Re: Anyone running virtualbox?
On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 19:18 -0500, Wayne wrote:
> Hey Guys
>
> I spent the last 2 hours installing virtualbox on squeeze and have
> run into a little problem. I can't add users to the vboxusers group
> because ther isn't and vbox'anything' group. The Debian wiki doesn't
> help, probably because it is out of date, so wonder how others got it
> working.
>
> I have these packages installed
>
> +++-==========================================-==========================================-====================================================================================================
> ii virtualbox-guest-additions 3.0.10-1
> guest additions iso image for VirtualBox
> ii virtualbox-ose 3.0.10-dfsg-2
> x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
> ii virtualbox-ose-guest-source 3.0.12-dfsg-1
> x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module
> source
> ii virtualbox-ose-guest-utils 3.0.10-dfsg-2
> x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities
> ii virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 3.0.10-dfsg-2
> x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities
> un virtualbox-ose-modules <none>
> (no description available)
> ii virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6-amd64 2:2.6.30-4
> PC virtualization solution for Linux 2.6 on AMD64
> rc virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.30-1-amd64 2.6.30+3.0.2-dfsg-3
> PC virtualization solution for Linux 2.6.30 on AMD64
> ii virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.30-2-amd64 3.0.12-dfsg-1+2.6.30-8
> VirtualBox modules for Linux (kernel 2.6.30-2-amd64)
> ii virtualbox-ose-qt 3.0.10-dfsg-2
> x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface
> ii virtualbox-ose-source 3.0.12-dfsg-1
> x86 virtualization solution - kernel module source
>
> I am currently upgrading all of the 3.0.10-dfsg-2 versions to the
> sid 3.0.12-dfsg-1 versions in the hope that they will fix things.
>
> <rant on>
>
> In the not to distant past, packages didn't go from sid to testing
> unless they worked. Buggy maybe but they at least ran, to a point.
> That seems to have changed in the last few months. Is that a new
> policy? If so, maybe testing should be to 'could-not-fixed-in-sid'.
>
> <rant off>
>
> TIA
>
> Wayne
>
>
I installed virtualbox this afternoon and it worked like a champ. I just
followed the instructions at
http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-virtualbox-3.0-on-an-ubuntu-9.04-desktop
I installed 3.1 instead of 3.0.x and I'm running Ubuntu. Don't forget to
change "jaunty" to "squeeze" in the repository entry.
Giff
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