Re: Regarding patching virtualbox in 12.04
Yes, as of the users I didn refer to normal/end-users but to hackers and advanced users like me (advanced enough to know these trivial diffs). As per my experience the older version on the SW Centre is having some issues with networking on VM's which is fixed/better performing on the latest one with some other changes/fixes. Also what is missing is the addons and stuff from Virtual Box. Regards, Pranav On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Thomas Mashos wrote: > I don't think making the user go to the website to download the deb is a > very good idea. > > A) We shouldn't have broken software in the repo (especially when it's > known broken with a known fix) > > B) Some users can't/won't install software from third party areas/repos > and will only use the default repos (a sane and completely relevant idea) > > C) IIRC, the deb file on the virtualbox website has proprietary bits > included. The version in the repos is the OSE version. > > Thanks, > > Thomas Mashos > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Pranav wrote: > >> I think it is better to download the Virtual Box deb file from its >> official website instead of the ubuntu ppa or software centre as its a >> older version and also the above mentioned issue will arise. >> Regards, >> Pranav >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Steffen Barszus < >> steffenbpu...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> 2013/3/5 Chris Johnston : >>> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>> > Hash: SHA1 >>> > >>> > On 03/05/2013 11:53 AM, Pranith Kumar wrote: >>> >> Hi, >>> >> >>> >> I am writing this regarding the issues being faced by Virtualbox >>> >> users in 12.04. >>> >> >>> >> 12.04 was released with kernel 3.2 and then the kernel 3.5 was >>> >> offered as a possible upgrade. Most users are currently switching >>> >> over to 3.5 >>> >>> What makes it worse, is that at new installations, kernel 3.5 is the >>> default. So this boils down to virtualbox being broken in LTS release >>> by backport kernel >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-devel mailing list >>> ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel >>> >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-devel mailing list >> ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel >> >> > -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
Re: Regarding patching virtualbox in 12.04
I don't think making the user go to the website to download the deb is a very good idea. A) We shouldn't have broken software in the repo (especially when it's known broken with a known fix) B) Some users can't/won't install software from third party areas/repos and will only use the default repos (a sane and completely relevant idea) C) IIRC, the deb file on the virtualbox website has proprietary bits included. The version in the repos is the OSE version. Thanks, Thomas Mashos On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Pranav wrote: > I think it is better to download the Virtual Box deb file from its > official website instead of the ubuntu ppa or software centre as its a > older version and also the above mentioned issue will arise. > Regards, > Pranav > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Steffen Barszus < > steffenbpu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> 2013/3/5 Chris Johnston : >> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> > Hash: SHA1 >> > >> > On 03/05/2013 11:53 AM, Pranith Kumar wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I am writing this regarding the issues being faced by Virtualbox >> >> users in 12.04. >> >> >> >> 12.04 was released with kernel 3.2 and then the kernel 3.5 was >> >> offered as a possible upgrade. Most users are currently switching >> >> over to 3.5 >> >> What makes it worse, is that at new installations, kernel 3.5 is the >> default. So this boils down to virtualbox being broken in LTS release >> by backport kernel >> >> -- >> ubuntu-devel mailing list >> ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel >> > > > -- > ubuntu-devel mailing list > ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel > > -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
Re: Regarding patching virtualbox in 12.04
I think it is better to download the Virtual Box deb file from its official website instead of the ubuntu ppa or software centre as its a older version and also the above mentioned issue will arise. Regards, Pranav On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Steffen Barszus < steffenbpu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > 2013/3/5 Chris Johnston : > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 03/05/2013 11:53 AM, Pranith Kumar wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am writing this regarding the issues being faced by Virtualbox > >> users in 12.04. > >> > >> 12.04 was released with kernel 3.2 and then the kernel 3.5 was > >> offered as a possible upgrade. Most users are currently switching > >> over to 3.5 > > What makes it worse, is that at new installations, kernel 3.5 is the > default. So this boils down to virtualbox being broken in LTS release > by backport kernel > > -- > ubuntu-devel mailing list > ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel > -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
Re: Regarding patching virtualbox in 12.04
2013/3/5 Chris Johnston : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/05/2013 11:53 AM, Pranith Kumar wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am writing this regarding the issues being faced by Virtualbox >> users in 12.04. >> >> 12.04 was released with kernel 3.2 and then the kernel 3.5 was >> offered as a possible upgrade. Most users are currently switching >> over to 3.5 What makes it worse, is that at new installations, kernel 3.5 is the default. So this boils down to virtualbox being broken in LTS release by backport kernel -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
Re: Regarding patching virtualbox in 12.04
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/05/2013 11:53 AM, Pranith Kumar wrote: > Hi, > > I am writing this regarding the issues being faced by Virtualbox > users in 12.04. > > 12.04 was released with kernel 3.2 and then the kernel 3.5 was > offered as a possible upgrade. Most users are currently switching > over to 3.5 > > The version Virtualbox in 12.04 was 4.12. The problem is that this > version no longer works with the 3.5 kernel and needs to be > patched. Please see > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1081307. > There is a patch in that bug and it is working fine for me and > other for quite some time now. > > It has been difficult to get in touch with the maintainer to ask > him to patch the package. More than a 100 people are affected by > the bug. Please let me know how to proceed to fix the package at > the earliest. > > Thanks, -- Pranith > This sounds like it would possibly be a candidate for an SRU [1]. Please take a look at the wiki for more information on the process. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates cJ - -- Respectfully, Chris Johnston chrisjohns...@ubuntu.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlE2KpAACgkQyDxSNf9BQVwTuwCgyDF4dwsN6niWptjeMQHX1Dec +0sAniw5w3DyDAbuVlQOcnnQtAEOh2n+ =b3MX -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
Regarding patching virtualbox in 12.04
Hi, I am writing this regarding the issues being faced by Virtualbox users in 12.04. 12.04 was released with kernel 3.2 and then the kernel 3.5 was offered as a possible upgrade. Most users are currently switching over to 3.5 The version Virtualbox in 12.04 was 4.12. The problem is that this version no longer works with the 3.5 kernel and needs to be patched. Please see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1081307. There is a patch in that bug and it is working fine for me and other for quite some time now. It has been difficult to get in touch with the maintainer to ask him to patch the package. More than a 100 people are affected by the bug. Please let me know how to proceed to fix the package at the earliest. Thanks, -- Pranith -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
