[osol-discuss] VirtualBox causes kernel panic when starting VM

2011-04-28 Thread Jason Herring
This all worked fine until I upgraded to snv_134 from 09/06 I was running 3.x version of Vbox. Vbox interface starts OK. I start a VM and the Solaris kernel panics: Apr 28 00:09:04 atlantis ^Mpanic[cpu0]/thread=ff00064cbc60: Apr 28 00:09:04 atlantis genunix: [ID 103648 kern.notice]

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox causes kernel panic when starting VM

2011-04-28 Thread Oscar del Rio
On 04/28/11 03:54 AM, Jason Herring wrote: This all worked fine until I upgraded to snv_134 from 09/06 I was running 3.x version of Vbox. Vbox interface starts OK. I start a VM and the Solaris kernel panics: I upgraded to VBox 4.0.4 and then 4.0.6 and got the same result. Did you remove the

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox causes kernel panic when starting VM

2011-04-28 Thread Jason Herring
More fun. I NFS mounted the VM from a Linux box and went to start the VM - this also panicked the *opensolaris* kernel! Maybe this is something to do with the network stack? Though I see a lot of references to sata/scsi and si3124 (sata controller card in machine) in the panic: Apr 28

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox causes kernel panic when starting VM

2011-04-28 Thread Dmitry G. Kozhinov
I was running 3.x version of Vbox Have you tried to create a new virtual machine in the latest version of VirtualBox rather than trying to run the buggy instance of older version VM? This will require to install/configure OpenSolaris though, but this should not be so hard to do. -- This

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox causes kernel panic when starting VM

2011-04-28 Thread Michael Schuster
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 18:39, Dmitry G. Kozhinov d...@desktopfay.com wrote: I was running 3.x version of Vbox Have you tried to create a new virtual machine in the latest version of VirtualBox rather than trying to run the buggy instance of older version VM? he did say that he had the same

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox causes kernel panic when starting VM

2011-04-28 Thread Paul Griffith
On 04/28/11 03:54 AM, Jason Herring wrote: This all worked fine until I upgraded to snv_134 from 09/06 I was running 3.x version of Vbox. Vbox interface starts OK. I start a VM and the Solaris kernel panics: Apr 28 00:09:04 atlantis ^Mpanic[cpu0]/thread=ff00064cbc60: Apr 28 00:09:04

[osol-discuss] VirtualBox internal networking

2010-07-13 Thread Gary
Haven't received and answer on the virtualbox forum, so thought maybe somebody here knows. Using FreeBSD jails on lo1 with 10.0.02, 10.0.0.3, 10.0.0.4 /24 Have VirtualBox OSE 3.2.6 installed and have internal networking selected. Why can a VirtualBox guest with an IP of 10.0.0.5/24 not be able

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox internal networking

2010-07-13 Thread Gary
| |VB guest with intern net 10.0.0.5/24 | |---| |VB guest with intern net 10.0.0.4/24 | |---| |FreeBSD jail 10.0.0.3/24 | |---| |

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox internal networking

2010-07-13 Thread Brandon Hume
On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 10:29 -0700, Gary wrote: Is it not possible with VirtualBox using internal networking to be able to communicate with the FreeBSD jails? I thought I'd replied to you, but the reply must have been lost. The answer is no; see:

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox internal networking

2010-07-13 Thread Gary
Thanks. I thought that was going to be the answer. But I appreciate the reply I can use host-only; I prefer not to use bridged for this. Will setup host-only. Thanks again! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox/OpenSolaris

2010-07-06 Thread Bayard Bell
This is well off-topic for this list, but, for the record, I've been following OpenBSD -current for about a year, running on VirtualBox, without issue. I've been following the trac notifications since last year, and the only open issue I've seen is an old one indicating problems with

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox/OpenSolaris

2010-07-06 Thread Gary
I'd say someone having a problem on May 30, 2010 makes it a still relevant problem since they tried VT-x (with/out). There was also a problem in Feb, 2010, same issue. The post was also more to the point that if OpenSolaris isn't being released because of bugs, then what is the keeping

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox/OpenSolaris

2010-07-06 Thread Bayard Bell
Short response: what you've got is inapt comparison, compounded by a lack of interest in a level of detail that makes for meaningful analysis or tenable conclusions (e.g. someone updates a long-standing bug ticket, where it isn't clear that the original issue is a bug in the first instance or

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox/OpenSolaris

2010-07-06 Thread Gary
There was plenty of information in the 05/30/2010 VirtualBox ticket. Yet, your update to the ticket is to have them close it, specifically, when a problem hasn't been addressed? That was a real technical update too. Close it. Sheer stupidity on your part. -- This message posted from

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox/OpenSolaris

2010-07-06 Thread Bayard Bell
Your characterisation here is just as inapt and indifferent to basic distinctions as anything else you've had to say on this matter. Anyone who wants to know about VirtualBox bug reporting guidelines can look here: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Bugtracker Anyone who wants to know about the

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox/OpenSolaris

2010-07-06 Thread Gary
You had absolutely no basis to update the OpenBSD/VirutalBox ticket. All you said was close it. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox/OpenSolaris

2010-07-04 Thread Gary
:...ensures the product always meets professional quality criteria. That is a misstatement if ever I've heard one. SUN/VirtualBox say OpenBSD IS a supported guest os. For the longest time I had segmentation faults when trying to install OpenBSD and finally have succeeded in not having them

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox/OpenSolaris

2010-07-03 Thread Bruce D Porter
On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:54:51 -0700, Gary wrote: Why do they release a newer version of VirtualBox so frequently? Releases appear faster than the ex-wife could spend money. The reason given by some for OpenSolaris is there are bugs. Well, if that is truly the case for not releasing

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox/OpenSolaris

2010-07-02 Thread Calum Benson
On 2 Jul 2010, at 18:54, Gary wrote: The reason given by some for OpenSolaris is there are bugs. Well, if that is truly the case for not releasing OpenSolaris, then what propels them to constantly have new versions of VirtualBox instead of having a more stable and bug-free product? You

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox/OpenSolaris

2010-07-02 Thread Gary
Thank you. I'll post the question in the forum on virtualbox.org. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox in extra repository is lagging behind

2010-06-14 Thread alan pae
Thanks Alan. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] VirtualBox in extra repository is lagging behind

2010-06-13 Thread Cyril Plisko
Hi, I am not sure whether the people that take care of https://pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/extra/ are hanging on that list, but Id better try. The VirtualBox that extra serves is 3.1.8, while the version available from virtualbox.org is 3.2.4 Are there any plans to update extra repo, or it falls

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox in extra repository is lagging behind

2010-06-13 Thread Erik Trimble
This was asked on the virtualbox list a week ago or so, right after 3.2.2 came out. The answer was: YES, it will be updated, though not immediately. The update delay was being driven by factors other than the impending OpenSolaris release. (frankly, I suspect that they don't want to push a

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox in extra repository is lagging behind

2010-06-13 Thread Cyril Plisko
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Erik Trimble erik.trim...@oracle.com wrote: The update delay was being driven by factors other than the impending OpenSolaris release. (frankly, I suspect that they don't want to push a new sub-version each week, which is the current rate of bugfix releases

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox in extra repository is lagging behind

2010-06-13 Thread alan pae
Hi, I am not sure whether the people that take care of https://pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/extra/ are hanging on that list, but Id better try. Is OpenOffice still at 3.1 or whatever it was? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox in extra repository is lagging behind

2010-06-13 Thread Alan Coopersmith
alan pae wrote: Hi, I am not sure whether the people that take care of https://pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/extra/ are hanging on that list, but Id better try. Is OpenOffice still at 3.1 or whatever it was? You'd get a faster answer by asking pkg.opensolaris.org than asking the list:

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox v3.2.0 BETA download

2010-05-01 Thread Giovanni Tirloni
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:07 AM, russell str...@willows7.myzen.co.uk wrote: On 30/04/2010 22:50, Giovanni Tirloni wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:06 PM, russell aspinwall str...@willows7.myzen.co.uk mailto:str...@willows7.myzen.co.uk wrote: Hi, The latest version of VirtualBox

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox v3.2.0 BETA download

2010-05-01 Thread Chavdar Ivanov
Hi, And that is the first Oracle-branded version! Cheers, Chavdar -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox v3.2.0 BETA download

2010-05-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Giovanni Tirloni gtirl...@sysdroid.com wrote: On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:07 AM, russell str...@willows7.myzen.co.uk wrote: On 30/04/2010 22:50, Giovanni Tirloni wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:06 PM, russell aspinwall str...@willows7.myzen.co.uk mailto:str...@willows7.myzen.co.uk

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox v3.2.0 BETA download

2010-05-01 Thread russell
On 30/04/2010 22:50, Giovanni Tirloni wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:06 PM, russell aspinwall str...@willows7.myzen.co.uk mailto:str...@willows7.myzen.co.uk wrote: Hi, The latest version of VirtualBox v3.2.0 Beta is available for download here

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox v3.2.0 BETA download

2010-05-01 Thread Giovanni Tirloni
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Joerg Schilling joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de wrote: From the perspective of running the OSS hoster berlios.de, I know that 99% if the reported download problems are caused at the side of the downloader: Agreed. I worked at an ISP for several years and

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox v3.2.0 BETA download

2010-05-01 Thread Ian Collins
On 05/ 1/10 10:33 PM, Giovanni Tirloni wrote: I think this is a CDN snafu. I still can't download anymore both from home and work. Working fine for me: --23:14:45--

[osol-discuss] VirtualBox v3.2.0 BETA download

2010-04-30 Thread russell aspinwall
Hi, The latest version of VirtualBox v3.2.0 Beta is available for download here http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.0_BETA1/VirtualBox-3.2.0_BETA1-60785-SunOS.tar.gz Unfortunately there appears to be a problem at present where you can only download 6.3MB of the 82MB file. Not being

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox v3.2.0 BETA download

2010-04-30 Thread Giovanni Tirloni
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:06 PM, russell aspinwall str...@willows7.myzen.co.uk wrote: Hi, The latest version of VirtualBox v3.2.0 Beta is available for download here http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.0_BETA1/VirtualBox-3.2.0_BETA1-60785-SunOS.tar.gz Unfortunately there

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox v3.2.0 BETA download

2010-04-30 Thread sand_man
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:50:07 -0300 Giovanni Tirloni gtirl...@sysdroid.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:06 PM, russell aspinwall str...@willows7.myzen.co.uk wrote: Hi, The latest version of VirtualBox v3.2.0 Beta is available for download here

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox v3.2.0 BETA download

2010-04-30 Thread sand_man
On Sat, 1 May 2010 13:08:40 +0930 Ty John (sand_man) ty...@eye-of-odin.com wrote: On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:50:07 -0300 Giovanni Tirloni gtirl...@sysdroid.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:06 PM, russell aspinwall str...@willows7.myzen.co.uk wrote: Hi, The latest version of

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2010-02-24 Thread Alan Steinberg
It should be there now as of yesterday. -- Alan On 02/23/10 10:46 PM, Cyril Plisko wrote: On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Garen Parhamgare...@gmail.com wrote: Should we be lobbying the VirtualBox folks then? Is there a better venue to do that? I'm really eagerly awaiting 3.1 due to

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2010-02-24 Thread Cyril Plisko
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Alan Steinberg alan.steinb...@sun.com wrote: It should be there now as of yesterday. Yeah, I've noticed that two moments after I hit Send. (Learned my lesson) -- Alan On 02/23/10 10:46 PM, Cyril Plisko wrote: On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Garen

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2010-02-23 Thread Cyril Plisko
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Garen Parham gare...@gmail.com wrote: Should we be lobbying the VirtualBox folks then?  Is there a better venue to do that? I'm really eagerly awaiting 3.1 due to the improved USB/Audio support for OpenSolaris. Any ideas when 3.1.4 will appear in extra repo

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2010-02-23 Thread Cyril Plisko
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Cyril Plisko cyril.pli...@mountall.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Garen Parham gare...@gmail.com wrote: Should we be lobbying the VirtualBox folks then?  Is there a better venue to do that? I'm really eagerly awaiting 3.1 due to the improved

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-12-01 Thread Robert Milkowski
Alan Steinberg wrote: I'm not in the VirtualBox organization, but I'm not aware of any beta releases. VirtualBox has been releasing on a cadence of a new version about every 4 weeks. We've tried to keep the gap between SVR4 package and IPS availability as small as possible. They do release

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-12-01 Thread Cyril Plisko
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Alan Steinberg alan.steinb...@sun.com wrote: I'm not in the VirtualBox organization, but I'm not aware of any beta releases. VirtualBox has been releasing on a cadence of a new version about every 4 weeks. We've tried to keep the gap between SVR4 package and IPS

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-12-01 Thread Rob McMahon
On 01/12/2009 13:13, Cyril Plisko wrote: On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Alan Steinbergalan.steinb...@sun.com wrote: I'm not in the VirtualBox organization, but I'm not aware of any beta releases. VirtualBox has been releasing on a cadence of a new version about every 4 weeks. We've tried

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-12-01 Thread Garen Parham
Should we be lobbying the VirtualBox folks then? Is there a better venue to do that? I'm really eagerly awaiting 3.1 due to the improved USB/Audio support for OpenSolaris. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-11-30 Thread Alan Steinberg
I'm not in the VirtualBox organization, but I'm not aware of any beta releases. VirtualBox has been releasing on a cadence of a new version about every 4 weeks. We've tried to keep the gap between SVR4 package and IPS availability as small as possible. -- Alan Robert Milkowski wrote: Hi,

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-11-26 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hi, It would also be nice if you would provide your beta releases in IPS packaging... On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Alan Steinberg wrote: We hope to have the IPS version up in the next day or so. I don't think you would want to manually download and install the tarballs from the virtualbox.org

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-11-25 Thread Alan Steinberg
OK, it is now available! -- Alan Alan Steinberg wrote: We hope to have the IPS version up in the next day or so. I don't think you would want to manually download and install the tarballs from the virtualbox.org website, since you would first have to uninstall the IPS version, then uninstall

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-11-25 Thread Rich Reynolds
Allan - is .10 still available??? all i see is .12 in the IPS and it broke some things, i need to reinstall .10 ASAP... rich Alan Steinberg wrote: OK, it is now available! -- Alan Alan Steinberg wrote: We hope to have the IPS version up in the next day or so. I don't think you would want

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-11-25 Thread Alan Steinberg
All the previous packages are there, but not displayed in the web browser by default. You can either find the option in the browser to display all versions, or you can just specify the 3.0.10 version in the FMRI when you run the pkg install. It should be able to find it. -- Alan Rich

[osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-11-24 Thread keithk
Hi: I have not been able to upgrade my virtualbox 3.0.12 because the IPS version has not been made available through the sun extra repository. Is there any way I can do a manual upgrade from my existing IPS package? Thanks, Keith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-11-24 Thread Alan Steinberg
We hope to have the IPS version up in the next day or so. I don't think you would want to manually download and install the tarballs from the virtualbox.org website, since you would first have to uninstall the IPS version, then uninstall the tarball when you switch back to the IPS version. I

[osol-discuss] virtualbox

2009-10-10 Thread philo neo
hi, i install virtual box of osol, but when i try to install linux ubuntu64 or win xp pro, i have a same error messsage : FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted. i use an best distribution 64bit but i don't understand. thanks philo -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox

2009-10-10 Thread Orvar Korvar
Go to virtualbox.org forum and ask there. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox security - global zone vs. non-global zone

2009-07-11 Thread Gary Bainbridge
I was successful using FreeBSD 7.2 in VirtualBox 3.0.2 in a non-global zone on OpenSolaris 0906. I was partially successful with OpenBSD 4.5 in VirtualBox 3.0.2 in a non-global zone on OpenSolaris 0906. The usual disk full message and segmentation faults occurred during installation but the

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox 3.0 -- OpenBSD runs fine with 2.2.4

2009-07-10 Thread Gary Bainbridge
VirtualBox 3.0.0 fails to startup in a non-global zone just like 2.2.4 and 2.2.2. Only 2.2.0 seems to work in a non-global zone. Which means I can't run OpenBSD because it gets seg faults and disk full errors on 2.2.0. Can't run 2.2.4 because something is broken and it doesn't appear

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox 3.0 -- OpenBSD runs fine with 2.2.4

2009-07-09 Thread Karel Gardas
Hello, just to let you know, since VBox 2.2.4 I'm running OpenBSD 4.5 happily on OS 2009.06. I get no more strange segfaults (like in the past with 1.x-2.2.2 and OpenBSD 4.3-4.4). Please give it a try and complain on VBox forums if it does not work for you. Thanks, Karel -- This message posted

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox 3.0 -- OpenBSD runs fine with 2.2.4

2009-07-09 Thread Gary Bainbridge
For what it's worth: I opened a bug (#4226) on the virtualbox.org site in bugtracker for the FreeBSD only working with 2.2.0 in a non-global zone and there hasn't been any movement. There are also a few OpenBSD bugs that address the disk full and seg fault problems, so opening a new one about

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox 3.0 -- OpenBSD runs fine with 2.2.4

2009-07-09 Thread Karel Gardas
I run VBox only in global zone if you are curious. Having OpenBSD/pf running in VBox in non-global zone would be nice, indeed. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] VirtualBox 3.0

2009-07-08 Thread Gary Bainbridge
With VirtualBox 2.2.2 and 2.2.4 in a non-global zone I am unable to use FreeBSD as a guest, although FreeBSD works with VirtualBox 2.2.0. So can SUN verify that FreeBSD works as a guest in VirtualBox 3.0 in a non-global zone? Also, is OpenBSD EVER going to work in VirtualBox? If not, then

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox 3.0

2009-07-08 Thread Shawn Walker
Gary Bainbridge wrote: With VirtualBox 2.2.2 and 2.2.4 in a non-global zone I am unable to use FreeBSD as a guest, although FreeBSD works with VirtualBox 2.2.0. So can SUN verify that FreeBSD works as a guest in VirtualBox 3.0 in a non-global zone? Also, is OpenBSD EVER going to work in

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox 3.0

2009-07-08 Thread Gary Bainbridge
Thanks, but I have already opened a bug ticket (4226) with virtualbox.org and there was only one response - asking if I followed the documentation - without regard to reading that 2.2.0 works but not later releases. I thought since that bug and the OpenBSD full disk and seg faults aren't dealt

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox 3.0

2009-07-08 Thread Shawn Walker
Gary Bainbridge wrote: Thanks, but I have already opened a bug ticket (4226) with virtualbox.org and there was only one response - asking if I followed the documentation - without regard to reading that 2.2.0 works but not later releases. I thought since that bug and the OpenBSD full disk and

[osol-discuss] VirtualBox from different users Error

2009-03-19 Thread Steven Sim
All; I am sorry if this is not the correct place to post this. I have Open Solaris running @ home. $ cat /etc/release OpenSolaris 2008.11 snv_101b_rc2 X86 Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Use is subject to

[osol-discuss] VirtualBox on snv_96, Server 2003 guest slow and unstable

2008-09-12 Thread Dustin Rue
I installed VBox on my test system (PowerEdge 2600), then installed Server 2003 Enterprise. I'm having a ton of issues with the entire system rebooting, Server 2003 simply losing network or when it isn't crashing or is still on the network, ping times are erratic. 50ms, 1000ms, 1ms and so on.

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox on snv_96, Server 2003 guest slow and unstable

2008-09-12 Thread Jürgen Keil
I installed VBox on my test system (PowerEdge 2600), then installed Server 2003 Enterprise. I'm having a ton of issues with the entire system rebooting, Server 2003 simply losing network or when it isn't crashing or is still on the network, ping times are erratic. 50ms, 1000ms, 1ms and so

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox on snv_96, Server 2003 guest slow and unstable

2008-09-12 Thread Dustin Rue
2.0.0. I haven't tried the older version at all. I'm testing this out in my spare time, which hasn't been much. Thanks for helping confirm that I don't simply have a hardware issue though. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox on snv_96, Server 2003 guest slow and unstable

2008-09-12 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
2.0.0. I haven't tried the older version at all. I'm testing this out in my spare time, which hasn't been much. Thanks for helping confirm that I don't simply have a hardware issue though. This problem is fixed in 2.0.2, which just came out today:

[osol-discuss] VirtualBox on zfs

2008-06-23 Thread Mike DeMarco
Just a note to hopefully help someone else out. I have been running VirtualBox on my sager laptop inside zfs partition with 2Gbytes of ram build 82. Even though I had the Guest OS set to 600Meg. (WindowsXP) MY memory would keep dropping until I started seeing performance problems. I added

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox on zfs

2008-06-23 Thread Jan Friedel
Hi, On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 04:37:36AM -0700, Mike DeMarco wrote: Just a note to hopefully help someone else out. I have been running VirtualBox on my sager laptop inside zfs partition with 2Gbytes of ram build 82. Even though I had the Guest OS set to 600Meg. (WindowsXP) MY

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-29 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
In the most recent annual survey by LInux Journal, VirtualBox was almost neck and neck with VMWare in the virtualization category. For a product that only came out in 2007, this is really incredible. If anyone has problem building a vdi image from the upgrade WindowsXP CD, plse let me know.

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox Host interface

2008-05-22 Thread Mike DeMarco
I am trying to give VirtualBox a host Interface to use. Going over the docs I have: created a vnic using the vnic_setup.sh script plumbed the interface and configured with a ip on the same network as the destination ip. I set the interface name in the VirtualBox GUI and booted my

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox Host interface

2008-05-22 Thread James Carlson
Mike DeMarco writes: Going over the docs I have: created a vnic using the vnic_setup.sh script plumbed the interface and configured with a ip on the same network as the destination ip. [...] If no one can help with this can anyone point me to more resources for crossbow

[osol-discuss] VirtualBox Host interface

2008-05-21 Thread Mike DeMarco
I am trying to give VirtualBox a host Interface to use. Going over the docs I have: created a vnic using the vnic_setup.sh script plumbed the interface and configured with a ip on the same network as the destination ip. I set the interface name in the VirtualBox GUI and booted my virtaul

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-15 Thread Joerg Schilling
Alan DuBoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 14 May 2008, Alan Coopersmith wrote: Mike DeMarco wrote: Took /opt/csw/lib out of my LD_LIBRARY_PATH and it now works. Just one of the many reasons you should never have LD_LIBRARY_PATH set in your environment, where it will break all

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-15 Thread Mike DeMarco
Took /opt/csw/lib out of my LD_LIBRARY_PATH and it now works. Hi, Why would you need /opt/csw/lib in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH If the csw packages are built correctly then you do not need it set :-) I have never set it for csw. If all your packages are built correctly then you don't need

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-15 Thread Mike DeMarco
New problem: I have been able to start VirtualBox Still does not work from the link /usr/bin/VirtualBox - /opt/VirtualBox/VBox Usage: basename string [ suffix ] Unknown application - If I change the link to /usr/bin/VirtualBox - /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox This works Problem

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-15 Thread Joerg Schilling
Mike DeMarco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem during install. /platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/vboxdrv /platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/vboxdrv.conf [ verifying class none ] Modifying /etc/devlink.tab [ verifying class sed ] ## Executing postinstall script. Sun xVM VirtualBox - postinstall script

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-15 Thread James Carlson
Mike DeMarco writes: xine, vlc, ogle to name three will not run without somehow knowing about /opt/csw/lib. If you need LD_LIBRARY_PATH for *anything*, then file a bug. The person who compiled and linked that application didn't do it right. He used -L but forgot to use -R. For what it's

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-15 Thread Joerg Schilling
James Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike DeMarco writes: xine, vlc, ogle to name three will not run without somehow knowing about /opt/csw/lib. If you need LD_LIBRARY_PATH for *anything*, then file a bug. The person who compiled and linked that application didn't do it right. He

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-15 Thread Mike DeMarco
New problem: I have been able to start VirtualBox Still does not work from the link /usr/bin/VirtualBox - /opt/VirtualBox/VBox Usage: basename string [ suffix ] Unknown application - If I change the link to /usr/bin/VirtualBox - /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox This works Problem

[osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-14 Thread Mike DeMarco
Has anyone gotten Virtual box up and running? I have installed the package, but if I try to run it I get: VirtualBox -help Usage: basename string [ suffix ] Unknown application - VirtualBox Usage: basename string [ suffix ] Unknown application - I thought windows had cryptic messages! This

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-14 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Mike DeMarco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone gotten Virtual box up and running? I have installed the package, but if I try to run it I get: VirtualBox -help Usage: basename string [ suffix ] Unknown application - VirtualBox Usage: basename

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-14 Thread Mike DeMarco
Has anyone gotten Virtual box up and running? I have installed the package, but if I try to run it I get: VirtualBox -help Usage: basename string [ suffix ] Unknown application - VirtualBox Usage: basename string [ suffix ] Unknown application - I thought windows had cryptic

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-14 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Mike DeMarco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone gotten Virtual box up and running? I have installed the package, but if I try to run it I get: VirtualBox -help Usage: basename string [ suffix ] Unknown application - VirtualBox Usage:

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-14 Thread Frank . Hofmann
On Wed, 14 May 2008, Dennis Clarke wrote: On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Mike DeMarco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone gotten Virtual box up and running? I have installed the package, but if I try to run it I get: VirtualBox -help Usage: basename string [ suffix ] Unknown

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-14 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 14 May 2008, Dennis Clarke wrote: On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Mike DeMarco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone gotten Virtual box up and running? I have installed the package, but if I try to run it

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-14 Thread Mike DeMarco
Took /opt/csw/lib out of my LD_LIBRARY_PATH and it now works. Blastwave is great but it often clobbers functionality. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-14 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike DeMarco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Took /opt/csw/lib out of my LD_LIBRARY_PATH and it now works. Thou should not have LD_LIBRARY_PATH at all. Jörg Oh ye most high. I do think you intended : Thou shalt not

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-14 Thread Alan DuBoff
On Wed, 14 May 2008, Alan Coopersmith wrote: Mike DeMarco wrote: Took /opt/csw/lib out of my LD_LIBRARY_PATH and it now works. Just one of the many reasons you should never have LD_LIBRARY_PATH set in your environment, where it will break all programs, and instead only set it in wrapper

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-05-14 Thread Ben Taylor
Took /opt/csw/lib out of my LD_LIBRARY_PATH and it now works. Blastwave is great but it often clobbers functionality. Blastwave doesn't clobber functionality. Unawareness clobbers functionality. What are you doing with a LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Solaris. Here's a good read why LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-02-15 Thread Ian Collins
Tim Scanlon wrote: I might be a bit more excited if they did a non amd64 Solaris build... Seriously wtf? It's not rocket science and they did it for every flavor of linux under the sun... They have, it's an AMD/Intel build. Ian ___

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-02-15 Thread Michael Huff
I pulled out my build 66 starter kit, installed it and then downloaded the package and after installing that I made up an windows 2003 virtual machine and the speed appears to be well within acceptable limits -it's a good sight faster than qemu is (which I was surprised to find out). My mind

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-02-15 Thread Lurie
I believe gentry was referring to 64bit vs 32bit, there's only a 64bit binary available for download. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-02-15 Thread Mario Goebbels
My mind might change on that when I try to do anything more strenuous than browse the web with it, of course, but for now it seems really nice What I've noticed is that it's pretty invasive on the host system. I was trying to watch a PAL resolution video with mplayer on Solaris while

[osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-02-15 Thread Alan Burlison
Indeed, I installed ae by following the instructions in the readme and have DP2 working in VirtualBox on Mac OS X - should work for other OpenSolaris distros on other platforms as far as I can see. I've put an ISO of the ae driver tarball on

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-02-15 Thread Alan Burlison
Also, I am only able to get 1024x768 screen. See http://blogs.sun.com/alanbur/entry/kicking_both_tyres_together_virtualbox for instructions on how to increase the resolution. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-02-15 Thread Joerg Schilling
Josh Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: VMWare Server is free now. I don't know what features the Workstation has, but the Server seems to satisfy all my needs. It soes not satisfy my needs as it does not run on Solaris. VirtualBox is not yet complete but it runs on Solaris and I have just beeen

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-02-15 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
Josh Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: VMWare Server is free now. I don't know what features the Workstation has, but the Server seems to satisfy all my needs. It soes not satisfy my needs as it does not run on Solaris. VirtualBox is not yet complete but it runs on Solaris and I have

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-02-14 Thread Mario Goebbels
VirtualBox is way faster than QEMU, though it shares some of the code. I like it already. There are a few issues here and there, but other than that, it's great. Nice product Sun bought there. Also, obligatory posturing screenshot, showing seamless mode, currently only working on Xinerama

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-02-14 Thread Joerg Schilling
Moinak Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, it should be noted that the Solaris port of VirtualBox is only a beta, and it came out, AFAIK, only yesterday. I am sure there are many loose ends that need to be taken care of. Some of the inadequacies are major, e.g., it does not seem

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