Re: [CentOS] virtualbox
On 7/23/2020 4:49 PM, Chuck Campbell wrote: Has anyone gotten virtualbox to run on Centos8? I did the install, and it complained about missing elflibs, so I installed those, and the virtualbox install finished without any reported problems. when i try to run virtualbox, it fails with this message: Qt FATAL: This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, xcb. Aborted (core dumped) I tried doing dnf reinstall vbox stuff, again, no reported problems, but I get the same result. Sigh, I was being brain dead again. I was trying to launch it from my remote (ssh) terminal. If I walk over to the actual machine console, it launches just fine. My apologies for the noise. -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] virtualbox
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 04:49:39PM -0500, Chuck Campbell wrote: > Has anyone gotten virtualbox to run on Centos8? I did the install, and it > complained about missing elflibs, so I installed those, and the virtualbox > install finished without any reported problems. > > > when i try to run virtualbox, it fails with this message: > > Qt FATAL: This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin > could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. > > Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, > offscreen, vnc, xcb. > > Aborted (core dumped) > > > I tried doing dnf reinstall vbox stuff, again, no reported problems, but I > get the same result. > Version 6.1 is running without problem for me. I download the rpm from virtualbox.org. I usually remove the old one before installing. Don't know if any of that helps. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] virtualbox
On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:49:39 -0500 Chuck Campbell wrote: > Has anyone gotten virtualbox to run on Centos8? Yes. It "just works" for me. > I did the install, and it complained about missing elflibs, so I installed > those, and the > virtualbox install finished without any reported problems. How did you install it? I installed it with dnf using the VirtualBox rpm and didn't get any error messages. I just checked and I don't have any "elflibs" rpms on this computer, either. I do have elfutils-libelf, though, which may be something similar or may be entirely different. Again, though, VirtualBox works fine here. VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.12_139181_el8-1.x86_64 according to the output from the rpm -q command. So all of this makes me wonder if the problem is the way that you installed it or what you did to satisfy the mystery dependency(?) on elflibs, whatever that actually may be. -- Can we uninstall 2020 and install it again? This one has a virus. MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox extensions and the new kernel
Klaus Kolle writes: > I've been running Centos for different purposes in a VirtualBox > environment for quite long now. But the newest kernels miss something so > I can get the VirtualBox Extensions linked in. > > I can see in the virtualbox log file that I shall run maken oldconfig > and make, but I get these errors: > > # make oldconfig && make prepare > scripts/kconfig/conf --oldconfig Kconfig > # > # configuration written to .config > # > scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig > make[1]: *** No rule to make target `arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl', > needed by `arch/x86/syscalls/../include/generated/uapi/asm/unistd_32.h'. > Stop. > make: *** [archheaders] Error 2 > > Probably it is something that I misses, but what, I cannot figure out. > > I see the problem both in Centos 7.7 and 8 Known problem. The fixes are not released yet. https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/18917 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 7 with bridged network not working
James Pearson wrote: > > I've installed VirtualBox v5.2 on a CentOS 7.4 machine, but VMs set up > with bridged networking can not 'see' past the VirtualBox host machine > > i.e. the VM can ping the host and vice versa, but the VM can not ping > anything else and other machines on the same subnet can't ping the VM > > There are no firewall rules configured on the 7.4 host and selinux is > disabled > > I have a similar set up on a CentOS 6.9 host, where everything works as > expected > > Googling doesn't show up any similar issues, so I guess I'm missing > something on the host machine > > Does anyone have any idea what could be the issue? I've manged to 'solve' the problem - which wasn't anything to do with CentOS 7 ... the host running CentOS 7 was patched into a switch with MAC access control enabled - as were the two other CentOS 7 boxes I tried - whereas the CentOS 6 host(s) I used had no MAC access control enabled Just wish it hadn't taken me nearly a day to work that out :-) Sorry for the noise James Pearson ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 7 with bridged network not working
On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:47 AM, James Pearsonwrote: > Googling doesn't show up any similar issues, so I guess I'm missing > something on the host machine > > Does anyone have any idea what could be the issue? > What kind of hardware? There can be issues with trying to bridge across a WiFi connection and you may need to use NAT. On wired on a server I've had issues where the network had multiple VLANs allowed directly to the ethernet adapter and I had to configure where the VLAN was being tagged for the VMs. A bit more fleshed out description of your hardware and network set up would help out. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 7 with bridged network not working
On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 03:47:42PM +, James Pearson wrote: > I've installed VirtualBox v5.2 on a CentOS 7.4 machine, but VMs set up > with bridged networking can not 'see' past the VirtualBox host machine > > i.e. the VM can ping the host and vice versa, but the VM can not ping > anything else and other machines on the same subnet can't ping the VM I hate to be the first to say "works for me", but it does! :) I have (or have had) many VMs in Virtualbox, both Windoze and various flavors of Linux, as well as one or two other things. I always set them up as bridged and they "just" work. Can't think of what might cause it, but you might want to look at /var/log/messages, etc., on both the guest and the host. Make sure the vbox kernel module(s) is(are) installed. I don't think the vbox tools for the client would have anything to do with this, but it won't hurt to check that they are properly installed. Good luck! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Virtualbox image
On 10/11/2016 12:50 PM, Jerry Geis wrote: How do you make a Virtualbox image of C7 so that when you EXPORT that image and someone imports it that the values in /etc/fstab will be OK. Example: UUID=13813d49-15b7-48ed-ab0d-da52aa3a9078 / xfs defaults0 0 UUID=7f25297f-170c-4aee-ad4f-7ccc5867ed25 /home xfs defaults0 0 /dev/mapper/centos-swap swapswapdefaults0 0 switch to using LABEL= instead of UUID= ... or, I use lvm, so my mounts are all /dev/mapper/vg_name-lv-name -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Virtualbox on CentOS 7
Hello, Am Samstag, den 12.07.2014 um 12:11 -0700 schrieb Greg Bailey: On 07/12/2014 12:02 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 07:55:52PM +0200, Matthias Petermann wrote: Hi there, because I just noticed that there is still no RPM package for RHEL 7/ CentOS 7 for Virtualbox what is the safest and cleanest way to install Virtualbox on CentOS 7? Has anyone already done and can make a recommendation? I always just download it from virtualbox.org, also making sure to get the extensions package for the same veresion, also from virtualbox.org. they offer binaries for all the big linux versions, inncluding .RPM for RHEL/Oracle Linux, and you would use that one for Centos. What they don't have yet, is the guest additions for EL7. I assume that will become available when Oralce Linux 7 becomes available. The guest additions should be available soon. There's an RC of 4.3.14 available, and so far the video driver support for an EL7 guest seems to work OK for me. More info at: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1t=62506 thank you both for the advice. Can you tell me where exactly they have got the appropriate RPMs to CentOS 7 from? The closest I can find in under https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads but the RPMs for Enterprise Linux are only available for the 6 Series. When trying to install such a RPM I get an error message which consequently complains that Python is installed in the wrong version. This is probably an easy problem to solve, but I'd like to avoid to contaminate my installation with third party packets when it is official is a way. Thanks in advance and best regards, Matthias [root@ws1 Downloads]# yum install VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64.rpm Geladene Plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64.rpm wird untersucht: VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64 VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64.rpm wird zum Installieren markiert Abhängigkeiten werden aufgelöst -- Transaktionsprüfung wird ausgeführt --- Paket VirtualBox-4.3.x86_64 0:4.3.12_93733_el6-1 markiert, um installiert zu werden -- Abhängigkeit python(abi) = 2.6 wird für Paket VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64 verarbeitet Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.eu.oneandone.net * epel: mirrors.n-ix.net * extras: mirror.eu.oneandone.net * updates: mirror.eu.oneandone.net -- Abhängigkeit libpng12.so.0(PNG12_0)(64bit) wird für Paket VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64 verarbeitet -- Abhängigkeit libpng12.so.0()(64bit) wird für Paket VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64 verarbeitet -- Abhängigkeit libpython2.6.so.1.0()(64bit) wird für Paket VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64 verarbeitet -- Transaktionsprüfung wird ausgeführt --- Paket VirtualBox-4.3.x86_64 0:4.3.12_93733_el6-1 markiert, um installiert zu werden -- Abhängigkeit python(abi) = 2.6 wird für Paket VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64 verarbeitet -- Abhängigkeit libpython2.6.so.1.0()(64bit) wird für Paket VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64 verarbeitet --- Paket libpng12.x86_64 0:1.2.50-6.el7 markiert, um installiert zu werden -- Abhängigkeitsauflösung beendet Fehler: Paket: VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64 (/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64) Benötigt: python(abi) = 2.6 Installiert: python-2.7.5-16.el7.x86_64 (@base/$releasever) python(abi) = 2.7 python(abi) = 2.7 Fehler: Paket: VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64 (/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.12_93733_el6-1.x86_64) Benötigt: libpython2.6.so.1.0()(64bit) Sie können versuchen, mit --skip-broken das Problem zu umgehen. Sie könnten Folgendes versuchen: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest [root@ws1 Downloads]# -- Matthias Petermann matth...@petermann-it.de | www.petermann-it.de GnuPG: 0x5C3E6D75 | 5930 86EF 7965 2BBA 6572 C3D7 7B1D A3C3 5C3E 6D75 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Virtualbox on CentOS 7
On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 08:24:43AM +0200, Matthias Petermann wrote: Hello, Am Samstag, den 12.07.2014 um 12:11 -0700 schrieb Greg Bailey: On 07/12/2014 12:02 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 07:55:52PM +0200, Matthias Petermann wrote: Hi there, because I just noticed that there is still no RPM package for RHEL 7/ CentOS 7 for Virtualbox what is the safest and cleanest way to install Virtualbox on CentOS 7? Has anyone already done and can make a recommendation? I always just download it from virtualbox.org, also making sure to get the extensions package for the same veresion, also from virtualbox.org. they offer binaries for all the big linux versions, inncluding .RPM for RHEL/Oracle Linux, and you would use that one for Centos. What they don't have yet, is the guest additions for EL7. I assume that will become available when Oralce Linux 7 becomes available. The guest additions should be available soon. There's an RC of 4.3.14 available, and so far the video driver support for an EL7 guest seems to work OK for me. More info at: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1t=62506 thank you both for the advice. Can you tell me where exactly they have got the appropriate RPMs to CentOS 7 from? The closest I can find in under https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads but the RPMs for Enterprise Linux are only available for the 6 Series. Ah, I think I misunderstood. So far my vbox/Centos-7 experiments have been using Centos-6 (or Win-7) as the host and C-7 as the guest. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Virtualbox on CentOS 7
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 07:55:52PM +0200, Matthias Petermann wrote: Hi there, because I just noticed that there is still no RPM package for RHEL 7/ CentOS 7 for Virtualbox what is the safest and cleanest way to install Virtualbox on CentOS 7? Has anyone already done and can make a recommendation? I always just download it from virtualbox.org, also making sure to get the extensions package for the same veresion, also from virtualbox.org. they offer binaries for all the big linux versions, inncluding .RPM for RHEL/Oracle Linux, and you would use that one for Centos. What they don't have yet, is the guest additions for EL7. I assume that will become available when Oralce Linux 7 becomes available. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Virtualbox on CentOS 7
On 07/12/2014 12:02 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 07:55:52PM +0200, Matthias Petermann wrote: Hi there, because I just noticed that there is still no RPM package for RHEL 7/ CentOS 7 for Virtualbox what is the safest and cleanest way to install Virtualbox on CentOS 7? Has anyone already done and can make a recommendation? I always just download it from virtualbox.org, also making sure to get the extensions package for the same veresion, also from virtualbox.org. they offer binaries for all the big linux versions, inncluding .RPM for RHEL/Oracle Linux, and you would use that one for Centos. What they don't have yet, is the guest additions for EL7. I assume that will become available when Oralce Linux 7 becomes available. The guest additions should be available soon. There's an RC of 4.3.14 available, and so far the video driver support for an EL7 guest seems to work OK for me. More info at: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1t=62506 -Greg ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] virtualbox, lvextend, etc.
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Barry Brimer li...@brimer.org wrote: but when I do: df -h I still see only the original 8gig disk (8gig total - 4gig data/4gig swap)). I see this extending the logical volume, but not the filesystem on the logical volume. You can use resize2fs device to do that. As Barry notes, you need to resize the file system. Since you already resized the LV, you need to use resize2fs. You could have resized both the LV and file system with lvextend in the beginning (using one command) by passing -r or --resizefs parameter to lvextend. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 // ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] virtualbox, lvextend, etc.
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Barry Brimer li...@brimer.org wrote: but when I do: df -h I still see only the original 8gig disk (8gig total - 4gig data/4gig swap)). I see this extending the logical volume, but not the filesystem on the logical volume. You can use resize2fs device to do that. OK. Thanks. I had seen that, but in that howto page it didn't mention it. I'll try it. Thanks, again. -wes ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] virtualbox, lvextend, etc.
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 7:28 AM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Barry Brimer li...@brimer.org wrote: but when I do: df -h I still see only the original 8gig disk (8gig total - 4gig data/4gig swap)). I see this extending the logical volume, but not the filesystem on the logical volume. You can use resize2fs device to do that. As Barry notes, you need to resize the file system. Since you already resized the LV, you need to use resize2fs. You could have resized both the LV and file system with lvextend in the beginning (using one command) by passing -r or --resizefs parameter to lvextend. That's good to know. I'll put it in my notes. Thanks, -wes ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] virtualbox, lvextend, etc.
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Barry Brimer li...@brimer.org wrote: but when I do: df -h I still see only the original 8gig disk (8gig total - 4gig data/4gig swap)). I see this extending the logical volume, but not the filesystem on the logical volume. You can use resize2fs device to do that. That was it. Thanks :) -wes ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] virtualbox, lvextend, etc.
but when I do: df -h I still see only the original 8gig disk (8gig total - 4gig data/4gig swap)). I see this extending the logical volume, but not the filesystem on the logical volume. You can use resize2fs device to do that. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011, Christopher Chan wrote: How many cores assigned? VT-X/AMD-V enabled? Hardware? Typically 1, yes VT-X is enabled, Core2Duo/Core2Quad and some newer Nehalem based Xeons. IO-apic is enabled as Win7 64bit wouldn't boot with our image without it. jh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?
A few things: - It didn't/doesn't play well with other virtual machine libraries. - Don't forget to install the vbox extensions if you want/need to use USB 2.0 - Don't forget to install DKMS before pretty much anything else. - It _is_ worth the hassle of adding the vbox guest additions to support seamless mouse and keyboard integration - ... not to mention resizing the machine window - Here's a relatively complete description on turning VirtualBox into a service under Redhat/Centos/Fedora (http://www.kernelhardware.org/virtualbox-auto-start-vm-centos-fedora-redhat/). Though I'd replace vboxmanage with vboxheadless. [Can't be bothered to remember if either of the two apps are camelcase or not - check.] - Dismount the guestadditions ISO / O/S installation ISO / any other non-essential ISO _*before*_ you take a snapshot. 8-) - If you want the guest system to be a server you need bridged networking (it works pretty well 'out of the box' actually). - RTFM (really) It was the first VM I used (mainly because it works on hardware the doesn't support hardware virtualisation) and the only real problems I have had have been 64bit guests on 64bit hosts (both windows and unices). YMMV Toodles, Roy From: David McGuffey davidmcguf...@verizon.net To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Sent: Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 1:27 Subject: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0? I have an older quad-core AMD processor that supports hardware virtualization on a motherboard that does not support it in the bios. Eventually I'll swap the mobo out on this box for one that will support hardware virtualization and use qemu-kvm. I prefer kvm because of SELinux and sVirt that protects the host from VM breakout should a VM become hostile. In the meantime, I want to start work on a web project and want to use this idle machine and CentOS 6.0 in a VM. What I prototype and learn will eventually be moved to the production machine using kvm and sVirt. So...I downloaded and installed Virtualbox 4.x but haven't yet had the time to check it out. Any tips/tricks concerning it? Dave ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?
I had problems with VBox 4 in my CentOS6, so I had to install VirtualBox-3.2-3.2.12_68302_rhel6-1.x86_64 and I am very very happy with it. VMware Server meant a lot of problems with new kernels and the patch any-any... so I think Virtualbox does the trick. El 02/11/11 09:04, Roy Trubshaw escribió: A few things: - It didn't/doesn't play well with other virtual machine libraries. - Don't forget to install the vbox extensions if you want/need to use USB 2.0 - Don't forget to install DKMS before pretty much anything else. - It _is_ worth the hassle of adding the vbox guest additions to support seamless mouse and keyboard integration - ... not to mention resizing the machine window - Here's a relatively complete description on turning VirtualBox into a service under Redhat/Centos/Fedora (http://www.kernelhardware.org/virtualbox-auto-start-vm-centos-fedora-redhat/). Though I'd replace vboxmanage with vboxheadless. [Can't be bothered to remember if either of the two apps are camelcase or not - check.] - Dismount the guestadditions ISO / O/S installation ISO / any other non-essential ISO _*before*_ you take a snapshot. 8-) - If you want the guest system to be a server you need bridged networking (it works pretty well 'out of the box' actually). - RTFM (really) It was the first VM I used (mainly because it works on hardware the doesn't support hardware virtualisation) and the only real problems I have had have been 64bit guests on 64bit hosts (both windows and unices). YMMV Toodles, Roy From: David McGuffeydavidmcguf...@verizon.net To: CentOS mailing listcentos@centos.org Sent: Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 1:27 Subject: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0? I have an older quad-core AMD processor that supports hardware virtualization on a motherboard that does not support it in the bios. Eventually I'll swap the mobo out on this box for one that will support hardware virtualization and use qemu-kvm. I prefer kvm because of SELinux and sVirt that protects the host from VM breakout should a VM become hostile. In the meantime, I want to start work on a web project and want to use this idle machine and CentOS 6.0 in a VM. What I prototype and learn will eventually be moved to the production machine using kvm and sVirt. So...I downloaded and installed Virtualbox 4.x but haven't yet had the time to check it out. Any tips/tricks concerning it? Dave ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Lorenzo Martinez Rodriguez Visit me: http://www.lorenzomartinez.es Mail me to: lore...@lorenzomartinez.es My blog: http://www.securitybydefault.com My twitter: @lawwait PGP Fingerprint: 97CC 2584 7A04 B2BA 00F1 76C9 0D76 83A2 9BBC BDE2 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?
Vreme: 11/02/2011 09:10 AM, Lorenzo Martínez Rodríguez piše: I had problems with VBox 4 in my CentOS6, so I had to install VirtualBox-3.2-3.2.12_68302_rhel6-1.x86_64 and I am very very happy with it. VMware Server meant a lot of problems with new kernels and the patch any-any... so I think Virtualbox does the trick. I use VBox 4.x (there is even repository for it) without problems. There was some initial problems with USB, but it was solved 3-4 months ago. Notice that you can not upgrade 4.0.x to 4.1.x. You have to uninstall previous minor version to install newer minor version, but all settings remain the same. On my windows Guest (banking app and sometimes for support) sometimes, after initial start, I have to restart guest to recognize card reader, but once it is up it is rock solid. Use VBox share folders for nice network file sharing. P.S. Please do not top post. On this list please write (in most cases) bellow the original text, or in between. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe Google is the Mother, Google is the Father, and traceroute is your trusty Spiderman... StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?
If you want to install Virtualbox in CentOS, it is easy. Go to this download link http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.4/VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.4_74291_rhel6-1.i686.rpm . and download the RPM File, after simply install it. I am not such a fan of Virtualbox neither but You can try installing VMware Player or buy VMware workstation, Both of them work perfectly on CentOS. --- While I am used to using esx, I am forced to use vb on my wkst at my new gig and can tell you there are age old bugs that have never been resolved with respect to snap shot children not being cleaned up properly and the xml config while having a nice programatic interface is a pain to edit manually. Bottom line, I don't like it at all and find it only moderately stable. Not a fan... jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:04 AM, Roy Trubshaw roy.trubs...@yahoo.co.ukwrote: - Here's a relatively complete description on turning VirtualBox into a service under Redhat/Centos/Fedora ( http://www.kernelhardware.org/virtualbox-auto-start-vm-centos-fedora-redhat/ ). Using VB 4.1.x under CentOS 6 to run CentOS 5 6 and WindowsXP guest VMs without issue. Be sure to read the comments on the above link, the script needs some minor adjustments. Being able to copy guest VMs between Linux and Windows Hosts supports a robust development and fall back environment. While I have noticed a few minor issues with VB, overall it has been stable. The issues I've noticed are occasional screen paint issues using seamless mode and there is no way to delete a snapshot without applying the changes from the snapshot. Brett ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?
On Wednesday, November 02, 2011 04:55 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: Vreme: 11/02/2011 09:10 AM, Lorenzo Martínez Rodríguez piše: I had problems with VBox 4 in my CentOS6, so I had to install VirtualBox-3.2-3.2.12_68302_rhel6-1.x86_64 and I am very very happy with it. VMware Server meant a lot of problems with new kernels and the patch any-any... so I think Virtualbox does the trick. I use VBox 4.x (there is even repository for it) without problems. There was some initial problems with USB, but it was solved 3-4 months ago. 4.0.x was okay for me (Windows server guests) but 4.1.4 was a complete disaster. The guest literally moved at SNAIL pace. Removed all cores save one and then it moved at TURTLE pace. 4.1.x is do not touch even with a ten foot pole. At least with Windows guests. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Christopher Chan wrote: 4.0.x was okay for me (Windows server guests) but 4.1.4 was a complete disaster. The guest literally moved at SNAIL pace. Removed all cores save one and then it moved at TURTLE pace. 4.1.x is do not touch even with a ten foot pole. At least with Windows guests. This doesn't appear to be universally true. We've run 4.1.4 with Windows 7 64bit on top of CentOS 6 and not seen any noticeable performance problems. The way you describe it makes me think it's not the sort of thing we could not notice if it was happening. This was Windows 7 Enterprise as opposed to a server OS guest. jh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?
This doesn't appear to be universally true. We've run 4.1.4 with Windows 7 64bit on top of CentOS 6 and not seen any noticeable performance problems. The way you describe it makes me think it's not the sort of thing we could not notice if it was happening. This was Windows 7 Enterprise as opposed to a server OS guest. Same, Its obviously related to host os and hardware. As I sit here over lunch manually fixing another snap shot debacle in 4.1.4... Sigh... jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?
On Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:33 PM, John Hodrien wrote: On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Christopher Chan wrote: 4.0.x was okay for me (Windows server guests) but 4.1.4 was a complete disaster. The guest literally moved at SNAIL pace. Removed all cores save one and then it moved at TURTLE pace. 4.1.x is do not touch even with a ten foot pole. At least with Windows guests. This doesn't appear to be universally true. We've run 4.1.4 with Windows 7 64bit on top of CentOS 6 and not seen any noticeable performance problems. The way you describe it makes me think it's not the sort of thing we could not notice if it was happening. This was Windows 7 Enterprise as opposed to a server OS guest. How many cores assigned? VT-X/AMD-V enabled? Hardware? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?
On Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:33 PM, John Hodrien wrote: On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Christopher Chan wrote: 4.0.x was okay for me (Windows server guests) but 4.1.4 was a complete disaster. The guest literally moved at SNAIL pace. Removed all cores save one and then it moved at TURTLE pace. 4.1.x is do not touch even with a ten foot pole. At least with Windows guests. This doesn't appear to be universally true. We've run 4.1.4 with Windows 7 64bit on top of CentOS 6 and not seen any noticeable performance problems. The way you describe it makes me think it's not the sort of thing we could not notice if it was happening. This was Windows 7 Enterprise as opposed to a server OS guest. Oh, was io-apic enabled too? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?
Any tips/tricks concerning it? While I am used to using esx, I am forced to use vb on my wkst at my new gig and can tell you there are age old bugs that have never been resolved with respect to snap shot children not being cleaned up properly and the xml config while having a nice programatic interface is a pain to edit manually. Bottom line, I don't like it at all and find it only moderately stable. Not a fan... jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS
On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 20:32 -0500, fred smith wrote: On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 04:13:04PM +, Lars Hecking wrote: I tried everything in that post as well, and nothing worked for me. Finally I found the process I laid out and it worked. The link to it is here which is an old ticket: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/705 I've tested it and it works! Presumably, it might have worked in some of my previous attempts, but I only now figured out that I need to manually attach the device via device menu or USB icon. Not exactly plug and play, but workable. The mount command itself is sufficient here, no need to stop vboxdrv (or vboxnet, which doesn't exist), or chmod g+rw /dev/vboxdrv. Thanks, Max! A late addition to this thread: I just got an external USB drive and wanted to access it from my XP guest. I couldn't figure it out, but I did remember seeing this thread. i did the steps in the first posting (or at least the first one I still have) and it worked. then I went to look at the virtualbox forum post whose URL is above. I see it has us commenting out the /proc/usb things in rc.sysinit. I've done that, but I assume I need to reboot to see the result (and I don't reboot unless forced to), but I also wonder what else I'm breaking by commenting out those lines. Anybody got any ideas on that? --- Um, IF it still want work after one of those methods do rpm -q gparted and if your using it you will have to remove it or rename the gparted UDEV entry. gparted prevent automounting USB Devices. John ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS
On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 04:13:04PM +, Lars Hecking wrote: I tried everything in that post as well, and nothing worked for me. Finally I found the process I laid out and it worked. The link to it is here which is an old ticket: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/705 I've tested it and it works! Presumably, it might have worked in some of my previous attempts, but I only now figured out that I need to manually attach the device via device menu or USB icon. Not exactly plug and play, but workable. The mount command itself is sufficient here, no need to stop vboxdrv (or vboxnet, which doesn't exist), or chmod g+rw /dev/vboxdrv. Thanks, Max! A late addition to this thread: I just got an external USB drive and wanted to access it from my XP guest. I couldn't figure it out, but I did remember seeing this thread. i did the steps in the first posting (or at least the first one I still have) and it worked. then I went to look at the virtualbox forum post whose URL is above. I see it has us commenting out the /proc/usb things in rc.sysinit. I've done that, but I assume I need to reboot to see the result (and I don't reboot unless forced to), but I also wonder what else I'm breaking by commenting out those lines. Anybody got any ideas on that? Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. - Jude 1:24,25 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS
I tried everything in that post as well, and nothing worked for me. Finally I found the process I laid out and it worked. The link to it is here which is an old ticket: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/705 I've tested it and it works! Presumably, it might have worked in some of my previous attempts, but I only now figured out that I need to manually attach the device via device menu or USB icon. Not exactly plug and play, but workable. The mount command itself is sufficient here, no need to stop vboxdrv (or vboxnet, which doesn't exist), or chmod g+rw /dev/vboxdrv. Thanks, Max! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS
Lars Hecking wrote: I've tested it and it works! Presumably, it might have worked in some of my previous attempts, but I only now figured out that I need to manually attach the device via device menu or USB icon. Not exactly plug and play, but workable. The mount command itself is sufficient here, no need to stop vboxdrv (or vboxnet, which doesn't exist), or chmod g+rw /dev/vboxdrv. Oh, ok, cool. Yeah, I didn't try it without restarting vboxdrv so that's nice to know too! Thanks, Max ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Lars Hecking Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 7:24 AM To: centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS I recently doownloaded and installed the latest RHEL5 rpm from the VirtualBox web site. While it generally works very well, I have been unable to get USB access to work on the guest. This seems to be a very common problem. Many references to it turn up in a web search, but I have not found a solution that works on CentOS 5. I got no response on the vbox-users mailing list either. Can anyone here help? Among the things I tried were various /sys and /proc/bus/usb related fstab and rc.sysinit changes. Drew a total blank on this one ... --- Give this a try but I would advise not using on a production machine. # For VirtualBox # none /sys/bus/usb/drivers usbfs devgid=501,devmode=664 0 0 Also make sure the User is in the VBox Users Group. John ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS
Lars Hecking wrote: I recently doownloaded and installed the latest RHEL5 rpm from the VirtualBox web site. While it generally works very well, I have been unable to get USB access to work on the guest. This seems to be a very common problem. Many references to it turn up in a web search, but I have not found a solution that works on CentOS 5. I got no response on the vbox-users mailing list either. Can anyone here help? Among the things I tried were various /sys and /proc/bus/usb related fstab and rc.sysinit changes. Drew a total blank on this one ... I have had the same problem. The only thing that I've found to work is this: Get your vboxusers group ID # cat /etc/group | vboxusers Remount the USBFS with your vboxusers GID # mount -t usbfs -o remount,devgid=GID,devmode=664 /proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb Change the permissions on /dev/vboxdrv # chmod g+rw /dev/vboxdrv Restart the vboxdrv service # service vboxdrv restart Now when you boot your VM up the USB devices aren't greyed out any longer. I suppose you could script this if you wanted, add the usbfs mount to /etc/fstab and have the chmod go in a startup script or something. Regards, Max ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS
Get your vboxusers group ID # cat /etc/group | vboxusers Remount the USBFS with your vboxusers GID # mount -t usbfs -o remount,devgid=GID,devmode=664 /proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb This is the bit that won't work. The mount options seem to have no effect: # ll /proc/bus total 0 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 16:51 input dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 16:51 pccard dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 0 Dec 8 12:09 pci drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 usb # ll /proc/bus/usb total 0 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 001 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 002 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 003 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 004 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 005 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 8 16:47 devices Change the permissions on /dev/vboxdrv # chmod g+rw /dev/vboxdrv This one is new to me ... Restart the vboxdrv service # service vboxdrv restart ... and this one resets the permissions on /dev/vboxdrv to 600. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Lars Hecking lheck...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: I would imaging it's rather similar to this - http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7t=20097 -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Jim Perrin jper...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Lars Hecking lheck...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: I would imaging it's rather similar to this - http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7t=20097 Gah, lowsy spel chekc not pikcing up waht I mean. s/imaging/imagine/ -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS
Jim Perrin writes: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Lars Hecking lheck...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: I would imaging it's rather similar to this - http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7t=20097 Been there, tried that. VirtualBox actually complains if you mess with /sys/bus/usb/drivers: You seem to have the USBFS filesystem mounted at /sys/bus/usb/drivers. We strongly recommend that you change this, as it is a severe mis-configuration of your system which could cause USB devices to fail in unexpected ways. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS
Jim Perrin wrote: I would imaging it's rather similar to this - http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7t=20097 Gah, lowsy spel chekc not pikcing up waht I mean. s/imaging/imagine/ Ridiculous, I know...a computer should know what you're thinking and how to spell it. :) I tried everything in that post as well, and nothing worked for me. Finally I found the process I laid out and it worked. The link to it is here which is an old ticket: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/705 Max ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS
Lars Hecking wrote: This is the bit that won't work. The mount options seem to have no effect: dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 001 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 002 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 003 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 004 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 005 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 8 16:47 devices Not to doubt you, but you made sure to put your group id in devgid=some_number? ... and this one resets the permissions on /dev/vboxdrv to 600. Hmmm, the permissions stay for me. I too struggled to get USB to work, it seems to be pretty lacking with Linux support in VirtualBox, which is a big downfall. Although, I had a lot of issues with permissions with VMware Server as well when I ran it. I guess pick your poison. This process works for me though, so I'm not sure what else to suggest to help you out. Regards, Max ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] virtualbox on centos5.1 PAE
Stephen Harris wrote: Quad core duo 2.4Ghz (Q6600) Kernel 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5PAE #1 SMP 4Gb RAM VirtualBox-1.5.6_28266_rhel5-1.i586.rpm The package installed OK. I did KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-53.1.14.el5-i686 /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup and the module compiles AOK. BUT... at modprobe time: vboxdrv: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module Am I doing something stupid? You are building against the regular kernel-devel and not the kernel-PAE-devel. you need to install kernel-PAE-devel and the /usr/src/kernels/version needs to contain PAE as well. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] virtualbox on centos5.1 PAE
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 07:07:51AM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: Stephen Harris wrote: Kernel 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5PAE #1 SMP KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-53.1.14.el5-i686 /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup vboxdrv: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module Am I doing something stupid? You are building against the regular kernel-devel and not the kernel-PAE-devel. Ah ha! I hadn't spotted the other devel kernels because I'd done a yum list 'kernel-devel*' Thanks! -- rgds Stephen ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos