Still playing with Virtual Box, and still can't get it to work with 8.10, but it seems some people have submitted that fact as a bug to Canonical.
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Scott Granneman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > i've been using parallels on my mac, but i switched to virtualbox for > the latest ubuntu install, & it went wonderfully. > > scott > -- > R. Scott Granneman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com > Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications > My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books > > "To label people as death-deserving enemies because of disagreements > about real world politics is bad enough. To do the same for > disagreements about a delusional world inhabited by archangels, demons > and imaginary friends is ludicrously tragic." > ---Richard Dawkins > > On Aug 18, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Theresa Kehoe wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 11:05 -0500, Mike Bigalke wrote: > >> But the real question is how to get Ubuntu 8.10 4a running in > >> VirtualBox. I don't seem to be able to access VT-x/AMD-V in my bios > >> to get it running. Puppy and DSL worked without a hitch. > > > > I haven't tried that yet. When I installed Debian Etch (4.0r2) I > > had to > > do a few extra steps to get VirtualBox's Guest Additions working -- > > more > > of my notes: > > > > Went to VirtualBox's "Install Guest Additions", copied the shell > > script > > to my desktop, made it executable, and it puked because it was missing > > some things. > > > > Run this: apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` libx11-6 libx11-dev > > x-window-system-core x-window-system xspecs libxtst6 psmisc > > build-essential > > > > Reboot. Now the install works a treat! Fixes the mouse capture > > issue, > > too. > > > > Please post if you get Ubuntu 8.10 4a running, and how you did it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Theresa > > > >> > >> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Theresa Kehoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 14:48 -0500, Mike Bigalke wrote: > >>> Just a note: Don't try to install VirtualBox from the > >> repositories. > >>> It won't wor k. Instead download the > >>> Hardy Heron version from the VirtualBox site and install > >> that instead. > >> > >> > >> I kept notes on how to get USB support working (also have > >> notes for > >> Gutsy if anyone wants those, was a little different) under > >> Sun's > >> VirtualBox -- note, first install and configure it, then do > >> these steps: > >> > >> USB support for Hardy: > >> > >> 1. create group 'usbfs' and add yourself as a user > >> > >> 2. gedit /etc/fstab and add this entry: > >> none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=1001,devmode=664 0 0 > >> (where devgid matches the group usbfs you created) > >> > >> 3. cat /etc/group and find out ID number for group > >> 'vboxusers' (line > >> looks like: > >> vboxusers:x:125:tmk == '125' is the GID) > >> > >> 4. gedit /etc/fstab and add this entry: > >> none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=125,devmode=664 0 0 > >> > >> 5. sudo chown -R root:vboxusers /proc/bus/usb > >> > >> Log out and back in, and USB support is there. > >> > >> Theresa > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
