[vbox-users] mimimal linux host, minimal linux lamp guest

2007-03-16 Thread Erik Poupaert
Hi guys I'd like to do the following. I'm sitting here in Phnom Penh, and I am about to buy a so-called HP EVO 500 laptop with the purpose of running a virtualbox setup. Because of the confusing HP/COMPAQ machine denominations and nomenclatura, I cannot find information on whether its WXGA vid

Re: [vbox-users] Now my VM vanishes

2007-03-16 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 05:49:00PM -0700, Brad Templeton wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 02:33:40PM -0700, Brad Templeton wrote: > > > > Well, now that I have XP up under 1.3.8 on kubuntu edgy, all is > > not quite perfect. I created two shares: > > > > VBoxManage sharedfolder add XPHome -n

[vbox-users] sharedfolder problem

2007-03-16 Thread Zhiliang Ma
Hi all VBOX users, VirtualBox version: 1.3.8 Host: Windows XP Home Guest: Ubuntu 6.10 I can mount and read/write shared folders in ubuntu. However, after I save and then resumed my guest system, I cannot access the shared folders any more, it says "unknown type". In addition, if I restart the

[vbox-users] Now my VM vanishes

2007-03-16 Thread Brad Templeton
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 02:33:40PM -0700, Brad Templeton wrote: > > Well, now that I have XP up under 1.3.8 on kubuntu edgy, all is > not quite perfect. I created two shares: > > VBoxManage sharedfolder add XPHome -name tmp -hostpath /tmp > VBoxManage sharedfolder add XPHome -name home -

Re: [vbox-users] Call for user HOWTOs

2007-03-16 Thread Alexey Eremenko
Antonio : Very nice ! btw: I have written something similar for SUSE. How do you think, should we unite our documentation-set, or not, keep it distro-specific ? You can find my guide here: (this includes bridging too) http://www.violtan.com/ae/virtualbox.html to all: I have submitted my first pat

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders stability issue

2007-03-16 Thread Vladimir Petrović
On 3/16/07, Mark Whidby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I got similar problems. When saving a file with Microsoft Word in a > > shared folder the shared folder disappears and Word crashes. After > > reboot of the guest and re-adding the shared folder everything works > > fine again. > > It's a lot

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders stability issue

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Whidby
Jakob Buchgraber wrote: > I got similar problems. When saving a file with Microsoft Word in a > shared folder the shared folder disappears and Word crashes. After > reboot of the guest and re-adding the shared folder everything works > fine again. It's a lot more stable if you save your files

[vbox-users] Snapshots and Saved States Hibernation

2007-03-16 Thread Alexey Eremenko
Hi all ! As I understand, snap-shots are disc-svaed states, while "svaed states" are hibernation, or RAM-saved states. I have a question: why not make it so that snapshots will save state of both RAM *and* Hard Disk, so snapshots can be saved and reverted back to any working state in a running ma

Re: [vbox-users] shared folders stability issue

2007-03-16 Thread Jakob Buchgraber
Vladimir Petrović wrote: > Hi all, > I'm having stability issues with shared folders on Linux host, Windows > guest. If I try to copy large files from the shared folder or run some > software installer from it, Windows guest crashes and reboots. This > used to happen with 1.3.6, but not is seems to

Re: [vbox-users] Call for user HOWTOs

2007-03-16 Thread Antonio Augusto da Silva
Michael Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hello All, > > We have just created a section on VirtualBox.org for user-written > HOWTOs, which is currently waiting to be filled. A number of people > have written documentation about doing interesting and useful things > with VirtualBox - if

Re: [vbox-users] Compile problems on Darwin (OSX)

2007-03-16 Thread Sarah Pearson
--- Alexey Eremenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > virtualbox for Intel Mac: (alpha) > http://ciderhouse.ivory.ne.jp/mac/vbox/vbox_e.html Thanks for the link, but it seems to be a version built before the kernel driver was available - unless the wiki entry is incorrect and there is no kernel drive

Re: [vbox-users] where do I find a rpm for rtld...

2007-03-16 Thread Gwenole Beauchesne
Hi, > I tried to install the rpm for VirtualBox ther was a missing dependency which > is rtld. rtld(DT_GNU_HASH) is provided by the glibc from Mandriva Linux 2007 "Spring" edition, not released yet. I'd suggest InnoTek builds with Mandriva Linux 2007.0 or even 2006.0 [or use -Wl,--hash-style=sys

Re: [vbox-users] Uninstall guest drivers

2007-03-16 Thread Gerhard Kulzer
Am Thursday 15 March 2007 schrieb Alexey Eremenko: > Currently, there is no script to make it. > > The only way to remove LinuxAdditions is to manually unload and delete > the drivers (LKMs), and modify the configuration files. If I update from 1.3.2 to 1.3.6 do I have to change/update the guestAd

Re: [vbox-users] Call for user HOWTOs

2007-03-16 Thread Alexey Eremenko
OK, then I will start writing patches for your Official Documentation in plain-text format. Where to submit them? Send them to you? -Alexey ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users

Re: [vbox-users] Call for user HOWTOs

2007-03-16 Thread Michael Thayer
Hello Alexey, I have read though your documentation, and as it is indeed more a full guide to using VirtualBox, I decided on balance not to include it in the HOWTO section. I could perhaps include some of the individual paragraphs. >> You can always submit patches to the official documentation

Re: [vbox-users] Compile problems on Darwin (OSX)

2007-03-16 Thread Alexey Eremenko
virtualbox for Intel Mac: (alpha) http://ciderhouse.ivory.ne.jp/mac/vbox/vbox_e.html -Alexey ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users

[vbox-users] Compile problems on Darwin (OSX)

2007-03-16 Thread Sarah Pearson
Hi, I have been eagerly waiting for a pre-compiled version of VirtualBox with kernel driver for OSX, so decided to give it a go myself. There are several errors with xerces and xalan which are easily corrected, but the main error now is : VBoxConsoleView.h:40:27: error: DarwinCursor.h: No such f

[vbox-users] Wrong word break in the manual

2007-03-16 Thread David Balazic
Both 1.3.6 and 1.3.8 manual has this : 10.2.4. No networking in Windows Vista guests Unfortunately, with Vista, Microsoft dropped support for the virtual AMD PCnet card that we are providing to virtual machines. As a result, after installation, Vista guests initially have no networking. To fix

[vbox-users] shared folders stability issue

2007-03-16 Thread Vladimir Petrović
Hi all, I'm having stability issues with shared folders on Linux host, Windows guest. If I try to copy large files from the shared folder or run some software installer from it, Windows guest crashes and reboots. This used to happen with 1.3.6, but not is seems to be happening more often. I'm goi

Re: [vbox-users] where do I find a rpm for rtld...

2007-03-16 Thread Vladimir Petrović
I had the same problem. It seems that the RPM was build on Mandriva 2007.1 (Spring eddition) which is not yet officially released (currently, there is release candidate 1) which can be downloaded from mandriva site. Until you install 2007.1 or new RPM is build for 2007.0 edition, you'll have to use