[vbox-users] Repository for openSUSE Hosts?

Hello, each time a new version of VirtualBox is released, I think I should ask this question, but up to now I never had the time to: Would it be possible to setup a repository not only for Debian-based distros, but also for openSUSE (and Fedora)? Would be nice to just add another repo in openSUSE

Re: [vbox-users] Repository for openSUSE Hosts?

fcassia schrieb: > Sounds like a good idea. Adobe adopted a similar aproach with its > Flash plug-in for linux. You can download binaries manually from > Adobe's web page or just download a file that adds the adobe server as > a repo. If you choose the latter approach your system automatically > k

Re: [vbox-users] Repository for openSUSE Hosts?

Frank Mehnert schrieb: > We could indeed do this. This is quite easy for .debs but actually > I'm not sure about the various rpm distributions. It would be nice to have this. Since you already have a working rpm file, there should not be too much work to create a repository out of that... > Is

Re: [vbox-users] Repository for openSUSE Hosts?

Frank Mehnert schrieb: > Is there any documentation available on how to set up such a > repository? Seems quite like what we are looking for. createrepo should be the right tool to

Re: [vbox-users] Repository for openSUSE Hosts?

Me again, Johannes Kastl schrieb: > I have not tested it myself I could not resist and tested it myself. Pretty easy. Just put the RPMS into a folder in your ftp/http/whatever server, and run createrepo FOLDERNAME After that you will notice a folder called repodata in your RPMS folder. T

[vbox-users] VB 2.1.2 on openSUSE 10.3: Installation of openSUSE 11.1 hangs after GRUB

Hi everyone, as I use VirtualBox a lot on my Mac, I thought I would give it a try on my linux machines. On one machine running openSUSE 10.3 as host everything works, I could install a Windows 7 Beta without problems. But on my other machine, also running 10.3, the installation of openSUSE 11.1 j

Re: [vbox-users] VB 2.1.2 on openSUSE 10.3: Installation of openSUSE 11.1 hangs after GRUB

On 01/25/2009 06:49 AM Dave Plater wrote: > Try entering splash=0 at the boot menu screen and see what happens. I > experienced a hang on pressing esc during the splash screen stage with > 32 bit 11.1 on a normal installation, not virtual. Thanks for the hint. That allowed my to start the install

Re: [vbox-users] VB 2.1.2 on openSUSE 10.3: Installation of openSUSE 11.1 hangs after GRUB

Dave Plater schrieb: > You might try an automatic system repair or boot installed system from > the expert section in system repair. What happens when you try to boot > the system? When I select the openSUSE 11.1 entry in the GRUB menu, the screen goes black, and the CPU load goes to 100%. Just l

Re: [vbox-users] Repository for openSUSE Hosts?

Hi there, S. Brandt schrieb: > current version for 11.1/x64: virtualbox-ose-2.1.0-7.1.x86_64.rpm ^^^ Thats correct, but this is the OSE version. Regards, OJ -- Ducttape is like the Force: It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe

Re: [vbox-users] Repository for openSUSE Hosts?

Frank Mehnert schrieb: > Yes, works here as well. Pretty easy, isnt it? I remember setting up Repositories for apt (apt4rpm via aptate). Oh my Gosh... > There is only one question left: > rpm repositories apparently allow to contain one package with different > versions. So, it would be possib

Re: [vbox-users] VB 2.1.2 on openSUSE 10.3: Installation of openSUSE 11.1 hangs after GRUB

Dave Plater schrieb: > Try to, boot vm with 11.1 dvd to do a system repair or a boot installed > system. This also could be due to low video memory. If you still don't > get any joy you should take this to the opensuse list. I tried a little bit more. When I delete the "vga=0x317" from the menu.

Re: [vbox-users] accessing guest files in vdi

On 1/28/09 2:50 PM Peter Ford wrote: > I'd prefer to be able to mount the VDI as if it was a disk image. I thought > about something using fuse (user-space fs mounting) but I haven't gone any > further. I would really like that, too. Would be nice to backup VMs from the host. Regards, OJ -- In

[vbox-users] VirtualBox 2.1.2 on MacOSX 10.5: Problems installing Vista

Hello, I got a problem with installing Vista as Guest. Host is MacOSX 10.5, VirtualBox is 2.1.2. I want to install Vista, so I created a new Machine, gave it a 50GB SATA hard disk (growing), and tried to install. But either the copying of files during installation is slw (13% after several ho

Re: [vbox-users] VirtualBox 2.1.2 on MacOSX 10.5: Problems installing Vista

On 2/13/09 2:06 PM Johannes Kastl wrote: > Ill try to change from SATA to IDE, and if that does not help, Ill try a > non-growing 50GB hard disk. But that is just for fun, I'd hate to lose Wow, the switch from SATA to IDE seems to have done the trick. After not more than 30 min the In

Re: [vbox-users] VirtualBox 2.1.2 on MacOSX 10.5: Problems installing Vista

On 2/13/09 2:53 PM Graham Campbell wrote: > Thanks for raising this. I have observed the same thing (with Fedora 10 > and VBox 2.1.2), but did not have time yet to verify it. Thank God Im not the only one ;-) Ill do another test on my openSUSE 10.3 running VB 2.1.2, and test there with SATA and

[vbox-users] Transfering VMs from one host to another: No "Open VM"

Hello, just a small one: Is it possible to copy/transfer a VM from one host to another? Not hot migration, while it is running. Just to have the same VM on HOST A and HOST B. As there is no "OpenVM" or "Add VM to inventory" I assume that this is not possible without hacking the XML-Files. Am I w

[vbox-users] Boot VM from USB-Device?

Hello again, another small one: Is it possible to boot a VM from a USB stick or disk? If not, will this be possible in the future? I came across it as I tried to make a linux booting from a usb stick. Would be nice to test this in a vm...;-) Regards, OJ -- A bunch of security trolls had been h

Re: [vbox-users] Transfering VMs from one host to another: No "Open VM"

On 2/13/09 5:44 PM Andreas Höschler wrote: > Yes, you are! :-) Hooray! > As long as you have not created snapshots (don't do this, if you want > to move vm's between hosts) you can simply copy the vm file to > another host, OK. > create a corresponding vm entry How? Act like I would create a

Re: [vbox-users] Transfering VMs from one host to another: No "Open VM"

On 2/13/09 8:33 PM Gregory Nowak wrote: > I described how I do this a while back here: > http://vbox.innotek.de/pipermail/vbox-users/2008-September/003938.html > I do this to backup the vm, but it would of course work equally well for > transferring a vm from one host to another, since the same pr

Re: [vbox-users] Transfering VMs from one host to another: No "Open VM"

On 2/15/09 12:28 PM Chris G wrote: > Or am I misunderstanding what's wanted? No, you understood correctly. That way was my first thought, but then all the settings are changed, only the hard disk stays the same. Of course I could copy the settigns from the old XML to the new. But that was my qu

Re: [vbox-users] virtualbox hangs while booting

On 2/15/09 12:39 PM Tomasz Pajor wrote: > When I boot, OpenBSD or Debian virtualbox hangs my system. -v please. What is happening? The windows freezes? The VM stops? The CPU loads rises? > I'm running Windows Vista Home Basic on Lenovo X61s. > How can I debug, to find out what is the issue? Any

Re: [vbox-users] Transfering VMs from one host to another: No "Open VM"

On 2/15/09 1:07 PM Chris G wrote: > What settings are you meaning, there's not all that much surely, just > go through the wizard setting OS, memory size and (can't remember much > else) and you're done. RAM, Video memory, 3D, ACPI, IO APIC, VT/AMDx, PAE/NX, Boot order, USB-Ports, FDDs, HDDs, ISO

Re: [vbox-users] Announce: VirtualBox 2.1.4 released!

Good evening, On 2/17/09 8:16 AM Frank Mehnert wrote: > today Sun released VirtualBox 2.1.4 which is a maintenance release. I noticed one thing with 2.1.2 already, and it still exists in 2.1.4: On OSX 10.5 when I open the VB window, it has the same window size it had before, but appears in the

Re: [vbox-users] virtualbox 2.1.4

On 2/20/09 9:24 PM Mike wrote: > I hope someone else can give advice about my problem. As crystal balls are expensive, I would recommend that you give some more information. What is going wrong? Which guest, which host? What settings? Hardware (CPUs, 64bit,...). Otherwise everyone has to guess..

Re: [vbox-users] Transfering VMs from one host to another: No "Open VM"

Hi there, On 2/16/09 3:31 PM Pete Ford wrote: > I wrote a script to clone a "template" VM which copies the VDI, then > uses "VBoxManage -nologo showvminfo -machinereadable" to > extract the settings of the original VM as a = list. If you > redirect the output of that command to a file you ca

Re: [vbox-users] Transfering VMs from one host to another: No "Open VM"

Hi, On 2/15/09 8:52 PM Jens Franik wrote: > Same here, but if this is important, i guess one can easy write a Copy > export import for the XML, so only one time to do the work :-) But someone has to do the work. Someone who is able to... Regards, OJ -- `Voldemort himself created his worst enem

[vbox-users] VB 2.1.2: Errors on ISO mounted in a VM

Hello, I read about Grml (www.grml.org), and thought I should give it a try. So I created a VM, where I ran the Live-CD. Unfortunately it takes several minutes just to get the /dev populated. I searched for this error, and found an advice to check the CD for errors. Running the command (readcd -c

Re: [vbox-users] VB 2.1.2: Errors on ISO mounted in a VM

Hi there, On 2/20/09 10:27 PM Jens Franik wrote: > I could be a possibility to make an ISO Image and test it with the ISO > mounted as CD? Hu? In German: Hä? I only got an ISO, which I use in the VM. I do not use my host cdrom drive at all. Regards, OJ -- Debian est omnis divisa in partes tre

[vbox-users] Using VMs with Hostinterface with both LAN and WLAN

Hello, is it somehow possible to use the Hostinterface networking type in a VM, and connect it to "both" LAN and WLAN, so no matter if I use a cabel right now or not, the VM has access to the network? I assume that this is not possible right now (at least out-of-the-box), will it be possible? If

Re: [vbox-users] VB 2.1.2: Errors on ISO mounted in a VM

Hello, On 2/22/09 11:14 AM Jens Franik wrote: > Ok, it sounded like you did it with a real CD-Rom. Sorry for that. > Normally a ISO should not have Read Errors (is it like that?) Exactly. > Perhaps you could check the MD5 of the ISO? Did you read my OP? ;-) On 2/20/09 9:53 PM

Re: [vbox-users] I can't get port forwarding to work

On 2/22/09 11:29 AM Jens Franik wrote: > But i did not do any Port Forwarding Konfiguration, only set the > Interface "PCnet-Fast-III" to Host and done. So you used the hostinterface setting, right? Port forwarding is indeed not needed then, as VB does not need to do any NAT/Masquerading/... for

Re: [vbox-users] I can't get port forwarding to work

On 2/22/09 2:49 PM Jens Franik wrote: > I get an Kernel Error on every bootup, what should i do? Give more info ;-) You boot your guest running Lenny, right? And get a kernel error in the guest? Saying what? Regards, OJ -- Osama bin Laden might wish to destroy America, but America is too big f

Re: [vbox-users] Using VMs with Hostinterface with both LAN and WLAN

Hi there, On 2/22/09 8:16 PM Henry Pepper wrote: > You can activate both interfaces in your VM, making it possible to use > both interfaces. > - Activate 2 nics > - Attach on to the wired lan > - Attach the other to the wlan. > > As to being able to use the WLAN for failover, that would be par

Re: [vbox-users] Debian5 Kernel Error on Bootup

On 2/22/09 6:34 PM Jens Franik wrote: > http://www.de2all.de/debian/kernel-error.png Hu, thats nice. No details, why it oopsed. > syslog tells me: > Feb 22 18:17:46 debian5 kerneloops: Submitted 1 kernel oopses to > www.kerneloops.org Nice. Very detailed. > And i see nothing dramatic in the L

Re: [vbox-users] Using VMs with Hostinterface with both LAN and WLAN

Hello Jens, Hello Henry, sorry for the late answer, was busy offline ;-) On 2/22/09 9:44 PM Johannes Kastl wrote: > So basically it is not possible to do this from VirtualBox, it is > hacking in the guest, right? Having two interfaces, and building a > failover thingy. Thanks for you

Re: [vbox-users] using built-in Mac Bluetooth in XP

On 2/26/09 3:09 PM John DeStefano wrote: > This error occurs regardless of whether Bluetooth is enabled or disabled in > OS X. Although this is called a "USB" device, Im not sure if it really is, or at least acts like one. So I would guess that it may not be possible to use it. Even it is disabl

Re: [vbox-users] unmountable_boot_volume

Hi there, On 2/24/09 5:18 PM Michael Toth wrote: > This host machine is running windows XP sp3 (32 bit) > The 2nd host machine is running ubuntu 8.10 64 bit One thing could be the 32/64bit thing, although I would guess thats not the problem. > (All I did was copy the file [the .vmdk] from th

Re: [vbox-users] Starting and (more difficult) stopping VirtualBox automatically

Hi there, On 2/23/09 8:30 PM Chris G wrote: > It's fairly easy to start it up automatically I know using > ~/.config/autostart or whatever GUI puts things in there. When using KDE there is a folder called ~/.kde/Autostart/, where you can put your scripts into. I assume GNOME has something simil

Re: [vbox-users] Starting and (more difficult) stopping VirtualBox automatically

On 2/27/09 1:06 PM Freek de Kruijf wrote: > In that case you need to be logged on using KDE or GNOME. Chris asked about an Xsession. > I want the virtual machine to be started when the host system is started. For > this I am looking for an init script in /etc/init.d/ to start and stop a > virt

Re: [vbox-users] Hard reboot when starting vb on winXP

On 2/28/09 3:00 AM Harry Putnam wrote: > Soon as the install iso starts to load and a graphic is > displayed.. bang ... reboot. > > A few details about the hardware. > > Athlon64 2.2ghz +3400/Aopen K86-L mobo/3GB ram > VB is version 2.1.4 > > Where do I start to debug this? First check if you

[vbox-users] VBox Guest Additions as RPM/DEB? Repository?

Hello everyone, in the repositories of DEBIAN, UBUNTU and openSUSE there are packages for the VirtualBox guest additions. I assume they exist also for the other distributions. As far as I see these packages are for the OSE, do they fit with the non-OSE package of VirtualBox, too? There are repos

Re: [vbox-users] Repository for openSUSE Hosts?

Hello again, On 1/22/09 10:05 PM Johannes Kastl wrote: > Would it be possible to setup a repository not only for Debian-based > distros, but also for openSUSE (and Fedora)? Would be nice to just add > another repo in openSUSE and always get the newest version without > manually dow

Re: [vbox-users] VBox Guest Additions as RPM/DEB? Repository?

Hello Michael, On 3/2/09 1:49 PM Michael Thayer wrote: > The OSE Additions packages are maintained entirely by the distributions > which supply them - we only provide our generic Additions package for > all Linux systems - but since our Additions code for Linux guests is > entirely open source th

Re: [vbox-users] virtual box and vmware workstation on same machine

On 3/2/09 3:22 PM Eric S. Johansson wrote: > I need to run virtual box and vmware on the same machine but not at the same > time. I discovered that the virtual box networking code interfered with the > VMware networking code causing significant problems (ping times ranging from > 1.5 > ms to 1.5

Re: [vbox-users] VBox Guest Additions as RPM/DEB? Repository?

Hello Michael, On 3/3/09 12:10 PM Michael Thayer wrote: > Indeed, and this is something we plan to do when we get around to it, > but unfortunately it is not likely to happen in the near future due to a > general high workload :) Give a signal if you need help (if it is possible to help). Regar

Re: [vbox-users] Problem starting XP on a suse factory host

On 3/4/09 6:59 AM Dave Plater wrote: > Hi I'm using VirtualBox-2.1.4_42893_openSUSE111-1 with opensuse factory > and after update to 2.6.29 kernel along with other base system updates, > I cannot start my win xp guest. The error part of the log is the following:- What happens when you unload and l

Re: [vbox-users] Problem starting XP on a suse factory host

On 3/5/09 12:16 PM Dave Plater wrote: > # modprobe -rv vboxdrv > FATAL: Module vboxdrv is in use. > is what happens if I attempt to unload vboxdrv Try to stop VBOX before (/etc/init.d/vbox stop), then unload the module. And try to run "/etc/init.d/vbox setup" and see what happens. > and the on

Re: [vbox-users] Video card/driver problem on T61(Lenovo)

Hi Mike, On 3/2/09 9:38 AM Mike wrote: > When I press the "start" button on v/b, I get a black and blank screen. > note: even when I wait for a long time, nothing appears. > > When I shutdown the v/b o/s I see text from the boot-up in background > on black/blank screen. > I am able to shutdown t

[vbox-users] VB 2.1.4 on OSX 10.5: Problem with a certain USB Stick

Morning everybody, I got a 4GB USB stick here, which I cannot use in my VirtualBox VMs. When I try I get the following error: > USB device 'Samsung Mighty Drive' with UUID > {7c450639-d6e2-4526-b980-ddbc112cb9f1} is not in the right state for > capturing (PhysDetached). > > > Fehlercode: NS_ERR

Re: [vbox-users] VB 2.1.4 on OSX 10.5: Problem with a certain USB Stick

On 3/8/09 9:09 AM Johannes Kastl wrote: > I got a 4GB USB stick here, which I cannot use in my VirtualBox VMs. > When I try I get the following error: I forgot to mention, that after the error window appears, and I click OK, another error window appears, saying that I clicked into the VM

Re: [vbox-users] VB 2.1.4 on OSX 10.5: Problem with a certain USB Stick

On 3/8/09 9:25 AM Peter Ondruška wrote: > This happens when the device is in use by the host system. Unmount the > filesystem on usb device and try to connect (using usb device > management icon in VB bottom right). It should connect the device to > guest then. Peter That was my first guess, too.

Re: [vbox-users] Best way to access guess with host interface

On 3/7/09 1:54 PM Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > What is the best and most efficient method to access guest WUI (e.g: > FreeNAS) from host using host interface _if_ the main interface is down (not > connected to any network)? I only have 1 network interface and 1 wireless > interface. Just to be sure:

Re: [vbox-users] VB 2.1.4 on OSX 10.5: Problem with a certain USB Stick

On 3/8/09 10:17 AM Peter Ondruška wrote: > OK, but did you unmount or eject that usb device? Dragged it onto the trash in the dock, so it got unmounted. "mount" on the Terminal does not show it any more. So I guess it is unmounted. Im trying to use the stick when the VM is already booted. If I p

Re: [vbox-users] VB 2.1.4 on OSX 10.5: Problem with a certain USB Stick

On 3/8/09 10:23 AM Johannes Kastl wrote: > Im trying to use the stick when the VM is already booted. If I plug the > stick in, then it gets mounted by the host, even if there is a filter > active for that device. Should that be? When I unmount the stick, when it got plugged in as the V

Re: [vbox-users] VB 2.1.4 on OSX 10.5: Problem with a certain USB Stick

On 3/8/09 10:29 AM Peter Ondruška wrote: > Well, I think by dragging to trash it is ejected. Insert it again and do > unmount in Disk utility. That is the way I do it. I'll give it a try. Regards, OJ -- A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. (Oscar Wilde) signature.asc Des

Re: [vbox-users] Boot VM from USB-Device?

Hello everyone, On 2/13/09 5:40 PM Johannes Kastl wrote: > Is it possible to boot a VM from a USB stick or disk? If not, will this > be possible in the future? No reaction? Am I missing the obvious? Asking stupid questions (JEHOVA!)? Regards, OJ -- `You can do magic! Surely you can sou

Re: [vbox-users] Cannot Run (more, even worse)

On 3/9/09 12:30 PM David Baron wrote: >>On a Debian Sid/KDE4.2-experimental system, No more questions, your honour! Regards, OJ P.S.: As it happens with okular, too, maybe related to the "experimental"... -- `You place too much importance, and you always ha

Re: [vbox-users] Boot VM from USB-Device?

Hi Jens, and hello JD, On 3/8/09 8:09 PM Jens Franik wrote: > It is described in the Manual, how to bind physical disks directly to > Virtual Machines, its in the appendix - as far as i remember. JD contacted me offline, cos he thought his reply did not make it to the list. And I answered him,

Re: [vbox-users] SSH Problem since upgrade

On 3/12/09 11:40 PM Clint Dilks wrote: > I recently upgraded from VirtualBox-2.1.2_41885_rhel5-1.x86_64.rpm to > VirtualBox-2.1.4_42893_rhel5-1.x86_64.rpm on a CentOS 5.2 Host (64 > Bit). This trashed the bridged networking setup that I had configured > in 2.1.2 where I had vbox0 and vbox1 ta

Re: [vbox-users] Best way to access guess with host interface

On 3/12/09 4:24 PM Frank Mehnert wrote: > A host-only interface for such cases (no external interface connected > to the interface is available) is planned. Nice to hear that. > For the time being, on > Windows hosts install the loopback adapter and on Linux manually > install a TAP device. VBo

Re: [vbox-users] How do you create an existing Server Image?

On 3/13/09 4:08 PM Michael Barto wrote: > Does Virtual Box have a method, tool or process to do this? It is really > needed. AFAIK no. But what about dd'ing the system from a live CD, and write back inside VB? or using partimage, Acronis TrueImage, Ghost, ...? Regards, OJ -- 24 hours in a day,

Re: [vbox-users] How do you create an existing Server Image?

On 3/14/09 10:54 PM Jens Franik wrote: > As a workaround, maybe - but normally the VirtualBox has a Snapshot > Function builtin, this should be able to save a Snapshot of the System > in any State, which can be used for a new Machine... As far as I understood he wanted to convert "real" physical

Re: [vbox-users] Cannot Run (repost)

Hi there, On 3/15/09 7:07 PM David Baron wrote: >> VirtualBox -startvm VM_NAME > Neither VM started or produced an error Did you use this command in a shell/console/whatever? Normally I would assume that it at least puts out an error... Regards, OJ -- They that can give up essential liberty

Re: [vbox-users] How to access localhost using host networking?

On 3/19/09 9:24 PM James Coglan wrote: > I just tried out host networking What do you mean: Host interface or hostonly networking? And which version of VB do you use? Regards, OJ -- In its default setup, Windows XP on the Internet amounts to a car parked in a bad part of town, with the doors u

Re: [vbox-users] How to access localhost using host networking?

On 3/19/09 9:45 PM James Coglan wrote: > "Host interface", as in the option avaiable in settings under "Network" -> > "Attached to". Btw, I'm actually on Ubuntu 8.10, not 8.04 as I previously > mentioned, and using vbox 2.1.4. OK, so that cleared, I would say: With hostinterface the VM acts like

Re: [vbox-users] VBox 2.2 support for Ubuntu XORG due 4/2009?

On 3/21/09 5:09 PM hanasaki jiji wrote: [Nothing] Anything you wanted to ask? ;-) Regards, OJ -- A bunch of security trolls had been hired to guard her. They paced the corridor in a menacing group, talking in grunts and comparing the size of their clubs. (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaba

Re: [vbox-users] How to upgrade VirtualBox 2.1 to 2.2

Again to the list, as I forgot the missing reply-to...;-( Hi there, On 4/11/09 4:33 PM John Francis Lee wrote: > What do I need to do to upgrade VirtualBox 21. to 2.1? As you forgot to mention your host OS, I guess it is Linux (your Headers says you are using Thunderbird on X11/20090318). I wou

Re: [vbox-users] How to upgrade VirtualBox 2.1 to 2.2

Hello John, sorry for writing directly to you, I forgot the missing reply-to on the virtualbox list...;-( Am 11.04.2009 22:18 Uhr schrieb John Francis Lee: > Sorry, it's ubuntu 8.10. I have downloaded > > virtualbox-2.2_2.2.0-45846_Ubuntu_intrepid_i386.deb > > but when I try to install it I'

Re: [vbox-users] How to upgrade VirtualBox 2.1 to 2.2

On 4/12/09 7:24 PM Jens Franik wrote: > Under Windows i have been asked for confirmation to some converting The config files get saved in the newer format (if it has changed I do not know). One can have a backup of the "old" files, IIRC. Regards, OJ -- `However, let us assume that you have invi

Re: [vbox-users] virtualbox 2.2, vmware image

On 4/12/09 1:51 PM Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > I tried to run a win 2003 image converted from a real physical server with > vconverter. It won't boot with vbox but not with vmware server 2 As crystal balls are very expensive, maybe you should give some more info. What host OS? What VirtualBox versio

Re: [vbox-users] Installing 2.2 on openSUSE 11.1 fails

On 4/12/09 11:00 PM Freek de Kruijf wrote: > I tried to upgrade to 2.2.0 on openSUSE 11.1 however I got the following > message: > Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: unpacking of archive failed on > file /usr/share/virtualbox/nls/VirtualBox_fi.qm;49e24ca9: cpio: read failed - > Bad fil

Re: [vbox-users] Installing 2.2 on openSUSE 11.1 fails

On 4/13/09 12:05 PM Freek de Kruijf wrote: > Maybe it is a good idea to publish the correct md5sums of these packages. That is always a good idea. Also having *.md5 files (or sha1) is a nice way to verify downloads. Regards, OJ -- Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leavin

Re: [vbox-users] Trouble with 2.2 and Debian 5 under Vista

On 4/18/09 4:37 PM James Mansion wrote: > I'm having trouble achieving the same sort of thing with VBox 2.2. As > far as I can see, the NAT option allows me access to the internet, bit > not the host PC. The host PC can't access the VM either. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think th

Re: [vbox-users] Any Experience with Fedora 10 Guest, WinXP Host, and Bridged Networking?

Hi there, I haven't seen anyone reply, so maybe this issue is not yet resolved. If otherwise, please tell us what was wrong. On 4/17/09 7:42 PM Tom Browder wrote: > However, I can't get network traffic out nor in even though the guest > reports that it is connected to the network (the host netwo

Re: [vbox-users] vb-2.2.2: vm aborts at boot

Hi there, On 29.04.2009 4:05 Uhr sean darcy wrote: > I set them up and ran them under 2.2.0. rpm -Uvh --nodeps. Although I wont solve your problem, just a remark: Do not use --nodeps, IME never a good idea. Regards, OJ -- Is our children learning? (George W. Bush) signature.asc Description

Re: [vbox-users] usb external HD don´t work (but u sb flash drives work)

On 15.04.2009 10:58 Uhr A López wrote: > But this procedure never works for any of my usb external hard drives: they > keep grayed out after unmount them in Mac OS. This happen in windows and in How do you unmount them in OSX? Dragging them to the trash-icon in the dock? Or deactivate them with t

Re: [vbox-users] Cloning a guest system, surely it should be easier than this!

Hi there, On 26.04.2009 16:52 Uhr Chris G wrote: > Surely simply copying a working virtual machine should be easier than > this! Maybe exporting a VM as an "Appliance" could work for you. In the VB-Menu, not in the Machine-Menu. No idea how to use it from CLI. Regards, OJ -- A thing is not ne

Re: [vbox-users] How mount cdrom?

On 02.05.2009 15:24 Uhr ppps...@gmail.com wrote: > Where i can find info about mounting cdroms? In the manual. http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.2.2/UserManual.pdf Regards, OJ -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor saf

Re: [vbox-users] Samba File Copy Problem Continues in 2.2 -- with a twist!

Hi, On 01.05.2009 3:23 Uhr David C. Rankin wrote: > Since 2.0 was released, we have been battling a file save/copy problem > from XP > guest OS to any Linux/Samba network server. The problem has been a horribly > slow data transfer rate XP guest --> Samba Server. The transfer the other way

Re: [vbox-users] NAT dns server not responding

On 03.05.2009 6:55 Uhr Brian J. Murrell wrote: > As an additional piece of information, here is what /etc/resolv.conf on > the host says: > > nameserver 2001::XXX:0:2d0:b7ff:fe3f:8b74 This is an IPv6-Adress, right? No IPv4-DNS-Server given? How about the settings in VB? You are using 2.1.4,

[vbox-users] Update to 2.2.2: Umlauts in Description messed up

Hi there, I am not sure if it happenend by updating to VB 2.2.0 or to 2.2.2. Anyway, some of my descriptions (The one in the settings of a VM) contain german umlauts (Umlaute, äöü). After the Update it looks like this: durchgeführt (before it was durchgeführt). Anyone else

Re: [vbox-users] VBoxManage on WinXP?

On 05.05.2009 9:13 Uhr Gregory Nowak wrote: > 3. In the control panel, get into the "System" page. I use the >classic control panel view, but hopefully System still exists in >the default view, I can't recall if it does or doesn't. WINDOWS_Key + BREAK_Key (the key is labelled PAUSE/Untbr

[vbox-users] VB 2.2.2-ose on openSUSE 11.1: Error when activating SATA-Controller

Hi there, I wanted to try the Windows7-RC, so I created a new machine on my openSUSE 11.1, where I installed VB 2.2.2-ose from the openSUSE build service. I selected the SATA-Controller, and tried to boot. Got an error. Back to IDE => no error. Activated the SATA again, this time not putting the

Re: [vbox-users] VB 2.2.2-ose on openSUSE 11.1: Error when activating SATA-Controller

On 08.05.2009 21:34 Uhr Antonio Augusto (Mancha) wrote: > Unfortunately, this is so: SATA is not supported in OSE but is there. > Disable it and all should be fine. Thanks for the clarification. I would say this button should definitely be removed from the OSE GUI as soon as possible. Regards, O

[vbox-users] [VB 2.2.2-OSE] Windows 7 RC and NAT: Plugging "network cable" not detected?

Good morning everybody, I setup a machine with Windows 7 RC as guest, running openSUSE 11.1 with VB 2.2.2-OSE as host. I configured a "Intel PRO/1000 Desktop"-Network Card with NAT, and "unplugged" the cable during installation. After that, when logged in as Admin, I told VB to plug in the cable

Re: [vbox-users] [VB 2.2.2-OSE] Windows 7 RC and NAT: Plugging "network cable" not detected?

Good Morning Vasily, On 10.05.2009 8:58 Uhr vasily levchenko wrote: > Hello Johannes, > Thanks for reporting. No problem. > Right it's a bug and it's definitely not your fault. Puh! Glad to hear that. ;-) Hm, no, actually not glad. > Current > implementation is lack of host's adapter/addres

[vbox-users] VBox 2.2.2 on OSX 10.5: Slow SharedFolders with one of two shared folders?

Hi everbody, running VB 2.2.2 on OSX 10.5, Guest is Windows XP SP3. Network card is Intel 1000 Desktop, configured with NAT. I have two shared folders for this VM, both mapped to drive X: and Z: repsectively, and experience a strange phenomenon. Opening Z: in the Explorer, and dragging a file to

Re: [vbox-users] USB and Share files support

On 11.05.2009 14:57 Uhr Mario Trangoni wrote: > 1) There is support for USB now in my case? As you are using OSE, I think the answer is no. But I am not sure, look here: > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions > 2) How could I configure share files, I can't find one good Tutorial > about it.

Re: [vbox-users] Accessing Windows XP USB printer on Ubuntu guest

On 12.05.2009 7:15 Uhr Hedley Finger wrote: > I am doing work which requires me to print from both OSes. If you do not need the scanner/fax part then you should publish the printer in Windows, and print to it from Ubuntu using Samba. No need to use USB here then. Just keep it "plugged into Window

Re: [vbox-users] Accessing Windows XP USB printer on Ubuntu guest

On 13.05.2009 0:57 Uhr Hedley Finger wrote: > By publish, I assume you mean to share the printer in its Properties > dialogue. Yes. > But then how do I use Samba to access the printer? Samba is the "way" you can connect to a printer, that is published or shared from a windows machine. Im s

Re: [vbox-users] openais gives me 100% CPU load

On 14.05.2009 21:21 Uhr Michael Schwartzkopff wrote: > I wanted to test clustering in a virtual box. My system: > - openSUSE 11.1 Can't say anything about the cluster thingy, just general things: openSUSE 11.1 Guest or Host? Both? VB Addons installed in the guest? Which Version of VB installed?

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

On 21.05.2009 19:28 Uhr JD wrote: ># mount -t voxsf home /mnt/home ^^ Just to be sure: This is just a typie in the mail, you actually had the right command: # mount -t vboxsf home /mnt/home (mind the b) Otherwise: There's a typie in your command... ;-) Regards, OJ -- Co

[vbox-users] Importing OVFs in VB 2.2.2

Good Morning everybody, I just tried to import a OVF-Appliance into VB (2.2.2 PUEL) on my openSUSE 11.1 host. The OVF was created by vmware's ovftool from a Vmware Server VM. After selecting the OVF, the settings were displayed. After that I clicked "Import" (or whatever it was called), and the V

Re: [vbox-users] Importing OVFs in VB 2.2.2

Hi Christian, On 23.05.2009 12:08 Uhr Christian Pöštzsch wrote: > this is a known bug. It is fixed in the current developer version & the > fix will be available with the next minor release. Im glad that it was not me being stupid... ;-) When is the next minor release released? Til then, are t

[vbox-users] Ubuntu 9.04: Virtualbox-OSE Version 2.2?

Hi everybody, one of my machines is running a dualboot with openSUSE 11.1 and, newly installed, ubuntu 9.04. As the Suse has virtualbox-ose in Version 2.2.2, I thought I install the same version in ubuntu. But I seem to be unable to find the OSE of VirtualBox Version 2.2.x in the repositories. I

Re: [vbox-users] Importing OVFs in VB 2.2.2

On 23.05.2009 12:18 Uhr Johannes Kastl wrote: > When is the next minor release released? Til then, are there any > workarounds? Using the CLI, maybe? About the workarounds: Importing via VBoxManage import /path/to/ovf seems to work... Regards, OJ -- They that can give up essential libe

Re: [vbox-users] Importing OVFs in VB 2.2.2

On 25.05.2009 11:20 Uhr Christian Pötzsch wrote: > Sorry I didn't have a exact time frame yet. Maybe in some weeks. No worries, I did not expect to get one... ;-) As the import via command line seems to work (Does it?), for me it's not that much of a problem. Regards, OJ -- The end of the worl

Re: [vbox-users] Ubuntu 9.04: Virtualbox-OSE Version 2.2?

On 25.05.2009 11:07 Uhr Frans Pop wrote: > It looks like the highest OSE version available for Ubuntu is 2.1.4: > http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=virtualbox-ose That is exactly what I found, but I do not know if there is an additional repo (e.g. in launchpad, there seem to be some "exp

Re: [vbox-users] Importing OVFs in VB 2.2.2

On 25.05.2009 20:49 Uhr Christian Pöštzsch wrote: > Sorry, I have to say that it isn't a real workaround. Oh. > Its a dead look > which happens in our Main code. This Main code is called both from the > GUI & VBoxManage. It is highly timing dependent & is more likely to > happen if you are u

Re: [vbox-users] Importing OVFs in VB 2.2.2

Hi Christian, On 26.05.2009 20:28 Uhr Christian Pöštzsch wrote: > I didn't test it with VBoxManage, but I guess it will hang also. I will try some more imports, and see if it hangs. What can go wrong when the import hangs? I wil backup ~/.Virtualbox, and delete the newly created files in the Ma

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