[vbox-users] Strange hangs on AMD Opteron 2216
Hi, If I try to run Windows 7 and another Linux 2.6 OS, both with AMD-V enabled in the Advanced options, eventually at some point I lose mouse focus (the mouse cursor hangs inside the Linux VM, keyboard becomes unresponsive). The rest of the system keeps working (host is Linux, Fedora 10 with latest patches), as I can see the GMail window in the background being updated with new emails in the inbox, but evetything slows to a crawl until a point where Gmail starts displaying the cannot connect to server. I tried to connect over SSH from another system in my home LAN and SSH disconects with ¨signal 9¨ whatever that means. Then my hanged system appears to be in a complete lockup so only a power reset can bring it back. Any ideas of what might be going on?. I´m pretty sure my Opteron 2216 supports AMD-V but not so sure (I guess not) about Nested Paging. Although I have nested paging disabled. The two instances when this hard lockup-mouse freezing incident happened, I was running a version of 32-bit Vista+ windows OS alongside a Linux 2.6 VM. The first instance it was Win7 beta alongside Fedora Core 9 in another VM The second instance (today) it was Windows Vista Starter Ed. and gOS 3.1 Linux. I never experienced this kind of hard lockup when running two instances of Windows concurrently (say, XP64 and Win7). My CPU is a very early OEM release of the 2216, and perhaps amd-v microcode wasnt debugged properly? or perhaps this is just (hopefully) a VBox/Linux kernel bug? Anyone noticing this kind of hard lockups/freezing with multiple VMs on an AMD-V enabled Opteron? Any ideas will be appreciated FC -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] How to exit seamless mode?
Stupid Q What is the way to exit seamless mode?. I managed to get my copy of Win7 beta into seamless mode and I can't bring back windowed mode. This should be easier ie GLOWING button on the systray to switch back and forth. and what's the point of the guest additions icon in the systray if it has no pop-up menu/options? FC -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] VMWare feels the heat from Virtualbox, goes LGPL
http://ostatic.com/blog/vmware-saw-the-threat-releases-open-source-virtualization-client I couldn't help myself and added a bit of advocacy on my comment. :-) Shame on me. FC -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] (this is not spam) History on Vmware and its current boss
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/opinion/843/1050843/vmware-boss-taste-ms-medicine FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Robin Green gree...@greenrd.org wrote: Any good operating system lets you control the hardware clock. So you can control it within the VM just as you would normally. No I meant on a per-application basis. So that the rest of the system can have the correct time and date but a VM can run on a given date. FC -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:04 PM, fcassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta software working. :-) I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtualbox lie the date (hardware clock) to the VM so it's always operating on the same date? Currently you can only set an offset to the guest time, see VBoxManage modifyvm VM_NAME -biossystemtimeoffset Time but not date... OK. In any case it'd be easy to add a fake clock to the VM right? just intercept calls to the hardware clock and return whatever user-selected fixed value for the date... Or perhaps there's a tool on Linux to fake the system time on a per-process basis? Something like what this does in perl? http://search.cpan.org/~rosulek/Time-Fake-0.11/lib/Time/Fake.pm FC Datefudge perhaps? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429467 FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:06 PM, fcassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: Datefudge perhaps? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429467 This looks better. Sorry for answering myself. Libfaketime - Changing what time a process thinks it is http://www.linux.com/feature/147801 FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta software working. :-) I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtualbox lie the date (hardware clock) to the VM so it's always operating on the same date? Currently you can only set an offset to the guest time, see VBoxManage modifyvm VM_NAME -biossystemtimeoffset Time but not date... OK. No, time _and_ date. In any case it'd be easy to add a fake clock to the VM right? just intercept calls to the hardware clock and return whatever user-selected fixed value for the date... This is the same we already doing with the time offset. The only problem for you is that you had to re-calculate the offset again once you start the VM. And no, you really don't want a clock which returns the same time at any time. The guest would most probably complain. How about the same date? ie, on 23:59 the clock turns back to 00:00 of the same date. :-) FC -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Graham Campbell gc1...@optonline.net wrote: Guys, Think about the implications for a file system if system time is not monotonic increasing. Graham In a properly designed OS there shold be no consequence. I can go in XP or Linux and adjust the clock 4500 times per day back and forth if I want to. Or are you telling me that people whom travel to a different time zone do not roll back their system clock? FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson mik...@infinity-ltd.com wrote: Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 05 February 2009, fcassia wrote: Or are you telling me that people whom travel to a different time zone do not roll back their system clock? Not if they're using a proper OS like Linux... ;-) My system clock does not even change for things like daylight savings time. (The displayed time changes, but not the system clock.) If I am going to be in another time zone for a while with my laptop, I change the time zone setting, not the system clock. On WinXP, go to the clock, double click, change the time, there, you have adjusted system time. why should there be any consequence on file systems for that matter? It's not like the filesystem crashes and burns Maybe you will get files with different dates, but that's about it. The OS should not care about the file dates on the filesystem, AFAIK it's totally possible to run a system with Jan-1-1980 in teh system clocks (like happened with old PCs with dead batteries on the mobos, the system clock is always reset on power down). FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta software working. :-) I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtualbox lie the date (hardware clock) to the VM so it's always operating on the same date? Thanks, FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] Virtualize existing system/BIOS ?
Hi, I have one old notebook which is months from breaking apart. I'd like to save the working WinXP system I have there, so I'm thinking of creating a VM of the physical disk. What would be the recommended procedure?. The last time I used disk imaging was around 2002 and the tool ATM was Powerquest Drive Image. I guess there are better tools nowadays that are either free or more compatible with Virtualbox?. Also, is there a way to make Virtualbox take a copy of the original system's BIOS flash and MIMIC that system in the VM, so for Windows XP's activation it would be the same system as the notebook? Is that even possible? I do not want to pirate, I just want to continue using that WinXP Home license I have already activated in the notebook, decomission it, and keep using the software. I remember that at one point I upgraded the BIOS from the original eMachines one to the latest which changed the brand name to Gateway (as Gateway bought emachines) and the activation dialog came up and I had to phone MSFT to re-activate it (which they did, but told me they could do that only once). Thoughts? comments? FC -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Repository for openSUSE Hosts?
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: We could indeed do this. This is quite easy for .debs but actually I'm not sure about the various rpm distributions. Is there any documentation available on how to set up such a repository? Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank MehnertSun Microsystemshttp://www.sun.com/ Frank Fedora uses YUM. If you can execute a bash script as part of the RPM install process, you can have your own YUM repository to /etc/yum/conf by just appending a few lines of text to it See here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/rhel5-fedora-core-add-new-yum-repository.html Of course you first need to be running your own yum repository, hosting the files. Hosting a yum repository allows you to easily distribute and automatically update your own packages. The recipe below describes how to configure a yum repository for Fedora Core 5. The first three sections explain how to create a proper directory structure on your web server, sign your RPMs, and move them to the appropriate locations. The final section explains how to create a RPM which users can download and install to begin using your repository with yum. *The steps in this tutorial may be easily modified to work with other distributions*. http://mindtrove.info/articles/hosting-a-yum-repository/ Hope this helps, FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Run VirtualBox as a service in Windows
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Pablo Sanchez pa...@blueoakdb.com wrote: On Friday 23 January 2009 at 9:56 am, Brett Serkez penned about Re: [vbox-users] Run VirtualBox as a service in Windows To clarify, in this alternative the idea would be that would run the GUI exactly as you do today, the difference being the longevity the service provides. That is you would bring up the GUI, manipulate the Guests exactly as you do today, the difference being that if you close the GUI and/or logout, the Guests continue to run as they are children of the Service not the GUI. Ah, I see where you're going with it ... for me, it'd depend on how `heaviness' of the daemon/service. I have two machines that I use: desktop and laptop. On my desktop, I have VBox running constantly; or nearly constantly. But I do shut it down. On my laptop, I only run VBox when I'm traveling thus the resources are never used until I demand them. Running VirtualBox is user space has a lot of advantages, ie you can run it without having root access. If you change it to work as a service then the user must first make sure he has administrator privileges to launch a new service. Plus, I have seen instances (I admit on old NT4, not recently) where a service refused to stop, or refused to launch, and the only solution to such hosed machine was rebooting thesystem. Whereas on a process-based architecture, you just kill the process and restart it. FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] Best settings for 98se?
I had one Vbox VM with Win98SE working acceptably. One day, I started the VM and it wouldn't boot. It'd just freeze at the win98 boot logo (the scrolling color pattern at bottom of the screen would stop). So I selected safe mode. And it booted OK. Then I rebooted, same hang. Then I started fidding with the advanced options. I don't remember what I changed anymore, I think I disabled all checkboxes in the Advanced tab, including AMD-V and all the four-letter acronyms, ACPI and stuff. Now Win98SE boots but performance is GLACIAL I can see windows being drawn on the screen with text written one letter at a time... I really would like to save the hassle of doing the VM from scratch once again. Any ideas? I'm also going to install the freeware Scitech Display Doctor to see if it improves anything. But the whole VM seems glacially slow, specially disk access. Any idea of where to look? FC -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Repository for openSUSE Hosts?
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Johannes Kastl ojka...@gmx.de wrote: Hello, each time a new version of VirtualBox is released, I think I should ask this question, but up to now I never had the time to: Would it be possible to setup a repository not only for Debian-based distros, but also for openSUSE (and Fedora)? Would be nice to just add another repo in openSUSE and always get the newest version without manually downloading the release. Maybe this is the wrong place to ask this question, if so please point me to the right place. Thanks Sounds like a good idea. Adobe adopted a similar aproach with its Flash plug-in for linux. You can download binaries manually from Adobe's web page or just download a file that adds the adobe server as a repo. If you choose the latter approach your system automatically knows and downloads new releases using your distro's package management program. FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Run VirtualBox as a service in Windows
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Brett Serkez bser...@gmail.com wrote: Jakob, Did you consider the VBoxVmService before using Visual Studio? Without Visual Studio, this solution isn't an option. I was wondering if anyone has another other options? I was wondering if anyone else felt that perhaps there is an architectural issue with VBox in this area? Seems to me that perhaps VBox should be a service NO please don´t. I don´t like decisions like these being forced on users just because someone has ¨special needs¨. Leave it as it is. And if you want to run it as a service using any helper util (like the freeware one mentioned in this thread) and it doesn´t work, perhaps sending an e-mail to the utility author so he can test his freeware util with VBox and find why it doesn´t work would be the most sensible approach... FC PS: I don´t remember if this was mentioned in this thread, just found it. I´m mentioning it here FWIW srvany runs any application as service http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890 ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] Win98 vs AMD-V ... the plot thickens...
Hi, There's a problem with my Win98 VM in the sense that the only way I seem to be able to boot Win98 succesfully is by DISABLING ACPI DISABLING IO APIC DISABLING AMD-V DISABLING PAE-NX I really wouldn't mind disabling the first three, but disabling AMD-V means that I can no longer run any other guest concurrently with AMD-V support (like for instance is needed to run Win XP64 under 32-bit Linux) because I get a dialog informing me that: An active VM already uses AMD-V hardware acceleration. It is not allowed to simultaneously use software virtualization. (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED). Unknown error creating VM (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED). So, any idea on why Win98 SE crashes at boot with AMD-V enabled? What sort of special trickery does the Win98SE kernel do when initializing itself that crashes and burns with AMD-V enabled?. I am surprised that NT4 works fine, Win2k works fine, XP64 runs even better, and Win7 beta (32-bit and 64-bit) work well. Win98SE seems to be the one which runs slower and has the most problems with all those advanced settings, perhaps confirming what sort of ugly kludge Win9X really was... Thoughts? Ideas? I remember there were a few active users in here which used Win9x under VirtualBox Frank, do you think I could do a memory dump or log of the VM so you could see where Win98 is hanging when AMD-V is enabled? Thanks FC -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Run VirtualBox as a service in Windows
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Oster, Bradley C CTR SAF/FMP (AFFSO) bradley.os...@wpafb.af.mil wrote: I have setup VirtualBox on a Windows server on our network and the only way I can access the server is through remote desktop. I have been looking at trying to get it to run as a service but I can't find any good info other than finding comments along the lines that VirtualBox cannot be setup as a service in Windows. Is this really true? If not, please let me know what I can do because right now, the only way to run this is if I login and start it myself…if the server needs to restart, then I'm out of luck. I also do not like having to stay logged in to the remote server to keep VirtualBox running Have you tried this one? http://www.duodata.de/ntwrapper/index.htm The NT Wrapper allows standard Windows 32 bit applications or scripts to be run as a NT service in Windows NT/2K/XP/2003/Vista The lite version which runs a SINGLE program as a service (would be fine for VBox) is FREEWARE. FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Windows 7 public beta (x64) under 32-bit Linux host working fine, so far!
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Dick Hoogendijk d...@nagual.nl wrote: On 19 Jan Andreas - Sun Microsystems, Inc. wrote: Official Windows 7 Guest Additions support will be available in the next upcoming release of VirtualBox (which will be out pretty soon). Although the Guest Additions work in the compatible mode this is good news. Native support of the new windows system is always better. Not sure however if I will replace my XP box with it. XP is way faster! I noticed the same, Xp64 under Vbox runs circles around Win7, same system, same virtual config. FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] writing video DVD from Virtual Box?
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Bill Shannon bill.shan...@sun.com wrote: Frank Mehnert wrote: On Thursday 08 January 2009, Bill Shannon wrote: Does passthrough work in 2.0.x? Yes, check out 2.0.6. I tried 2.0.6. It didn't work any better. Yes, I enabled passthrough. Has anyone actually gotten this to work, or is it just expected to work? I'm curious as to he symptoms... does the Windows NERO version just say everything is fine, DVD has been written and then the DVD is unreadable? Or does NERO show any error along the way? never? not even buffer underrun? How about Data DVD-R sessions? If you check the option to verify written data, does it verify OK? I'm having trouble thinking of DVD-Writers as stupid peripherals that just accept any given data (even if the data is corrupted along the way) without spiting out any error messages... FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Bug: multiple vbox GUI instances, WHY?
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:00 AM, Amit k. Saha amitsaha...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Fernando Cassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: Question: why is it possible to open several instances of the Virtualbox GUI? What is the purpose?. I often end up clickin on the virtualbox icon without realizing I have acopy already open and end up with 2, 3, five copies of the GUI running. I am guessing this: This is probably because what we see as VirtualBox is *only* a front-end. Sorry, if I am foolishly wrong. No that's OK actually. I know it's only a front-end. And your explanation makes sense. But it should detect if there's a front-end already running and switch to that. FC -Amit It's useless. It serves no purpose. Shouldn't there be a semaphore in there to stop loading of further instances if there's one already? Or do like Mozilla / Seamonkey... if a second instance is loaded and finds a copy already runing, it brings the running copy to the foreground then exits itself. FC FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users -- Amit Kumar Saha http://amitksaha.blogspot.com http://amitsaha.in.googlepages.com/ Skype: amitkumarsaha ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] Windows 7 public beta (x64) under 32-bit Linux host working fine, so far!
GREAT news... I've been using Windows 7 (public beta) **, in the 64-bit version under VirtualBox 2.1.0 Even the VirtualBox guest additions work OK, provided you right click on the 64-bit installer, and select Compatibility Troubleshooter. An ugly dialog comes up, sort of a black box magician showing a progress bar for what looks like hours to me, until finally guives up (gee, why don' t I trust MSFT' s Artificial intelligence? :-P) and says what seems to be the problem? or words to that effect. Then select it worked fine on previous versions. It will ask on which OS it worked fine, select VISTA from the drop-down. DONE... the app is launched in Vista compatibility mode. You can then install the VBox guest additions and those work fine! Well done Sun! About Windows 7: THE UGLY: -As fat and as slow as Vista. FC PS: I suspect MSFT will fiddle with it, in the spirit of it ain't ready until Lotus won't run or here it ain't ready until it runs like molasses or crashes under VirtualBox. ;-) (let's hope not) ** direct download URLS from Microsoft.com here: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/324/1050324/windows-7-beta-direct-download-links-from-volesoft ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] ReactOS vmdk not working, any ideas?
Hi, The latest greatest Virtualbox (2.1.0) allows using Vmware format disk image (.vmdk files). However, I downloaded the latest greatest ReactOS VMWare disk image (version 0.3.7) and tried to use it with VirtualBox, to no avail, it stops (hangs) at the ReactOS logo. I tried changing OS type from Win98 up to and including WinXP to no avail, and with the same results. Enabling/disabling ACPI makes no difference, apparently. Any ideas? Best FC -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] ReactOS vmdk not working, any ideas?
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:06 AM, David Baron d_ba...@012.net.il wrote: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 10:46:24 fcassia wrote: Hi, The latest greatest Virtualbox (2.1.0) allows using Vmware format disk image (.vmdk files). However, I downloaded the latest greatest ReactOS VMWare disk image (version 0.3.7) and tried to use it with VirtualBox, to no avail, it stops (hangs) at the ReactOS logo. I tried changing OS type from Win98 up to and including WinXP to no avail, and with the same results. Enabling/disabling ACPI makes no difference, apparently. Any ideas? Best FC Apparently, vbox cannot boot this. Telling it that this is win-xp will not help. It is NOT. I run reactos just fine (using a regular image) in qemu which runs most anything. Well, it worked on previous releases... http://journal.nearbennett.com/2008/05/13/installing-reactos-on-virtualbox/ FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] ReactOS vmdk not working, any ideas?
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Анатолий Тютин eastma...@gmail.com wrote: What is the host machine OS? 32-bit Linux (Fedora 10) FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Idea: delete pagefile on VM power down?
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 6:03 AM, fcassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: Would it be possible to add code to Virtualbox so, when a Windows VM is shut down, the last thing VBox does, after the VM has been effectively disabled,is to delete the pagefile from the VM's virtual disk? Nevermind Windows can already do it... http://www.metacafe.com/watch/358526/make_your_computer_delete_pagefile_sys_when_shut_down/ :-) FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Idea: delete pagefile on VM power down?
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Paul Gilmartin paul.gilmar...@sun.com wrote: On Jan 5, 2009, at 01:20, fcassia wrote: On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 6:03 AM, fcassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: Would it be possible to add code to Virtualbox so, when a Windows VM is shut down, the last thing VBox does, after the VM has been effectively disabled,is to delete the pagefile from the VM's virtual disk? Nevermind Windows can already do it... http://www.metacafe.com/watch/358526/ make_your_computer_delete_pagefile_sys_when_shut_down/ Stupid me... erasing the file is half the story. Of curse, clearing the free space would be needed as well, as we're dealing with a disk image... Running the GPL tool Eraser would be of help, but since it runs along with Windows it won't clear the pagefile... just the empty space on the virtual disk. http://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser/ FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] Win64 crashes... asked twice...
I have asked twice but -perhaps due to the holidays- didnt get any reply ... A Windows XP 64 -integrated SP1- install crashes Virtualbox 2.1.0 after the XP launches the installer this was tested both on Fedora Core 6 (32-bit) and Fedora 10 (32-bit), on a 64-bit AMD Opteron 2210 with AMD-V enabled, and after selecting Windows XP (64-bit) on the Virtualbox drop-down when creatng the VM, and enabling APIC. I have log files, where do I send those? FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Win64 crashes... asked twice...
Thanks Frank, Here it is http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/2949 I'd appreciate if you could take a quick glimpse at the logs and tell me if I hit a bug or if there's some obvious misconfiguration causing the above crash. Thanks, FC On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: On Saturday 03 January 2009, fcassia wrote: I have asked twice but -perhaps due to the holidays- didnt get any reply ... A Windows XP 64 -integrated SP1- install crashes Virtualbox 2.1.0 after the XP launches the installer this was tested both on Fedora Core 6 (32-bit) and Fedora 10 (32-bit), on a 64-bit AMD Opteron 2210 with AMD-V enabled, and after selecting Windows XP (64-bit) on the Virtualbox drop-down when creatng the VM, and enabling APIC. Please open a bug report at http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Bugtracker and _attach_ the log files there. Thanks, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank MehnertSun Microsystemshttp://www.sun.com/ ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] Vbox 2.1.0 build for fedora 9 / 10 does not include Fedora 10 kernel module - why?
Fresh Fedora 10 install... # rpm --install VirtualBox-2.1.0_41146_fedora9-1.i386.rpm Creating group 'vboxusers'. VM users must be member of that group! No precompiled module for this kernel found -- trying to build one. Messages emitted during module compilation will be logged to /var/log/vbox-install.log. Compilation of the kernel module FAILED! VirtualBox will not start until this problem is fixed. Please consult /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out why the kernel module does not compile. Most probably the kernel sources are not found. Install them and execute /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup as root. ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] Confirmed: VBox 2.1.0 crashes when installing XP64 SP1 on 32-bit Linux host os
I finally updated my aging FC6 system to Fedora 10. I thought it'd make a difference wrt the running of 64-bit guests on a 32-bit host. It doesn't. It crashes at the same exact point. So whom do I send the .log file to? FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] XP64 SP1 crashes on 32-bit host OS (AMD opteron CPU)
Okay, I have Vbox 2.1.0 System is running Fedora Core 6 (will update soon to 10) uname -a Linux doscabezas 2.6.20-1.2944.fc6 #1 SMP Tue Apr 10 18:46:45 EDT 2007 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux I have tried to create a 64-bit VM on a 32-bit host OS. CPU is AMD Opteron dual-core It crashes while the text-mode installer starts sniffing the system. CD is WinXP64 SP1, original. CPU type is --- # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 65 model name : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2216 stepping: 2 cpu MHz : 1000.000 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings: 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 fdiv_bug: no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug: no coma_bug: no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8legacy ts fid vid ttp tm stc bogomips: 2001.24 clflush size: 64 processor : 1 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 65 model name : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2216 stepping: 2 cpu MHz : 1000.000 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings: 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 fdiv_bug: no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug: no coma_bug: no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8legacy ts fid vid ttp tm stc bogomips: 2001.24 clflush size: 64 --- Oh, FWIW, Virtualbox is installed in the system boot drive, Parallel ATA 40gig the VM virtual disk is located on a 250 GB sata drive on .dev/sda1 (ext3 partition) FC -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] disconnect gui from running machine?
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Randal T. Rioux ra...@procyonlabs.com wrote: Most kids don't use VirtualBox on their toys, as long as iTunes works all is well. Shouldn't be too big a problem. /macs are overpriced and made for elementary schools //flame on You made my day Randal. :-))) Also, how's that about Apple and Open Source software? I thought Apple ignores open source software and always pretends Linux doesn't exist. But then I guess we can all live without Quicktime for Linux... ;-) FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Announce: VirtualBox 2.1.0 released!
Frank, Very exciting release. It's good to see VBox growing by leaps and bounds and challenging that other VMW thing. However, by looking at the manual I don't get the meaning of this: If you want to use 64-bit guest support on a 32-bit host operating system, you must also select a 64-bit operating system for the particular VM. Since supporting 64 bits on 32-bit hosts incurs additional overhead, VirtualBox only enables this support upon explicit request. On 64-bit hosts, 64-bit guest support is always enabled, so you can simply install a 64-bit operating system in the guest What does upon explicit request mean?? I loaded Vbox 2.1.0 under WinXP (32b) SP2. Created a new VM. Selected Windows and XP as new OS. Tried to install XP64 (inside XP32) and got the message from the install CD that you need a 64-bit CPU to install this Hence, what is this explicit request the manual talks about?. In any case, that paragraphs needs some cleanup for clarity. Thanks, FC PS: I'm running a single-core Athlon64 3400+ here, 64-bit,yes, but no AMD-V ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Announce: VirtualBox 2.1.0 released!
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: Please note that you need AMD-V (or VT-x with Intel CPUs) in any case if you want to use 64-bit guests. It does not matter if your CPU is 32-bit or 64-bit. Sorry, I fear your CPU will not support 64-bit guests. Hence, what is this explicit request the manual talks about?. In any case, that paragraphs needs some cleanup for clarity. If your CPU would support AMD-V there would be entries like Ubuntu (64-bit). Because your CPU does not support AMD-V, you will not see these entries. Oh, thanks for the explanation. Note that I said I'm using here a Athlon 64, that doesn't mean I don't have an AMD-V enabled CPU. In fact, I do have a Linux desktop running AMD Opteron Dual-Core 2216. PS: I'm running a single-core Athlon64 3400+ here, 64-bit,yes, but no AMD-V So no 64-bit support for guests, sorry. Would you consider rewording the mentioned paragraph in the User's Manual?. Just adding the two paragraphs that you quoted above would be more than enough to make the point clear. A CPU with hardware virtualization (AMD-V) is needed to run a 64-bit guest under a 32-bit host. If your CPU supports AMD-V there would be entries like Ubuntu (64-bit). If your CPU does not support AMD-V, you will not see these entries, and you cannot run a 64-bit Guest in a 32-bit host OS. FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Announce: VirtualBox 2.1.0 released!
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Alexey Eremenko al4...@gmail.com wrote: Mobile Core 1 CPU also known as Core Solo and Core Duo I stopped caring about cpu internals at the time of the MOS6502. On the PC, I always cared only about helping with my money to the smallest, most competitive vendors. So, I've been a happy AMD user ever since the AMD386-40 (and yes,I even have a Transmeta Crusoe based system :). *offtopic alert* :) FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
