On 12/1/18 1:26 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 12/1/18 1:21 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >> On Sat, 1 Dec 2018, Dick Steffens wrote: >> >>> Once I get to VirtualBox, I note that this is the open source >>> version. For >>> the laptop, that's probably okay. But for my "work" machine, I need to >>> have USB functionality that is only in the Oracle provided version. I >>> use >>> a program only available for Windows, and it uses a USB footpedal that >>> isn't recognized by the open source version of VirtualBox. >> >> Dick, >> >> Does qemu support a USB foot pedal? I have qemu on a laptop but haven't >> had a need to access anything external with it. There is a qemu >> package on >> Slackbuilds.org. > > I don't know. I haven't studied QEMU enough. It's worth a look, but it > would me rebuilding my virtual machines, which I wouldn't have to do > with VirtualBox. > >
Dick qemu is nifty but not for the faint of heart. I use qemu daily and it still trips me up on occasion. There are no simple GUI wrapper programs to assist newcomers. If you need a Windows of some sort, I'd stick with VirtualBox (VB) for now. On Slackware I highly recommend building the installation packages from Slackbuilds.org. Pre-made binaries from elsewhere could have been built with unwanted assumptions. Also, please do not use binaries from pkgs.org unless you know who they come form. Slackware has ONLY ONE official binary software repository: The Slackware distribution ISO and /patches directory on official mirrors. Slackbuilds.org (SBo) has the official nod from the Slackware core team, many of whom contribute to SBo. As to VB, the OSE version will only support USB 1.1 pass-through. You will need to install VB extension pack for USB 2.0 support under their PUEL license for personal noncommercial use. The build/install sequence from SBo is: acpica virtualbox-kernel * virtualbox ** virtualbox-extension-pack groupadd -g 215 vboxusers ** create/edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local and /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown as per REAME.SLACKWARE reboot Run virtualbox, set up you VM, attach the /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso as a DVD, run the Windows VM. Install the guest additions. You save the packages in /tmp to somewhere nice in case you need to reinstall. The SBo VB version is a bit older than that on Oracle. If there are issues, you can email the SBo maintainer to see when he can get an update posted. Additional resources: PLUG is nice, but SBo maintainers are here: https://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users #slackbuilds on irc.freenode.net If you MUST use binary packages, these are the ones I trust. There are others, but the packages can be a bit out of date: http://www.slackware.com/~alien/ https://slackonly.com/ * VB uses its own kernel modules to speed up virtualization. qemu used the ones already baked into the kernel (KVM).
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