Flint-- The usb ports are working under Intrepid. And I just discovered I don't have any serial ports! I guess they've gone the way of floppies.
You sync under Ibex with the serial port? Or with VBox? I haven't run Outlook for years. I've very happily been using Palm Desktop and would like to keep using it or an equivalent if I can, but my attempts with Evolution and gPilot haven't worked, and I haven't been able to download kPilot successfully. Sometimes I wonder why I go through all of this. I could just run MS stuff and stop fussing with it all, but I think the answer is that I don't like MS and I love puzzles. I want to solve this one. With respect to Ubuntu--it's getting there. It's getting close to mainstream, but as long as it takes this kind of fussing it's going to remain a geek's thing. And maybe we should all wish it would. It's not worth the predators' time right now, but once it is, along will come the viruses and trojan horses, etc. Warner Warner White 12 Harbor Watch Road Burlington VT 05401 H: 802-863-0182 C: 802-318-0956 www.warnerwhite.org ________________________________ From: Paul Flint <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 9:01:56 PM Subject: Vbox USB blues Dear Warner, On Thu, 25 Dec 2008, Warner White wrote: > I've got VirtualBox working--mostly. But I've run into a problem that many > seem to have run into and some solved, but so far I haven't been able to. I > can't get my usb ports mounted. I'm running Intrepid Ibex and VB 2.1.0. I1, > and keep getting the message:VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND. The service might not be > installed on the host computer. Are the USB ports running Ok under Ibex before you start VB? To see, use the command "lsusb". Unplug everything run lsusb, note results. Plug something usb in; lather, rinse, repeat.... > There are all sorts of solutions involving Gutsy Gibbon--editing > the/etc/init.d/mountdebsubfs.sh file. But mine doesn't look like the one they > list. I sync my Pilot on a serial port with no problem. Regards, Flint
