Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-09 Thread Bertram Scharpf
On Friday, 09. Dec 2016, 05:23:30 +0100, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > On Friday, 09. Dec 2016, 00:46:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On 08/12/2016 22:41, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > >> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-09 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On 12/09/2016 03:50 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 09 Dec 2016 06:12:03 +, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >>> VirtualBox is a Qt app and *requires* Qt to get a GUI. There is no >>> option for GTK >>> >>> USE="qt4" >>> or in more recent versions ebuilds (or ~arch) >>> USE="qt5" >>> as appropriate

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 09 Dec 2016 06:12:03 +, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >VirtualBox is a Qt app and *requires* Qt to get a GUI. There is no > >option for GTK > > > >USE="qt4" > >or in more recent versions ebuilds (or ~arch) > >USE="qt5" > >as appropriate > > USE="-qt4" means qt5 I think. The ebuild for VB4

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread J. Roeleveld
On December 8, 2016 11:46:43 PM GMT+01:00, Alan McKinnon wrote: >On 08/12/2016 22:41, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >> On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200,

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread J. Roeleveld
On December 8, 2016 9:41:10 PM GMT+01:00, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >> > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> On 08/12/2016

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread Bertram Scharpf
On Friday, 09. Dec 2016, 00:46:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 08/12/2016 22:41, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > >>> On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 08/12/2016 22:41, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >>> On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > arrgh! I just want

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread Bertram Scharpf
On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > >>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for > >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread Mick
On Thursday 08 Dec 2016 17:35:59 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > >>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for > >>> Virtualbox on

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread Matthias Hanft
J. Roeleveld schrieb: > > Virtualbox for a server? > I only use it for a quick test on my laptop. On the server, I use more > reliable and robust virtualisation software. For quick tests, I'm using VirtualBox on my desktop (Windows) PC in the meantime - runs fast and reliably. But in the past,

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for >>> Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials >>> for Gentoo in

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 12/07/2016 11:01:16 PM, Bertram Scharpf wrote: Hi, arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials for Gentoo in a Virtualbox. The Gentoo Wiki article's "Usage" paragraph does not contain any usable information. Does anybody

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread BOFH
On Thu 2016-12-08 01:36 PM, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > The official documentation > > says: > > On a Linux or Solaris host, depending on your desktop > environment, a "VirtualBox" item may have been placed in > either the "System" or

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, December 08, 2016 01:07:24 PM Matthias Hanft wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Are your vbox modules loaded correctly? > > I think they were. Will carefully check next time (cannot do now, > it's a 24/7 server where I have few time slots for maintenance > and cannot risk kernel panic

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread Bertram Scharpf
On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for > > Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials > > for Gentoo in a Virtualbox. > > I have vbox on Gentoo here

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread Matthias Hanft
J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Are your vbox modules loaded correctly? I think they were. Will carefully check next time (cannot do now, it's a 24/7 server where I have few time slots for maintenance and cannot risk kernel panic during daytime). I do have some VirtualBoxes running on other Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread J. Roeleveld
On December 8, 2016 9:20:23 AM GMT+01:00, Matthias Hanft wrote: >Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> Do you have specific questions that you want a tutorial to answer? > >*I* do have a specific question: What have I forgotten to compile into >the kernel when there is an immediate "kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-08 Thread Matthias Hanft
Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Do you have specific questions that you want a tutorial to answer? *I* do have a specific question: What have I forgotten to compile into the kernel when there is an immediate "kernel panic" as soon as I try to start a VirtualBox VM? -Matt

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-07 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Hi, > > arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for > Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials > for Gentoo in a Virtualbox. The Gentoo Wiki article's > "Usage" paragraph does not contain any usable information. > > Does

[gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

2016-12-07 Thread Bertram Scharpf
Hi, arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials for Gentoo in a Virtualbox. The Gentoo Wiki article's "Usage" paragraph does not contain any usable information. Does anybody have a hint for me? Thanks in advance. Bertram