On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 at 08:10:53 -0600, Robby Workman wrote: > On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:33:27 +0100 > Heinz Wiesinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That rc script is not included in upstream by default. It was written The upstream provides a script called vboxnet, IIRC. But I don't like it, as it's missing special support for Slackware. > > by the author of the SlackBuilds on slacky.eu (if I remember > > correctly) and at the time I submitted the SlackBuilds for SBo I Yep, it's slacky.eu. > > didn't really understand them. I see that some people would like to > > have such a script available, so I will take a look at it again, but > > it will very likely reqire some changes to work with SBo's scripts. > > *If* I manage to get them working (any help appreciated), I'll also > > try to get them upstream to ease maintainance. But don't expect that > > to happen anytime soon. Good, nice guy.
Just for your folks' reference, I have written myself a bridging script for convenience: http://dotimes.com/slackbuilds/virtualbox-ose/rc.vboxbrg , a rewrite of the script on slacky.eu. > > > You might find this useful: > http://rlworkman.net/conf/init/rc.bridge > > Honestly, due to how bridges work, coupled with the need for custom > setup per system, I'm not sure there's a good way to implement this in > a generic manner... Can't agree any more. PS: I like vbox, but I don't like its file structure as it's so hard to package, which makes me feel like running virtual machines within a scrap heap, just kidding. -- Rgds, Cherife.
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