Re: [vbox-users] Serial ports

2009-02-01 Thread Gregory Nowak
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 09:04:33PM -0500, Graham Campbell wrote: > On > the host it shows the Data Set Ready line going to a 1 when I put the > Pilot into the cradle. However statserial running on the guest never > sees any change in the status lines.

[vbox-users] Serial ports

2009-02-01 Thread Graham Campbell
I am having trouble getting serial ports through to the guest. I am running a 64-bit Fedora 10 host. I want to get the port through to an XP guest, but since I don't know my way around Windows very well, I have created a 64-bit Fedora 10 guest. I assign the host device /dev/ttyS0 to the COM 1 port

[vbox-users] best method for virus scanning

2009-02-01 Thread news
Hi all, I have a windows XP guest running on an Ubuntu host. In the virtualbox documentation it recommends against running a virus scanner in the guest. Is it possible to scan the vdi file for viruses by running a scanner in the host (e.g. with clamav), and

Re: [vbox-users] Unresponsive mouse

2009-02-01 Thread Mag Gam
Very frustrating. I suppose I can downgrade my VBox but I am not sure what problems that will cause. I only run Windows XP for work related things. On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > Mag Gam wrote: >> I am using Virtualbox 2.1.2 on Ubuntu 8.10 on AMD 64 (2.6.27-11 >> kernel)

Re: [vbox-users] Unresponsive mouse

2009-02-01 Thread Larry Finger
Mag Gam wrote: > I am using Virtualbox 2.1.2 on Ubuntu 8.10 on AMD 64 (2.6.27-11 > kernel). I have recently upgraded to this version and using Windows XP > as my guest os. After certain period of time the mouse becomes > unresponsive. The mouse pointer is visible and able to move around but > I can

Re: [vbox-users] mouse integration not working with 2.1.2

2009-02-01 Thread Mag Gam
I too am facing this with Ubuntu 2.6.27-11-generic. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > I have a WindowsXP guest running in a VirtualBox 2.1.2 system on a Linux > host. I have the guest additions installed. The icon says 2.1.2r41885 > when I hover over it. > > The probl

[vbox-users] Unresponsive mouse

2009-02-01 Thread Mag Gam
I am using Virtualbox 2.1.2 on Ubuntu 8.10 on AMD 64 (2.6.27-11 kernel). I have recently upgraded to this version and using Windows XP as my guest os. After certain period of time the mouse becomes unresponsive. The mouse pointer is visible and able to move around but I can't click on anything. Eve