Re: [gentoo-user] inputs on Gentoo emulation on a Mac OSX

2017-02-08 Thread Valmor de Almeida 
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 3:35 AM, naveen  wrote:
[snip]
> Hi Valmor,
>
> I am presently running gentoo as a VM(virtualbox) on macos seirra.
> I have app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions-5.0.32:0 and
> x11-drivers/xf86-video-virtualbox-5.0.32:0 installed and running.

Hi Naveen,

What kernel are you using? I just found a way out:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8029046.html#8029046

but required a number iterations experimenting with kernel versions
and ebuilds for virtualbox-guest-additions.

Thanks,

--
Valmor

> I didn't face any problems while compiling/installing the package.
> Could you specify the issues you faced while installing/upgrading
> virtualbox-guest-additions package. I have used VMware Fusion barely
> so I don't have enough experience to comment
> on the overall quality it delivers or packages pertaining to it in
> portage.
>
> Regards,
> Naveen
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: [gentoo-user] inputs on Gentoo emulation on a Mac OSX

2017-02-08 Thread Valmor de Almeida 
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:06 AM, John Covici  wrote:
[snip]
>
> I have it working fine under vmware fusion and I have updated since
> the install.  I don't ust X on that box, so you may have a different
> result.

Thanks for the input. Yeah I will need X running on the guest.
--
Valmor

>
> The only gotcha I had was that vmware would not install the tools, but
> I found the iso image and mounted it and did it myself.
>
> --
> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> How do
> you spend it?
>
>  John Covici
>  cov...@ccs.covici.com
>

Re: [gentoo-user] inputs on Gentoo emulation on a Mac OSX

2017-02-08 Thread naveen 
On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 01:12:13AM -0500, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would appreciate inputs on emulation of Gentoo on a Mac OSX.
> 
> For many years I have been using VirtualBox on the Mac as a host and a
> Gentoo guest. It seems it is becoming difficult to get the
> virtualbox-guest-additions package to compile and install on the
> Gentoo guest. I don't know whether this is a difficulty coming from
> the virtualbox package itself. However, I am considering an emulation
> alternative such as VMWare Fusion to avoid problems with portage
> updates. I wonder whether the experience with the packages that need
> to be installed on the Gentoo guest side for VMWare are less
> problematic than the corresponding virtualbox packages.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> --
> Valmor
> 

Hi Valmor,

I am presently running gentoo as a VM(virtualbox) on macos seirra.
I have app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions-5.0.32:0 and
x11-drivers/xf86-video-virtualbox-5.0.32:0 installed and running.
I didn't face any problems while compiling/installing the package.
Could you specify the issues you faced while installing/upgrading
virtualbox-guest-additions package. I have used VMware Fusion barely 
so I don't have enough experience to comment
on the overall quality it delivers or packages pertaining to it in
portage.

Regards,
Naveen

Re: [gentoo-user] inputs on Gentoo emulation on a Mac OSX

2017-02-07 Thread John Covici 
On Wed, 08 Feb 2017 01:12:13 -0500,
Valmor de Almeida wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I would appreciate inputs on emulation of Gentoo on a Mac OSX.
> 
> For many years I have been using VirtualBox on the Mac as a host and a
> Gentoo guest. It seems it is becoming difficult to get the
> virtualbox-guest-additions package to compile and install on the
> Gentoo guest. I don't know whether this is a difficulty coming from
> the virtualbox package itself. However, I am considering an emulation
> alternative such as VMWare Fusion to avoid problems with portage
> updates. I wonder whether the experience with the packages that need
> to be installed on the Gentoo guest side for VMWare are less
> problematic than the corresponding virtualbox packages.
> 
> Thank you.

I have it working fine under vmware fusion and I have updated since
the install.  I don't ust X on that box, so you may have a different
result.

The only gotcha I had was that vmware would not install the tools, but
I found the iso image and mounted it and did it myself.

-- 
Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

 John Covici
 cov...@ccs.covici.com

[gentoo-user] inputs on Gentoo emulation on a Mac OSX

2017-02-07 Thread Valmor de Almeida 
Hello,

I would appreciate inputs on emulation of Gentoo on a Mac OSX.

For many years I have been using VirtualBox on the Mac as a host and a
Gentoo guest. It seems it is becoming difficult to get the
virtualbox-guest-additions package to compile and install on the
Gentoo guest. I don't know whether this is a difficulty coming from
the virtualbox package itself. However, I am considering an emulation
alternative such as VMWare Fusion to avoid problems with portage
updates. I wonder whether the experience with the packages that need
to be installed on the Gentoo guest side for VMWare are less
problematic than the corresponding virtualbox packages.

Thank you.

--
Valmor