[vbox-users] Key 3 not working in german Windows 2000 guest

2008-06-22 Thread Jochen Roderburg
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Re: [vbox-users] Key 3 not working in german Windows 2000 guest

2008-06-25 Thread Jochen Roderburg
s, looking forward to this next version ;-) Some other problem reports will come in separate threads. Jochen Roderburg ZAIK/RRZK University of Cologne Robert-Koch-Str. 10 Tel.: +49-221/478-7024 D-50931 Koeln E-

[vbox-users] Various networking problems

2008-06-29 Thread Jochen Roderburg
I can't remember if this was correlated to a particular VBox version or to some other change in my system or was purely random. Jochen Roderburg ZAIK/RRZK University of Cologne Robert-Koch-Str. 10Tel.: +49-221/478-7024 D-50931 Koeln E-Mail:

[vbox-users] Windows networking stopped working after upgrade to 1.6.2

2008-06-29 Thread Jochen Roderburg
xSF,manWorkstation" After the 1.6.2 Guest Additions installation these keys were missing the LanmanWorkstation part and I suspect that the update process made a little error here. Jochen Roderburg ZAIK/RRZK University of Cologne Robert-Koch-Str. 10

Re: [vbox-users] Windows networking stopped working after upgrade to 1.6.2

2008-06-30 Thread Jochen Roderburg
guest additions upgrade from 1.6.0 to 1.6.2. AFter several ups and downs I am currently at VBox 1.6.2, but with Windows guest additions 1.5.7, because I did not want to repeat that upgrade experience. ;-) Jochen Roderburg ZAIK/RRZK University of Cologne Robert-Koch-Str. 10

Re: [vbox-users] Windows networking stopped working after upgrade to 1.6.2

2008-07-07 Thread Jochen Roderburg
Zitat von "Jochen Roderburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes, correctly, the problem appeared after a Windows guest additions > upgrade from 1.6.0 to 1.6.2. > > AFter several ups and downs I am currently at VBox 1.6.2, but with > Windows guest additions 1.5.7, becaus

Re: [vbox-users] Various networking problems

2008-08-05 Thread Jochen Roderburg
k, in the log > file I see a number of those cryptic Windows error message which all > seem to mean that it somehow could not connect to the MS updates > servers. > > Another strange thing is that there had been a short time-frame when > all these errors disappeared,

[vbox-users] VirtualBox 1.6.4 on Linux: strange log file

2008-08-10 Thread Jochen Roderburg
in the release version? How do I get rid of it? Jochen Roderburg ZAIK/RRZK University of Cologne Robert-Koch-Str. 10Tel.: +49-221/478-7024 D-50931 Koeln E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Germany

Re: [vbox-users] VirtualBox 1.6.4 on Linux: strange log file

2008-08-10 Thread Jochen Roderburg
Zitat von "AuroraGeo Google" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The Developers forgot to turn off "debugging" Yeah, that's what it looked like.;-) > They are feverishly working to get 1.6.6 out soonly. Good situation for forgetting other things again ;-) > I have read that you can turn off writing to

Re: [vbox-users] Various networking problems

2008-08-13 Thread Jochen Roderburg
e NAT mode ;-) No instabilities except occasional hangs of the VM during shutdown. > Do you have a firewall running at the host (I know, Ubuntu normally > doesn't setup iptables, but ... If so, try to disable the firewall. No firewall on any of the machines, this is all in my &qu

Re: [vbox-users] Various networking problems

2008-08-13 Thread Jochen Roderburg
Zitat von "Frank Mehnert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What Linux host is that (kernel version)? Mostly "self-made" Linux with a Slackware core system (current version 12.1). Stock Linux Kernels 2.6.25/2.6.26, self-compiled with gcc 4.2.3/4.3.1 On the danger, that we follow a wrong track now: I can we

Re: [vbox-users] Various networking problems

2008-08-14 Thread Jochen Roderburg
Zitat von "Frank Mehnert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> No, nothing in the log file. >> Nothing broken with the net connection as such. After such write >> errors all other net activities work normal. > > Hmm, so it seems like some network packets are dropped. Yes, all larger packets seem to fall into

Re: [vbox-users] Various networking problems

2008-08-14 Thread Jochen Roderburg
Zitat von "Jochen Roderburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On the other hand, it must be something very specific in my > environment, as nobody else in the world seems to have this particular > problem. But as always with such strange errors it it very hard to > find the one

Re: [vbox-users] Various networking problems

2008-08-19 Thread Jochen Roderburg
Zitat von "Aleksey Ilyushin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I tried to reproduce the problem with a similar setup: XP guest via > Linux host (with MTU 1492) to OS X machine with Windows shares. > Writing to the Windows shared folders produces packets of 1506 bytes, > so everything works as it should. Coul

Re: [vbox-users] Various networking problems

2008-08-21 Thread Jochen Roderburg
Zitat von "Jochen Roderburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> If there are no replies at all then, most probably, your Linux host >> acts as a "black hole" router which prevents proper path MTU discovery. > > So it looks like. Any ideas how to tell my

[vbox-users] Network problem with Linux kernel 2.6.29

2009-05-03 Thread Jochen Roderburg
time connections from the guest to other remote systems work without problems. Any ideas where to look and whom to blame? Jochen Roderburg RRZK University of Cologne Robert-Koch-Str. 10Tel.: +49-221/478-7024 D-50931 Koeln E-Mail: roderb...@uni-koe

Re: [vbox-users] Network problem with Linux kernel 2.6.29 - solved

2009-05-18 Thread Jochen Roderburg
Zitat von Jochen Roderburg : Situation on two systems (one at home, one at work): VirtualBox 2.2.0 Linux Host (Slackware-based with self-compiled stock kernel) Windows 2000 Guest Bridged networking Network Chips: on home system: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express

Re: [vbox-users] reporting 2 problems with vbox 2.2.2

2009-05-22 Thread Jochen Roderburg
installed the "Guest Additions for Linux"? I would assume a "yes" here, otherwise you would not have the mount.vboxsf program. On the Guest the relevant VBox kernel modules are loaded (vboxvfs and vboxadd)? Are both of them listed when you do a lsmod | grep vbox ? B

Re: [vbox-users] reporting 2 problems with vbox 2.2.2

2009-05-23 Thread Jochen Roderburg
somebody else has to answer. I had only the theoretical knowledge which components are needed for it to work, but do not have an such a system installed. And I fear also the details of this mechanism are different in various Linux flavors. Best regards, Jochen Roderburg RRZK University of

Re: [vbox-users] An enhancement request

2009-05-26 Thread Jochen Roderburg
seen something about the FUSE based tool in a vbox forum article http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17574 I have tried out this program on my Linux system. but had no success with it. Got only errors which were already discusssed in the forum without a final solution. Best regards

Re: [vbox-users] VirtualBox 3.0 Beta 1 released

2009-06-17 Thread Jochen Roderburg
And your processor does not have this VT-x feature (see http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=31788). The CPU flag would be vmx. Best regards, Jochen Roderburg RRZK University of Cologne Robert-Koch-Str. 10Tel.: +49-221/478-7024 D-50931 Koeln E-Mail

Re: [vbox-users] Trivial Shared Folders problem; unresolved

2009-08-17 Thread Jochen Roderburg
the shared folder in My Network, also. Not sure, if the standard question for this case was already answered: Do you have the Windows Guest Additions installed in your XP? Without them no shared folders (see VBox Manual 4.1, 4.6). Best regards, Jochen

Re: [vbox-users] Trivial Shared Folders problem; unresolved

2009-08-18 Thread Jochen Roderburg
Zitat von Arturas : I have realized that I have no VBoxGuestAdditions.iso installed. I Add that ISO file in device menu under CD/DVD, but it is showed as *not attached*. And, of cource, I can not load it. What is teh solution ? Arturas The "normal" way to install the "Guest Addtions"

Re: [vbox-users] Trivial Shared Folders problem; unresolved

2009-08-19 Thread Jochen Roderburg
Zitat von Arturas : In my VB version it is called "Virtual Media manager". I use "CD/DVD Images" and Add VBoxGuestAdditions.iso. It adds and nothing happens: the image is not mounted and windows does not see. The comment is that the image is 'not attached'. What I'm doing wrong ? Hmm,

Re: [vbox-users] Trivial Shared Folders problem; unresolved

2009-08-20 Thread Jochen Roderburg
unting the Additions ISO file" of the VirtualBox UserManual (exact chapter number is from the latest version 3.0.4, may be different in other versions). This was my last contribution to this thread, no ideas left what to say more. ;-) Best regards, Jochen Roderburg

Re: [vbox-users] Are there any builds of virtualbox that work?

2009-09-11 Thread Jochen Roderburg
root and you must be able to compile and load kernel modules. Best Regards, Jochen Roderburg RRZK University of Cologne Robert-Koch-Str. 10Tel.: +49-221/478-7024 D-50931 Koeln E-Mail: roderb...@uni-koeln.de Germany ___

Re: [vbox-users] Mounting both DVD reader and writer drives

2009-09-16 Thread Jochen Roderburg
Zitat von Maurice Batey : On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:27:45 +0100, I wrote: For the first time, I need to mount both CD/DVD-ROM and CD/DVD-RW drives, but the VBox 'Devices' menu will not allow both to be mounted. Could someone clarify the situation, please? Is it possible to use both drive