Neil Greenwood wrote: > 2009/5/22 John <[email protected]>: > >> I dont know what happened there, but I tooka snapshot of the VM >> uninstalled it, then installed it again, now its working perfectly and >> it even has extras, which I assume must be from the Guest Additions. I >> dont have to use the right/ctrl to access the host machine, it just >> works in and out of the VM. I can even use both LAN and Wireless. >> > > That's one of the bonuses of installing the Guest Additions. > > >> One >> thing is strange though, in the drop down menu for the connection, >> Network Manager it only shows the Auto Etho connection, whether I'm on >> LAN or Wireless connection. But the Host machine does show both. >> > > That's correct, and expected behaviour. > > What's going on? VirtualBox emulates a load of hardware to get the > guest working. One of the things it emulates is a network card - but > it only emulates an ethernet card not a wireless one. It then > 'virtually' connects that ethernet card to the host machine, which is > how you can connect to the internet from the guest. > > The guest doesn't actually see the real hardware on the host machine - > which is why you don't see the wireless card at all. I hope this makes > sense, and clears up your confusion. > > >> That is really strange. In the Machine drop down menu a lot more things >> are not grayed out like they were before. So not sure what happened in >> my first couple of installations but it does seem to be working now. I'm >> using the VM to write this. >> >> Thank you so much for all your help. I am learning quite a lot with all >> your help, far more than what I was doing on the Ubuntu Forums. I just >> have to get to grips with the Terminal now. >> >> John >> > > Cofion, > Neil. > > Hi Neil,
Yes it does clear things up. Its very helpfull. I am really getting on with this and it seems to be quite fast too. I know I am having a problem with the repositories but that is a side thing. I think I might go VM with all my computers, even though I got on with the wubi installation this seems a lot better. Thanks for your help, John. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
