On 06/28/11 at 08:58pm, Joe wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:33:47 -0400 > William Hopkins <we.hopkins@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 06/28/11 at 03:16pm, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: > > > Hi. > > > Since I'm blind, I can't use the graphical interface with > > > virtualbox. Can you help me to find a tutorial for me about how I > > > do with the vboxmanage command? > > > > I found a few introductory tutorials by googling 'creating VMs with > > vboxmanage' > > > > > I know the help for the command in the manual, but I need a step by > > > step tutorial. I need also information about how to set up usb, and > > > how to choose the correct sound card emulation. > > > > the relevant options are --usb on|off, and --audiocontroller > > ac97:sb16 (from the man page) > > > > I just ran through the basic process, you use createvm, registervm, > > modifyvm, startvm. I enabled sound with modifyvm --audio alsa > > --audiocontroller ac97. I only have virtualbox-ose available, so I > > can't test USB (OSE doesn't have USB support, among other things). > > > > > The manual and web tutorials the OP found are probably all there is, ... > The OP describes them as 'introductory', but I think ... ... > Quite apart from the OP's particular problem ... OP means 'original poster'; however, the person posting the initial problem (Kristoffer) and the person posting the tutorials (me) are two different people, so OP isn't appropriate for both (: Thanks for the tip regarding virtualbox free, hopefully it is licensed properly and will make it down the line into Debian. -- Liam
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