On 2014-03-16, Ivo Pezelj <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > It seems like loading Sage from VirtualBox is meant to be a simple task, but > for some reason it does not work for me. > > I downloaded .ova file normally and installed VirtualBox (obviously I'm using > Windows). I loaded .ova into VB without an issue. > > However, as I try to start Sage, the virtual machine boots up perhaps > normally, up to a point where it asks me for "sagevm login:". There seems to > be no way around it. When I do something right, like inserting "sage" and > providing the same for password (which pops up next), the machine seems to > proceed but quickly shuts down, saying, among others, that it "caught signal > 15".
from http://wiki.sagemath.org/SageAppliance 6. Summary of usernames and passwords Login to the Sage notebook - Username: admin, Password: sage Login to the sage account in the virtual machine - Username: sage, Password: sage Login as root (administrator account) to the virtual machine - Username: root, Password: sage > > Before this appears, there are some messages that are not overly motivating > (like "Fast TSC calibration failed" and "SMBus base address uninitialized"), > but as I never used this before I don't know if they are expected. > > I have not fiddled with any settings, it was supposed to be a straight > loading, so I have no idea what's happening. Interestingly, I was unable to > find anyone else ever complaining about this... > > This is a fresh installation of the latest Sage.ova and VirtualBox on Win8 > 64-bit. I have previously only used Sage online. Could be a corrupt .ova download, or a version mismatch between .ova and VirtualBox. What is the version of VirtualBox you are running? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
