I have a spare machine now so I can install Kubuntu 26.04 and give it a try if you like, Terry.
Hamish On 31 May 2026 15:13:37 BST, Hugh Frater <[email protected]> wrote: >Definitely a task for Claude…. > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Sun, 31 May 2026 at 14:52, Terry Coles <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Back in 2022, Hamish and Patrick created Virtual Box VMs to simulate all >> of the Pis in the Wimborne Model Town River System Network. At the time >> there was a problem with creating host-only adapters, in that the only >> IP Address allowed for the adapter was/is 192.168.56.0/24, so there was >> a work round for this which involved creating a file >> /etc/vbox/networks.conf and populating it with the IP range required. >> However, since then Kubuntu (and Ubuntu) have changed their networking >> configuration to be based on netplan and Network Manager and (I gather), >> that file is no longer read. >> >> The Virtual Box docs are currently out of date and still refer to the >> above method to overcome this and the only information that i have found >> appears to be a number of YouTube Videos that describe how to >> use netplan to set up networking on a Ubuntu host to a Ubuntu Server >> VM. The makers of these videos appear to assume a lot of foreknowledge >> of Linux networking, netplan and VBox, so I've struggled to find out >> what needs to be done for our use case (11 Raspberry Pi VMs, supported >> by a Raspberry Pi Base image). >> >> Can anyone point me to a more relevant source of information? >> >> -- >> Terry Coles >> -- >> Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2026-06-02 20:00 >> Check to whom you are replying >> Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk >> New thread, don't hijack: mailto:[email protected] >> >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2026-06-02 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:[email protected] -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2026-06-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:[email protected]
