3.arch1-1 (actually linux 6.9.3.arch1-1 was installed when it was in testing) FWIW: $ cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/disk/by-label/m1.archlinux ro threadirqs ibt=off ipv6.disable=1 and I still load the microcode by the bootloader initrd /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img I had no time to change this, but it shouldn't matter. Regards, Ralf
Re: PS: virtualbox 7.0.16 and Windows 11 guest
Am Mittwoch, dem 05.06.2024 um 13:59 +0200 schrieb Frank: > Am Freitag, dem 19.04.2024 um 17:31 +0200 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > > On Fri, 2024-04-19 at 16:47 +0200, Frank wrote: > > > https://linuxtldr.com/windows-docker-container/ > > > > > I installed Win in the above mentioned docker container and that went > pretty smooth, though I haven't figuered out how to share data with > the > host. > One issue I have is that there's no sound output, does this work with > Virtualbox? > Frank ok, I've been playing around a little more and with the right settings in Remmina I can connect to the container via RDP incl. data sharing between host and client as well as sound in/output working. Frank
Re: PS: virtualbox 7.0.16 and Windows 11 guest
Am Freitag, dem 19.04.2024 um 17:31 +0200 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > On Fri, 2024-04-19 at 16:47 +0200, Frank wrote: > > https://linuxtldr.com/windows-docker-container/ > > Thank you. The article doesn't mention how to share data between > "host" > and "guest"/container. The article doesn't mention, if it's possible > to > migrate the license from my current Windows 11 install to the > Docker's Have you been able to further advance, either witht he docker setup or your Virtualbox? I installed Win in the above mentioned docker container and that went pretty smooth, though I haven't figuered out how to share data with the host. One issue I have is that there's no sound output, does this work with Virtualbox? Frank
Re: PS: virtualbox 7.0.16 and Windows 11 guest
On Fri, 2024-04-19 at 16:47 +0200, Frank wrote: > https://linuxtldr.com/windows-docker-container/ Thank you. The article doesn't mention how to share data between "host" and "guest"/container. The article doesn't mention, if it's possible to migrate the license from my current Windows 11 install to the Docker's Windows 11. Another problem might or might not be licenses of the installed software. IIUC the Affinity license allows me to install Photo 2, Designer 2 and Publisher 2 on as much Windows machines that I own. While I'm using Pianoteq only on Linux and iPadOS, I don't really understand the "activation slot" model and I'm unsure, if I'm missing something comparable to the Pianoteq's "activation slot" model for my Affinity V2 Universal Licence. At least I need to carefully read the terms of the Affinity V2 Universal Licence first. However, another pitfall is, that it was very, very time consuming and annoying to get rid of almost all the undesirable features, odd recommendations, advertisements and manipulative messages of a default Windows 11 install. My Windows 11 is nearly as clean as my Arch Linux Openbox. It wasn't easy for me to get Windows 11 that clean. I don't know if converting the existing Windows 11 vdi to a QEMU/KVM format does work without breaking licenses, but at least it's not a completely new install, so chances are probably quite good, that a migration doesn't cause licensing issues.
Re: PS: virtualbox 7.0.16 and Windows 11 guest
Am Freitag, dem 19.04.2024 um 09:03 +0200 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > On Fri, 2024-04-19 at 00:43 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: > > Good luck, and drop many breadcrumbs for those that are following > > behind you ... > > David, I hope I can gain some time by a workaround to continue using > virtualbox 7 [1]. However, I consider to migrate my Windows guests or > at > least the Windows 11 guest to QEMU. It's just that I don't have time > at > the moment to learn how to set up Samba or to follow any alternative > approach mentioned by > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/QEMU#Sharing_data_between_host_and_guest > . > I'm already running a QEMU/KVM Linux guest using Virtual Machine > Manager. It's as easy as using virtualbox, just sharing data isn't > that > straight forward. > > Virtualbox 6.1.50 doesn't work anymore on my machine [2]. Maybe I > just > need to rebuild it against some probably updated dependency or maybe > I > need to downgrade the kernel or to run the LTS kernel or ... or ... I came across this article to set up a Windows VM using docker: https://linuxtldr.com/windows-docker-container/ Not sure how feasible it is though. But since I might have to deal with Windows in the near future it looks tempting to me. KR Frank
Re: PS: virtualbox 7.0.16 and Windows 11 guest
On Fri, 2024-04-19 at 00:43 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: > Good luck, and drop many breadcrumbs for those that are following behind you > ... David, I hope I can gain some time by a workaround to continue using virtualbox 7 [1]. However, I consider to migrate my Windows guests or at least the Windows 11 guest to QEMU. It's just that I don't have time at the moment to learn how to set up Samba or to follow any alternative approach mentioned by https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/QEMU#Sharing_data_between_host_and_guest . I'm already running a QEMU/KVM Linux guest using Virtual Machine Manager. It's as easy as using virtualbox, just sharing data isn't that straight forward. Virtualbox 6.1.50 doesn't work anymore on my machine [2]. Maybe I just need to rebuild it against some probably updated dependency or maybe I need to downgrade the kernel or to run the LTS kernel or ... or ... [1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2165804#p2165804 [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/virtualbox6.1-bin#comment-968033
Re: PS: virtualbox 7.0.16 and Windows 11 guest
On 4/18/24 03:21, Ralf Mardorf wrote: At next I started the Windows 11 guest, upgraded the guest additions and restarted the Windows 11 guest. The next step was to shutdown the Windows 11 guest. It seems to be unable to finish the shutdown, but at least the host isn't locked yet. The Window title bar shows "[Stopping]" and the Window contend is a black screen. You are far braver than I. I'm still running 6.50, but have no Win11 - and no problems. I'll get to 7x as soon as I have time to set aside to go through what you are going through. In the past on both 5x and 6x I've run into "windows hangs on shutdown" issues with virtualbox. I've straced the sessions and sent that info to the vbox devs and there hasn't been a "this is the problem, we can fix it moment". However, I've not experienced one of those hang on shutdown issues in a long time (year or so). All guests are Win10, Win7 (even old XP), Arch, SuSE, and a smattering of stray distros. One issue I do recall that caused some issues in the 5x - 6x change was the default video driver vbox uses. I've had less problems sticking with the legacy driver running vbox on Linux. At least worth a check to see if that may be a subtle issue, if only part of the problem. Good luck, and drop many breadcrumbs for those that are following behind you ... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
