Re: [vbox-users] What is Oracle Going to Do?
Gregory Nowak wrote: of the gpl version in some way, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see the FSF challenge such a turn of events. Since the FSF are not copyright holders, I don't think they'd have any grounds for doing so. I suspect that if Oracle don't sponsor major engineering in vbox, though, it will die GPL or not, because its tricky stuff and Linux users have kvm- and xen-based solutions, so you'd need devs that Really Care about Windows, Solaris and FreeBSD. Having access to the source is somethimes no more than an invitation to waste a huge amount of time. :-( ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] What is Oracle Going to Do?
Fernando Cassia wrote: I think that if a huge comet strikes the Earth, we will ALL DIE. Shame, well, I was trying to make a point that GPL code is not immortal in some way. Let's try to be adult, huh? I like vbox and use it as a preferred solution. If it dies, its no big deal though, there are alternatives that aren't expensive. Who's fretting? ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] MirBSD-current/i386 in VirtualBox 3.0.0_BETA1 r48728
Thorsten Glaser wrote: Immediately terminates with SIGILL – so my earlier laudat was *too* early, and VirtualBox is *still* broken and unusable for anything real, unless you have Vanderpool/Pacifica, in which case most are better off using kvm anyway. Hmm - seems to run Solaris OK at the moment, how real do you want? Be nice if it could support NetBSD though. 5.0 still will not install. James ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] MirBSD-current/i386 in VirtualBox 3.0.0_BETA1 r48728
Thorsten Glaser wrote: James Mansion dixit: Be nice if it could support NetBSD though. 5.0 still will not install. Not even in HVM mode? Or doesn't it boot at all, like in Parallels? Dead stop after the loader gets the initial root. Haven't managed to find settings that work (well, apart from the one that involves using VMWare). This is with a Vista host so kvm isn't an option. ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Very poor performance on internal network, 2.2.2
James Mansion wrote: Klaus Espenlaub wrote: Since this is no trivial thing, it's probably best to open a ticket in the bug tracker on virtualbox.org. Please attach the exact configuration info (VBox.log will do), and also a packet trace as described on http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Network_tips Ticket is 4064. I couldn't upload the pcap because its too big, but I've put it on a server you can get to (I hope). BTW this isn't improved in 2.2.4. I've not heard whether anyone has attempted to pull the (very large) pcap file. ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Very poor performance on internal network, 2.2.2
Klaus Espenlaub wrote: Since this is no trivial thing, it's probably best to open a ticket in the bug tracker on virtualbox.org. Please attach the exact configuration info (VBox.log will do), and also a packet trace as described on http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Network_tips Ticket is 4064. I couldn't upload the pcap because its too big, but I've put it on a server you can get to (I hope). James ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] Very poor performance on internal network, 2.2.2
I'm trying to PXE boot across an internal network. I load gPXE and all goes well until it starts trying to load bzImage and initrd files from an HTTP server. The server is (X)ubuntu 9.04, running lighttpd or apache2 (same behaviour with both). Sometimes - very infrequently - I get high performance. Other times I see an average of 14 or so 1518-byte packets arriving in the gPXE VM per second. Turning on diagnostics in gPXE does not show any error indication, its just very slow. Has anyone else observed this? James ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Ubuntu 9.04 and guest editions
dick hoogendijk wrote: The guest editions install fine on Ubuntu 9.04. Shared folders work, the video driver works, BUT the mouse driver does not work. There is NO Shared folders don't work for me. Also the video driver didn't pick up the right resolution on my laptop, I had to hack xorg.conf. (I'm using Xubuntu, though) Debian 5 picked the right 1280x800 straight away. James ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Ubuntu 9.04 guests
Daniel wrote: Has anybody else had a problem installing Ubuntu 9.04 (ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso) guest with Virtual box 2.2 (VirtualBox-2.2.0-45846-OSX.dmg) on MacOS 10.5.6 host? The installer dies halfway through the installation with an error saying something like, there was a problem reading from the CD drive, please try cleaning and re-installing... I've got virtual dust! I'm running Vista. I first had that with a DVD of 8.10 which I assumed was flaky, but it happened again when I downloaded Xubuntu 9.04 and tried to go from an ISO on the hard disk. I did get an install, I: - reduced guest RAM to 512M from 1024M. - set the IDE controller to the oldest one I suspect the IDE emulation myself. (Now, you'd think that given the popularity of Ubuntu, this would be noticed in testing wouldn't you?) James ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] Shared folders
I can't mmount a shared folder with vbox 2.2 (Vista host, assorted Linux guests including openSUSE 11.1 and Xubuntu 9.04, PUEL). GAs build OK. mount.vboxsf says 'protocol error' though. (It does run though, its not as if the GA installation lied) Also, I seem to get the VBox GUI hanging often when I click the chooser button in the host GUI to define another shared area. Anyone else see these? James (And why oh why does Debian 5 detect my laptop 1280x800 display res automagically, and I have to hack xorg.conf with openSUSE 11.1 and Ubuntu 9.04? Pah!) ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] Trouble with 2.2 and Debian 5 under Vista
Is it me or some issues with the software? Had VMWare workstation on my old portable and I could generally install so that I had an address assigned by a VMWare local DHCP server and also a local DNS proxy in VMWare which delegates to the DNS server that is assigned to my portable by my LAN DHCP. It also acts as a router - so I can access the host, the host cann access the VM, and the VM can access the internet. I'm having trouble achieving the same sort of thing with VBox 2.2. As far as I can see, the NAT option allows me access to the internet, bit not the host PC. The host PC can't access the VM either. The host local option allows me to access the host and vice-versa - but the VM DHCP is setting up DNS server addresses as 0.0.0.0 and there does not seem to be routing either. I tried enabling two LANs in the VM - oone of each. But the netwaork manager with Debian 5 seems to want to switch between them, not allow both. Am I going to have to disable NM and get messy with /etc (which I've lazily forgotton how to edit etc). Seems a shame that VBox should be so much harder to set up than VMWare. :-( Any hints? James ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] Problems with 2.0.6 and 2.1.0 on XP
Hi, I've been a happy VMWare Workstation user for some time and thought I'd try VBox because I expected the OpenSolaris guest support to be a bit better. And it is - when VBox works at all. I run a portable with 1.25GB RAM, XPsp3, and a 1.5GHz Pentium-M processor. Its not shiny and new - but it works and runs VWare just fine. What I'm finding is that quite often VBox seems to sulk when I try to start up a VM - sometimes it spins, and sometimes it just does nothing. As I write I have a failed startup in the background. Its using no CPU at all but is unresponsive and making no progress: it has displayed the little 'Restoring virtual...' progress meter but that's stuck at 0%. I've got 398MB committed and the OpenSolaris VM *will* want 768MB but there's enough swap space and there's no sign of it trying to allocate any memory. The main application window (with the list of VMs etc) is 'Not responding' and is failing to repaint. Its really trying - when it works its really good, but any attempt to start or restart after a hibernate etc seems to leave it stuck most times, and it *sometimes* happens after a full reboot. Happened with 2.0.6 and 2.1.0. Anyone else seeing anything like this? James ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Problems with 2.0.6 and 2.1.0 on XP
James Mansion wrote: As I write I have a failed startup in the background. Its using no CPU at all but is unresponsive and making no progress: it has displayed the little 'Restoring virtual...' progress meter but that's stuck at 0%. And - a complete reboot and retry has hung in exactly the same way. In this case it would seem to be something wrong in the saved image or restart. :-( The image is opensolaris 08.11 with guest additions, and was halted and then saved. ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
