[VBox-users] copy from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS guest clipboard to winxp host sometimes doesn´t work

I have been trying -so far unsuccesfully- to make the ´bidirectional copy/paste´ work from an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS work to a WinXP SP3 host (both 32-bit). Is there anything that could be done to improve compatibility? any tweaks on the linux side?. Particularly I have found that copying from GUI apps

Re: [VBox-users] copy from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS guest clipboard to winxp host sometimes doesn´t work

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:42 AM, Ingo Strüwing wrote: > So in some sense "bidirectional" seems to mean "alternating". ;-) > > Disclaimer: I don't know if this is a reliable trick. It does usually > work though - on my setup. Thanks! I´m not quite sure I follow, but I will have to get some sleep,

Re: [VBox-users] CPU Usage on W2K8

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 2:13 AM, John A. Wallace wrote: > Before I go talk to Microsoft Support about some issues related to it, as I > should do at this point, I want to see if this is characteristic of the W2K8 > Server VM running in Virtual Box, and whether there is anything I can > analyze to

Re: [VBox-users] Embedding Virtual Box

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Hendré Louw wrote: > How far are we from embedding Virtual Box as a component in a desktop > application? Regards, Hendre If you use a Java based RDP client I guess you can get a seamless VBox session inside a desktop Java app window. http://properjavardp.sourcef

Re: [VBox-users] Embedding Virtual Box

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Hendré Louw wrote: > Thanks FC. Exactly what I am looking for! You´re welcome. Hope it helps. Once/when you have developed something -if that´s gonna be open source- let us know. If not open source, then, good luck anyway. :) FC

Re: [VBox-users] Windows 8 and PC Camera

On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 2:17 AM, John A. Wallace wrote: > To my way of thinking this is comparable to a USB device and should have to > be enabled on the VB Control Panel if it would be accessible. Is that not > right? The problem is that you don´t provide any specifics. What system are you talki

Re: [VBox-users] copy from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS guest clipboard to winxp host sometimes doesn´t work

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Michael Thayer wrote: > The other is that the Windows XP clipboard viewer mechanism (actually it > goes back to the co-operative multi-tasking Windows 3.1, which is the > problem, as any unco-operative application can break it) is rather > unreliable Thanks for yo

Re: [VBox-users] =?iso-8859-1?Q?RE:_=5BVBox-users=5D copy_from_Ubuntu_12.04_LTS_guest_clip?= board to winxp host sometimes doesn´t work

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:58 AM, John A. Wallace wrote: > You may want to look at this for that issue: > > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/145343-slipstream-windows-7-sp1-into-in > stallation-dvd-iso-file.html Thanks John, bookmarked. FC ---

[VBox-users] IPv6 slow performance bug

Just in case the devs are not aware of it (I haven´t seen any comment from devs on the bug entry) https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9380 Not that this affects me in any way, I´m running ipv4. This is only a heads-up for devs... FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a

Re: [VBox-users] booting a USB device in a VM

On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 4:12 AM, John A. Wallace wrote: > In the instruction there is an illustration with an image, step #7, but its > image is not exactly like what I see when I start to create a hard disk for > the VM. It may be an older version on which the illustration is based. Here is what

Re: [VBox-users] booting a USB device in a VM

On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 1:28 PM, John A. Wallace wrote: > I got it working as sata. I had to change the setting to use ssd, and I had > to give it the entire amount of video memory available. Yet, even at that, it > would only boot into a tty mode. There is a good deal more physical resources >

Re: [VBox-users] Unable to run DirectX 7 application inside VirtualBox

On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > Linux host, Windows XP guest. Is it possible to run an app that > requires DirectX 7? I'm successfully running one that needs DirectX > 6.0, and according to dxdiag, DirectX 8 and 9 are working fine, but 7 > is a problem. it seems that ´th

Re: [VBox-users] VBox binaries files options

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:32 PM, John A. Wallace wrote: > When I look at all the binary file options on the downloads page (exactly > why are they called binaries, anyway?) As opposed to ´text files´ or documentation files, or source code. That is, those are the actual program (software) files.

Re: [VBox-users] Second Virtual Hard Drive

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:09 AM, vbox-users wrote: > Nowadays linux is leaning more and more toward using LVM by default, in > which case you "pvcreate" the raw device, no partitions. BTRFS is gaining > ground and BTRFS can do the same things as LVM, without LVM. Watch this video: http://www

Re: [VBox-users] unable to delete a particular snapshot

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:21 PM, John A. Wallace wrote: > If anyone has an idea about what I can look at to figure out how to make > this right, your suggestion would be welcome. John, Did you try editing the .VirtualBox\VirtualBox.xml file, and doing a find/replace? (or removal of the snapshot

Re: [VBox-users] unable to delete a particular snapshot

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:21 PM, John A. Wallace wrote: > It seems to be restricted by the apparent presence of "more than one child > hard disk" although currently there is only one virtual disk associated with > this guest on this physical machine. Check this out, I think it contains useful in

Re: [VBox-users] Is it time for a new co-admin?

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Pablo Sanchez wrote: > I firmly believe that if someone isn't doing the proper job, they > should be let go. > > John A. Wallace stated the following about me: > > But since you have a tendency to throw that "admin" hat around > when you feel like it, an

Re: [VBox-users] Is it time for a new co-admin?

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 6:53 PM, John A. Wallace wrote: > You are way too dramatic and sensitive about constructive criticism, Pablo In my experience what you did was right John. Let's defuse this misunderstanding before it escalates out of hand. Clearly Pablo felt hurt by your words, and you w

Re: [VBox-users] Is it time for a new co-admin?

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Pablo Sanchez wrote: > [ Comments below, in-line ] > > On 03/22/2013 06:58 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > > > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 6:53 PM, John A. Wallace > <mailto:jw72...@verizon.net>> wrote: > > > >

[VBox-users] Please...

I knew that when two people get at odds with each other, the best thing to do is to defuse the bomb before it explodes. Unfortunately, I apparently made the mistake of using the phrase "constructive criticism" when I actually meant just 'criticism'. -remember English is not my native language, tha

Re: [VBox-users] Please...

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > and there are only - at last count - 24 usable hours in each day.) > Pablo, resigning just means you're throwing the job onto Fernando. I > don't know anything about what's going on behind there, and I don't > want to get into politics, and

Re: [VBox-users] Is it time for a new co-admin?

On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 12:08 PM, John A. Wallace wrote: > I meant to speak only honestly, not maliciously or > otherwise. > OK, fair enough, let's end this thread P-L-E-A-S-E. This whole 'I said-he said' is counterproductive. Thanks in advance. FC ---

Re: [VBox-users] Running multiple vbox instances

On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Alexey Eromenko wrote: > Yes you can during runtime. > > There is also a network throlling available. > See "6.9. Limiting bandwidth for network I/O" in User Manual. > Amazing the things I learn just by reading the list. I didn't know about that. Perhaps I shoul

Re: [VBox-users] Is it time for a new co-admin?

On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 7:40 PM, vbox-users wrote: > And aside from that, everyone should probably be cool about everything. > And talk about virtualbox That's why we should end this thread. Now. No need for further replies. Yes, not even you, little lurker in the corner that will read this to

Re: [VBox-users] Pablo's problem with truthfulness

On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > So much for his pretentious air of professionalism. Please whoever posted this, let's not continue discussing an event that should be forgotten. Anyone can have a bad day. Let's not turn this list into a venue for attacking other list mem

Re: [VBox-users] Pablo's problem with truthfulness

On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > This was an utter and total forgery. Somebody has abused my name and > email address, sending this via gmane, where I do not post > Thanks for this information. Seems like someone wants to destroy this list. Do you suggest we suspend gmane

Re: [VBox-users] Pablo's problem with truthfulness

On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > This was an utter and total forgery Original forged post excluded from the list archives. This thread ends here. Thanks for your understanding. FC -- Everyone hat

Re: [VBox-users] Is it time for a new co-admin?

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Leonardo Carneiro wrote: > -1 > I'm still here, and now the only admin. When/if Pablo ever wants to return he'll be more than welcome. Now we can put this thread to rest. Seriously. Thanks :) FC

Re: [VBox-users] Is this the place to ask support questions?

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Mark Filipak < markfilipak.virtual...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this the place to ask support questions? > > Thanks - Mark. > This is a community mailing list, for Virtualbox users to ask questions and get answers from other users.. and also there's over a handful (a

Re: [VBox-users] Help with virtualbox

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Jim Worthy wrote: > I am a 72 year old man and know enough about computers to be dangerous. I someone that could set down with me (I am in > Dayton, Ohio) and show me how to fix my problem. Already replied off-list to Jim with the info about the Ohio Linux Users G

Re: [VBox-users] backup of Virtualbox machines

On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Matthias Streulens Geomajas wrote: > is there a way to make backups of the Virtualbox headless machines on a > server with for example VBoxManage snapshot... > > We want to make the snapshots on a sshfs mount on a Nas (already > mounted for other backups). > Can I

Re: [VBox-users] What's next?

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Leonardo Carneiro wrote: > Insiders can share with us any tip on the near future? It will do e-mail. ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Zawinski#Zawinski.27s_law_of_software_envelopment *JOKE* *JOKE* FC --

Re: [VBox-users] Problem with ML ?

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > I did not receive a single mail in 5 days on this list. Is there some > problem? > Can anybody read me? > Loud and clear :). If there's a quiet period it doesn't mean the list is not working :) FC

Re: [VBox-users] Problem with ML ?

On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > So there is really noone being able to answer my question(s) regarding > virtio-net usage in vbox? No other users of this type of network card? > Feel free to repost it, not all subscribers real all messages, all the time . Persona

Re: [VBox-users] Android-on-Windows App BlueStacks Hits 10 Million Downloads

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Alexey Eromenko wrote: > http://allthingsd.com/20130506/android-on-windows-app-bluestacks-hits-10-million-downloads/ > > May be useful knowledge for VirtualBox team as well... Thanks!. I had my first Anrdroid experience a few weeks ago with a Chinese 10" Android 4

Re: [VBox-users] Android-on-Windows App BlueStacks Hits 10 Million Downloads

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Alexey Eromenko wrote: > Try a Galaxy S III (or S4) smartphone, or a Nexus 7 tablet. > Trust me -- this is a whole new level of experience. > > Chinese are making crappy products to save few bucks I need money, or free Nexus 7, then. Brother, can you spare a coin?

Re: [VBox-users] Android-on-Windows App BlueStacks Hits 10 Million Downloads

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Alexey Eromenko wrote: > nd putting > underpowered chips with no graphics acceleration whatsoever, a > politics I completely disagree with. My main gripe was the GUI, not the hardware or the system's responsiveness. Maybe it's this dumbing-down of user interfaces

Re: [VBox-users] Merge .iso files

On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 11:55 PM, John Moss wrote: > I just downloaded 3 .iso.torrent files for a Linux OS. I want to add another > VM to Vbox on a Win7 host. > > How do I merge the 3 .iso files? > > Thanks, > John John, Your question is not clear at all. You downloaded 3 iso images by using a

Re: [VBox-users] network

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 4:11 AM, mattias wrote: > how can vbox network was faster than kvm Hi Mattias, Is that a statement, or a question? ;-) I mean, did you already compare VBox and found it faster, or are you asking if vbox can be somehow optimized to be made faster than kvm? Since I never

[VBox-users] Warning to researche...@gmail.com - was Re: VBox-users-community Digest, Vol 40, Issue 1

On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 1:57 PM, researcher researcher < researche...@gmail.com> wrote: > i do like that : ssh userName@192.168.1.5 ? > > More details please. > Thank you so much for answer. Please, anonymous "researcher researcher" When you hit "reply" and you receive the DIGEST version of th

Re: [VBox-users] error in vboxmanage storageattach

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Leonardo Carneiro wrote: > > While the command is showing this error, it successfuly attach the disk to > the VM. Thanks for the report, Leonardo. I m sure the devs will read this and get a look at it. In the meantime, if you feel like it, you can also file a bug

Re: [VBox-users] Converting running non vm into a vm with WIn Server 2008 R2?

On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 3:26 AM, Ulrich Schneider wrote: > Is there a way to create a VM from a running Windows Server 2008 R2 (non > VM). > > I heard about a tool from VMWare ... VMWare converter ... or something > ... but this would be for VMWare only I suppose. > Hi Ulrich. The magic string y

Re: [VBox-users] Converting running non vm into a vm with WIn Server 2008 R2?

On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 4:02 AM, Kees Nuyt wrote: > Search for Physical-to-virtual (p2v) in your favorite search engine. Damn time zones, Kees!. ;-) you beat me to it surely by faster typing. What is extraordinary is that we both said the same thing: use Google for p2v ;-). "great minds think a

Re: [VBox-users] Converting running non vm into a vm with WIn Server 2008 R2?

On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 3:26 AM, Ulrich Schneider wrote: > I heard about a tool from VMWare ... VMWare converter ... or something > ... but this would be for VMWare only I suppose. > Two more options: Disk2VHD (freeware), mentioned here specifically in the context of Virtualbox http://dottech.org/

Re: [VBox-users] Converting running non vm into a vm with WIn Server 2008 R2?

On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 4:35 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > ...and Paragon GoVirtual (commercial)...apparently now renamed VM > professional > http://www.paragon-software.com/home/vm-professional/ > specially enticing are these claims (standard warnings apply wrt marketing speak ;)

Re: [VBox-users] Converting running non vm into a vm with WIn Server 2008 R2?

On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 5:47 AM, Ulrich Schneider wrote: > Thanks for the many helpful answers ... maybe I told it not really well > ... it is possible to shut down the machine and then convert ... so the > word "running" is not really the word I was looking for. Sorry. > > Ulrich Schneider > if t

Re: [VBox-users] Converting running non vm into a vm with WIn Server 2008 R2?

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:02 AM, Mark Cranness wrote: > Re P2V tools, there is also this: > VMLite MyOldPCs > > http://www.vmlite.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41&Itemid=130 > > VMLite is based on VirtualBox. > Thanks Mark, Didnt know this one! FC -- During times of Univer

[VBox-users] 32bit Linux guest on Win7-64 host, vdi as sata or IDE?

I wonder if, technically, is there any performance advantage in configuring virtual disks as SATA vs IDE... Im running a 32bit Linux guest (Fedora 19 beta) on Win7-64 host,. By mistake I configured the empty vdi file as IDE-slave instead of the default SATA. Will I incurr in any performance penal

[VBox-users] VM menu bar is gone

I dont remember doing anything to remove VM meny bars but they're gone, and Id like to have it back. I tried VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/Customizations MenuBar,StatusBar but it doesnt seem to have any effect. Q: why isnt there a preference or button on the GUI to enable/disable it? Im ru

Re: [VBox-users] VM menu bar is gone

On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:40 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > I dont remember doing anything to remove VM meny bars but they're gone, > and Id like to have it back. > I tried > > VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/Customizations MenuBar,StatusBar > > but it doesnt seem to h

Re: [VBox-users] VM menu bar is gone

On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:40 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Q: why isnt there a preference or button on the GUI to enable/disable it? BTW: RFE... when I saw the menus gone my instinct was to go to the VM window title bar and right-click on it. Of course, that achieved nothing. Shouldnt it

Re: [VBox-users] Guru meditation

On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:49 AM, Luc MAIGNAN wrote: > I use the latest version of VB (4.2.12). > > Some of my VMs go into Guru Meditation : Guru Meditation -4002 > (VERR_VMX_INVALID_VMXON_PTR) > > What can happen ? > > Thanks for any help > Hi Luc, Surely it will help devs to know what is your h

[VBox-users] Strange crash in QTGUIVbox4.dll after vm is shutdown...

Im running VBOX 4.2.12, WIN7 SP1 64 bit, HW: 8 GB RAM AMD FUSION system w AMD-V guest:32bit Fedora19 beta After the VM was shutdown (from the linux side) Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: VirtualBox.exe Application Version: 4.2.12.0 Application Timestamp: 5

Re: [VBox-users] Problem with 4.2.14 (Virus Warning with Avira for VBoxWindowsAdditions-x86.exe)

On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 4:58 AM, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > Hello all, > > I just downloaded and installed 4.2.14 (Linux Host) and found out that > during installing guest additions on Windows XP guest Avira Antivirus > complains about a trojan TR/Graftor.758436 found and install fails. The

Re: [VBox-users] Guru meditation

On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 2:49 AM, Luc MAIGNAN wrote: > Some of my VMs go into Guru Meditation : Guru Meditation -4002 > (VERR_VMX_INVALID_VMXON_PTR) > Can any of the devs or ORCL employees please comment on the above?. Last time I looked there were 8 of you on this list ;-). Luc, there have been

Re: [VBox-users] Announcement: VirtualBox 4.2.14 released

On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 5:09 AM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > > for a complete list of all changes. You can download the binaries > here: > > http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.14/ > > Kind regards, > > Frank Excellent, downloading as I write this. Thanks for the notice on this list too.

[VBox-users] Fedora 19beta (3.9.2.301 kernel) + guest additions = no more video

Hi folks, Time for me to ask for help this time What is the official rescue procedure when after installing the guest additions on a Linux guest (32 bit F19 beta, Win7 SP1 64bit host, AMD-V enabled) you reboot the VM to a non-working display? Screenshots: http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/6

Re: [VBox-users] Fedora 19beta (3.9.2.301 kernel) + guest additions = no more video

On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Gregory Nowak wrote: > The only suggestion I can think of is to boot the guest from a live > CD, chroot into the guest's root file system, and remove the guest > additions. That should work in theory. > Thanks Gregory! Good idea. Didn't think about that. I'm gon

Re: [VBox-users] Fedora 19beta (3.9.2.301 kernel) + guest additions = no more video

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 5:56 AM, Michael Thayer wrote: > Michael > > [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972095 > Thanks Michael!! I suspected that this was indeed a bug, despite their repeated denials "it's working fine here...". I will grill them, gently ;-) Thanks very much..

Re: [VBox-users] Fedora 19beta (3.9.2.301 kernel) + guest additions = no more video

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:10 AM, Michael Thayer wrote: > Assuming of course that my guess was correct and that you are seeing the > same as I did. > > Regards, > > Michael > They confirmed this is a bug, but only happens in 32bit Fedora, then hinted why dont I use a 64bit guest with one list

[VBox-users] FYI: DO NOT install guest additions in F19 32bit guests

The Fedora devs said it's too late for them to include the Xorg fix to the bug that causes the X server to crash in the 32bit build of Fedora 19 when running it as Virtualbox guest with the Guest additions installed. http://fedora.12.x6.nabble.com/Final-karma-requests-td5007939.html So with the

Re: [VBox-users] FYI: DO NOT install guest additions in F19 32bit guests

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Alexey Eromenko wrote: > Really. If you want some better Linux stability I *strongly* suggest > switching to Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Debian stable. Those systems also > get service packs. I run CentOS and OracleLinux on servers. But on desktops I need to sta

Re: [VBox-users] USB to serial adapters...

On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 8:33 PM, SH Development wrote: > The result has been the same for several brands (and their respective > drivers) of usb/serial dongles. Just my $0.02 worth: brand doesnt matter, chipset does. when it comes to RS232->usb adapters, ones with FTDI chipset are the only ones

Re: [VBox-users] USB to serial adapters...

On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Cliff Scott wrote: > I'm afraid that your broad judgement on "all others are junk" is a bit too > broad. Yes, you're right my comment was too broad, I meant "all other cables I have tried were junk". I dont mean to imply FTDI are the only good ones... just the onl

Re: [VBox-users] USB to serial adapters...

On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Cliff Scott wrote: > I'm not offended. You've had a bad experience. I haven't yet. I suppose their > drivers not working on the copied chips is their way of telling you that you > got a bad one, but of course they should come right out and say this chip is > not a

Re: [VBox-users] Announcement: VirtualBox 4.2.16 released

On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Damian Nicastro wrote: > Is it supported in the 4.2.16 release the external audio input? > Thx do you mean external usb 2.x sound cards? I dont see why it shouldnt work like any other devices... FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becom

Re: [VBox-users] Announcement: VirtualBox 4.2.16 released

On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Damian Nicastro wrote: > Fernando: > > I mean PC audio analog input. Not USB. > Thx Hi Damian, Let me explain: you were asking if Virtualbox mapped audio inputs to the guest VMs, The answer is I don't know. BUT I suggested you use an external USB "sound card" th

Re: [VBox-users] Update from 2.1.4 to 4.2.16 ?

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > has anyone experienced troubles with such a big leap forward in vbox versions? > Or will this just work? > > -- > Regards, > Stephan Do you have guest additions installed? Any custom features, ie usb device filters set, etc? Host s

Re: [VBox-users] Update from 2.1.4 to 4.2.16 ?

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > My > basic concern was the vm files (i.e. drives). I remember there was some change > back then and later versions did something like a conversion at first start Hi Stephan, Sorry for my dry reply earlier but Im typing on a touch

[VBox-users] Simon Phipps, FUD MASTER

https://twitter.com/webmink/status/356815293537976320 This guy is pathetic... he posted that after https://twitter.com/sjvn/status/356800011947880448 -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte

Re: [VBox-users] LPT sharing and pci passthrough

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Emiliano Vazquez wrote: > It´s possible to create at least 4 guest running directly DOS and share LPT1 > (onboard) and LPT2 & LPT3 (PCI) for all of this guests? Hi Emiliano. As far as I know Parallel port passthrough is only available for Windows hosts. And you

Re: [VBox-users] PCI passthrough

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > . But what about de-taching it from the host? If the host is Windows, goign to Device Manager and "disabling" the device would do the trick, I think. It essentially turns off the windows driver for it. FC -- During times of U

Re: [VBox-users] PCI passthrough

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > Sorry Fernando, > since I am not linked to M* W*ndows in any manner I always forget to tell > that > all things I write and ask are pure linux topics. In this case host as > well as > guest are linux. > This should help. http://lwn

Re: [VBox-users] virtual disk versus host access

On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 6:10 AM, jdd wrote: > I wonder what is safer, to use a for example 500Gb virtual disk for > data or use a dedicated 500Gb partition accessed through virtual > network or shared folder. > I don't personally see either approach as "safer" than the other, the only differenc

Re: [VBox-users] PCI passthrough

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Matthew Hall wrote: > Very strange. I only tried it on my machine a few months with a crypto > accelerator board and it worked completely perfectly once I got the command > line syntax figured out This thread reminds me. Is the same thing possible (PCI re-attach

Re: [VBox-users] PCI passthrough

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > And unfortunately its manufacturer only supported up to Win2K, so no XP > drivers or beyond. Sounds like a good candidate to run in a VM... > > *IF* ISA cards can be mapped to a VM... > And before someone asks, YES, I do

Re: [VBox-users] Announcement: VirtualBox 4.3 Beta 1 released

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Eric S. Johansson wrote: > The problem with doing this in the past is that the USB bridge from the > native host to the virtual machine has been unkind to real-time audio. Have you tried a cheap $15 usb audio interface (with mic in, audio out) assigned exclusively

Re: [VBox-users] WIN7 Image on VBOX issue

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Matthias Streulens Geomajas wrote: > As I can say that it is full legal to run your Win 7 in Virtualbox. It is in > the Microsoft licens Matthias, I didn't think the original poster asked about the legality of it, but how to do it, technically. At least I underst

Re: [VBox-users] WIN7 Image on VBOX issue

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:56 AM, SHREYAS JOSHI wrote: > I have a prebuilt - WIN7 on my laptop. I selected the backup option and > created the backup image and bootable disk of WIN7. > Now, I want to run that image on the Virtual box, how can I do it? I believe that what you created is not a boot

Re: [VBox-users] WIN7 Image on VBOX issue

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Tom Grace wrote: > When I did this, I used the ISO for retail Windows, available from MS's > download site. Then I used the key from the license sticker on my laptop. Thanks for the reply Tom, but please re-hread the OP's question. I think hes asking how to boot h

Re: [VBox-users] WIN7 Image on VBOX issue

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:08 AM, SHREYAS JOSHI wrote: > Also, What is the image type it will create? Will it create the ISO or any > other format that is compatible with the Virtual box? > > Thanks & regards, > Shreyas Joshi Let me repeat: if you created a bootable restore cd and a backup of you

Re: [VBox-users] 3d problems in Win7 64-bit

On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:16 PM, intercrap wrote: > Host: Debian/GNOME, AMD64. I have updated the graphics driver to the > latest version, there are no problems with 3d programs in Debian itself. > > Guest: Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit. > > Vbox: VirtualBox

Re: [VBox-users] 3d problems in Win7 64-bit

On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:16 PM, intercrap wrote: > Host: Debian/GNOME, AMD64 What release?. Do you know if Debian has decided to go with Mir or Wayland? I'm curious if the move in certain Linux distros away from Xorg to the Ubuntu sponsored Mir will cause all sorts of hassles for low-level sof

Re: [VBox-users] Solved: updated vboxvideo for illumos / solaris

On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 4:32 AM, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: > If anyone is interested, I can provide the patches. > > Gabriele. > Thanks for the offer!. I'm not part of the dev team but as an end user I really appreciate it. If you dont get an answer here feel free to contact the devs directly. If yo

Re: [VBox-users] Solved: updated vboxvideo for illumos / solaris

On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 6:24 AM, Alexey Eromenko wrote: > In my opinion, if the patch is good, it should be integrated into VBox > proper (but not necessarily used). > > FreeBSD additions source code are integrated upstream into VBox code > tree, but Oracle build don't provide the binaries, so pe

Re: [VBox-users] teleporting...

On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Eric S. Johansson wrote: > Is > there any way to create a small template/configuration file etc. to use > to create the receiving VM? > I'd suggest you use the "export to ovf" option to export the vm as an appliance, then re-import the base vm into a new vm for th

Re: [VBox-users] teleporting...

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Geoff Nordli wrote: > > Since we don't have the synthcpu option anymore, how does that work now > across systems with different chipsets/cpus types? First time I hear about this. When did this change occur and why? FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, tel

Re: [VBox-users] Announcement: VirtualBox 4.3.4 and 4.2.20 released

On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > At the same time Oracle released VirtualBox 4.2.20, a maintenance > release of VirtualBox 4.2. > Thanks for the heads up Frank. I wonder what was the reason for keeping v4.2.x with maintenance along with 4.3.x ? is there some fundamental fe

Re: [VBox-users] Announcement: VirtualBox 4.3.4 and 4.2.20 released

On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Alexey Eromenko wrote: > I believe their commercial software (Oracle VDI) is based on an older > branch of VBox > Thanks Alexey. It just caught my eye. I don't remember many times before with two versions released in parallel. But I haven't been keeping track c

Re: [VBox-users] Announcement: VirtualBox 4.3.4 and 4.2.20 released

On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 3:57 AM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > the reason is > 1) to save effort (doing two releases together is a bit less work >than two separate releases) > Hi Frank, Thanks for the kind reply. I wasn't speaking about the logistics, but rather keeping two versions available/supp

Re: [VBox-users] Announcement: VirtualBox 4.3.4 and 4.2.20 released

On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > Of course > it would make our life much easier if we could ignore older branches once > a new major release is out but that's not possible :) > Thanks! Understood. One last and I'll leave you free to enjoy the weekend. ;-) I see Fedora RPM

Re: [VBox-users] Announcement: VirtualBox 4.3.4 and 4.2.20 released

On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > we always try to build packages not for _every_ release of a Linux > distribution. For 4.3.x we offer packages for F17 and F18, the F18 > packages work well on F19. > My point was that if you provide releases for Fedora 17, very few people

Re: [VBox-users] upgrading a linux virtual server

On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 2:42 PM, jdd wrote: > Hello, > I plan to update my web server doing the following: > > * make a snapshot > * change the linux repositories > * make the upgrade > > once I'm sure all is nice, delete the snapshot > > is it the good way? nothing forgotten? (I have all the spa

Re: [VBox-users] ugly installer screen on osx

On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Julian Thomas wrote: > I've submitted a bug on this, but in clear conscience could not classify it > as worse than minor. OSX is so dumbed down and its users so finicky and drama queens that I'd vouch for a Java Web Start installer just to make it as braindead as

Re: [VBox-users] ugly installer screen on osx

On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > OSX is so dumbed down and its users so finicky and drama queens that > I'd vouch for a Java Web Start installer just to make it as braindead > as possible. > > But that is just me. A list member wrote to tell me my com

Re: [VBox-users] RFI: Memory Management in VBox

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > > This would effectively allow saving some RAM, which as in today's config > in VBox, might be blocked and idly wasted. It is not wasted. It is reserved. If it's not reserved then another app on the host OS could take it. And then what w

Re: [VBox-users] What's up with 4.3.8?

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: > In both cases 4.3.8 renders the guest system unbootable, due to kernel > errors. > In both cases reverting to 4.3.6 on the host has resolved the issue. > Thanks for the heads up. I still haven't updated so I welcome your feedback. Let's see i

Re: [VBox-users] Announcement: VirtualBox 4.3.10 released

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > Hi, > > today Oracle released VirtualBox 4.3.10, a maintenance release of > VirtualBox 4.3 which improves stability and fixes regressions. > > See the Changelog at > > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog > Thanks Frank, And keep up t

[VBox-users] Wording of "USB Filter"

Hi there, This message is for the devs... I've been thinking about this for a while and meant to send it since about a year ago, but now I saw the issue resurface on a local Ubuntu mailing list and I think it's time to send it. To the point: I think the wording "USB Filter" is utterly confusing.

Re: [VBox-users] Wording of "USB Filter"

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > "USB device selection" screen/dialog ? On second thought, here's a better alternative: USB Device Mapping. FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act Durante épocas de Engañ

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