[ubuntu-uk] Test drive and V-Box ..

2011-02-16 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there Someone (was it you Alan C?) suggested TestDrive as an easy way of doing regular tests on the Alpha Natty. I've been trying TestDrive with VirtualBox as the engine. Nice idea! BUT, behaviour is very different from running a CD. At the moment, I have the well reported problem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test drive and V-Box ..

2011-02-16 Thread Alan Pope
On 16 February 2011 12:22, Barry Drake bdr...@crosswire.org wrote: Hi there  Someone (was it you Alan C?) suggested TestDrive as an easy way of doing regular tests on the Alpha Natty. If it weren't for the fact that Natty needs 3D for the Unity desktop, which you won't get out of the box

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test drive and V-Box ..

2011-02-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 16 February 2011 12:25, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: Due to the VirtualBox extensions not being present. Have you tried doing the install inside virtualbox and then adding the extensions, then rebooting the VM? The other day I downloaded the latest VirtualBox, and tried Natty. I did not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test drive and V-Box ..

2011-02-16 Thread Alan Bell
On 16/02/11 19:07, Philip Stubbs wrote: On 16 February 2011 12:25, Alan Popea...@popey.com wrote: Due to the VirtualBox extensions not being present. Have you tried doing the install inside virtualbox and then adding the extensions, then rebooting the VM? The other day I downloaded the latest

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test drive and V-Box ..

2011-02-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 16 February 2011 19:39, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: On 16/02/11 19:07, Philip Stubbs wrote: On 16 February 2011 12:25, Alan Popea...@popey.com  wrote: Due to the VirtualBox extensions not being present. Have you tried doing the install inside virtualbox and then

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test drive and V-Box ..

2011-02-16 Thread Alan Bell
On 16/02/11 19:45, Philip Stubbs wrote: I was trying VirtualBox 4.0.2 on a 64 bit Windows host. I was at work and only mildly curious so did not spend too much time working out what was wrong. Can you please let me know what version you are using, as I may want to try and run it at home on a