On 22/03/11 14:12, Steven Sciame wrote: > > > I could try that, but I am a little nervous wandering away from a > "stable" system. Would I have to wait for the next point release for > this to get fixed and how would I maximize my chances of this being > fixed in 6.0.2? or sooner maybe?
You are several upgrades behind the current, stable virtualbox. Possibly you didn't change your sources.list entry back in November - else you would be running 4.x vb. > > --- On *Mon, 3/21/11, Scott Ferguson > /<prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com>/* wrote: > > > From: Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 8:41 PM > > On 22/03/11 12:30, Chen Wei wrote: > > hi Steven, since the VirtualBox 3.2 cannot built its module on 2.6.38 > > source, follow the instruction in "Debian Linux Kernel Handbook", I > > rebuild the 2.6.34.7 kernel. It is quite strait forward and works, the > > result kernel is also smaller than default kernel. maybe u can try it > > before Debian issue another upgrade. > > > > > <snipped> > > Suggest you use VirtualBox 4.0.4 (released 2011-02-17) > > #apt-get remove virtualbox3.2 > wget -t 0 > > http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.4/virtualbox-4.0_4.0.4-70112~Debian~squeeze_i386.deb > > <http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.4/virtualbox-4.0_4.0.4-70112%7EDebian%7Esqueeze_i386.deb> > (there's an AMD64 variant) > #dpkg -i virtualbox-4.0_4.0.4-70112~Debian~squeeze*.deb > > wget -t 0 > > http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.4/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.4-70112.vbox-extpack > #VBoxManage extpack install > Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.4-70112.vbox-extpack > <snipped> fww I have had no issues, with vb in Lenny or Squeeze. The release notes are on virtualbox.org Cheers -- > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d881e4d.7060...@gmail.com
