[ubuntu-uk] Friend managed to start virtual box kernel with grub

2009-07-10 Thread Kris Douglas
Hello everyone, I was just wondering if I could get some information on some of the events that have recently transpired. My mate has recently tried to install virtual box on his pc, succeeding in this task, he booted his pc to see his X server had loaded default drivers, and his mouse and network

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Friend managed to start virtual box kernel with grub

2009-07-10 Thread Paul Roach
To install and run virtualbox, you need the appropriate kernel modules in order for it to run correctly, although this should just add hardware compatibility for his VM's and shouldn't remove any hardware support. Was there any unusual content in /var/log/messages? Did he use any guides when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Friend managed to start virtual box kernel with grub

2009-07-10 Thread Kris Douglas
2009/7/10 Paul Roach roa...@roachy.net: To install and run virtualbox, you need the appropriate kernel modules in order for it to run correctly, although this should just add hardware compatibility for his VM's and shouldn't remove any hardware support. Was there any unusual content in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Friend managed to start virtual box kernel with grub

2009-07-10 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/10 Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com: Nope and nope, it just seemed to load a server kernel for little/no reason :) There will be a reason, we just don't know with the detail you've provided what that reason is yet. Did they install from the repo or from sun.com, did they download the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Friend managed to start virtual box kernel with grub

2009-07-10 Thread Rob Beard
Kris Douglas wrote: Hello everyone, I was just wondering if I could get some information on some of the events that have recently transpired. My mate has recently tried to install virtual box on his pc, succeeding in this task, he booted his pc to see his X server had loaded default drivers,