Re: [vbox-users] Kernel update breaks VirtualBox

2008-06-05 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 05:20:05PM -0600, drew einhorn wrote: I had virtualbox-ose runny on a ubuntu hardy box. Then the recent kernel update 2.6.24-17 - 2.6.24-18 broke it. First I googled for a solution and found several suggestions that don't work. What errors do you get and what have

[vbox-users] USB Cellphone Network device

2008-06-05 Thread drew einhorn
Hi, I have a USB device that's supposed to talk to cell towers for internet access. It's supposed to work under linux, but doesn't. Am hoping that maybe I can get it to work under windows with VirtualBox. Can the Windows VM access a host USB device. Google finds me some articles about an

[vbox-users] RedPill for VirtualBox: how to detect that I'm running on a guest system?

2008-06-05 Thread Marcin Hoppe
Dear VirtualBox users, How can I detect (from my own program) that I am running inside VirtualBox guest operating system? I know some techniques for detecting other VMEs like VMware and VirtualPC (like aforementioned RedPill). Is there a way to detect VirtualBox? Best regards! Marcin Hoppe

Re: [vbox-users] RedPill for VirtualBox: how to detect that I'm running on a guest system?

2008-06-05 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Marcin Hoppe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear VirtualBox users, How can I detect (from my own program) that I am running inside VirtualBox guest operating system? I know some techniques for detecting other VMEs like VMware and VirtualPC (like aforementioned

Re: [vbox-users] USB Cellphone Network device

2008-06-05 Thread Renaud
drew einhorn wrote: Hi, I have a USB device that's supposed to talk to cell towers for internet access. It's supposed to work under linux, but doesn't. Am hoping that maybe I can get it to work under windows with VirtualBox. Can the Windows VM access a host USB device. Google finds

Re: [vbox-users] USB Cellphone Network device

2008-06-05 Thread Steven Davies-Morris
Renaud wrote: drew einhorn wrote: Hi, I have a USB device that's supposed to talk to cell towers for internet access. It's supposed to work under linux, but doesn't. Am hoping that maybe I can get it to work under windows with VirtualBox. Can the Windows VM access a host USB device.

Re: [vbox-users] USB Cellphone Network device

2008-06-05 Thread steve
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steven Davies-Morris wrote: | Renaud wrote: | drew einhorn wrote: | Hi, | | I have a USB device that's supposed to talk to cell towers for internet | access. | | It's supposed to work under linux, but doesn't. Am hoping that maybe I can | get it to