Ok, rebooted, will see if 3.2.4 kernel mods kick in nope didn't work
Voldenet
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netbook
Ok so now I need to install 3.1.8 of VirtualBox right?
odyi
Is there any documentation around that lists everything you can accomplish with 'VBoxManager setextradata'?
mt
Hello, I've updated vbox from 3.1.6 to 3.1.8 and now I'm getting BSOD (IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL). Rolling back to 3.1.6 didn't fix it (although it was working properly before I did the update). I have searched the forums and couldn't find anything useful relating to this. What should I do ?
Voldenet
update to 3.2.2 ... 3.1.8 BSOD is known bug blah blah
MTughan
Voldenet: 3.2.4 is the latest version.
mt
I'm downloading 3.2.4 currently
Voldenet
MTughan, o rly? :O My VBox says that 3.2.2 is the newest
MTughan
Voldenet: sol just told me earlier. I checked the site.
Voldenet
Yeah, you are right.
mt
But if it's a common bug in 3.1.8, why didn't rolling back to an older version fix it although it worked properly before the update ?
netbook
uninstalled 3.2, installing 3.1.8 Man 3.2 was a headache
mt
(Host : Windows 7 x64)
Voldenet
netbook, why?
netbook
It messed up my port forwarding with NAT i'm restarting brb
Voldenet
NAT is pointless
DrJ
no it isn't
Cancel
you may not want it bridged you may not want host only , ergo nat
DrJ
I've found uses for all the networking modes including none :)
Cancel
haven't really used host only yet
jamesd2
NAT is useful if you want to create a DMZ using Vbox... it adds an extra layer of protection...
DrJ
its also good if you are like me an have multiple external connections
Cancel
if you're nat'd you are not dmz
DrJ
I can place virtualbox on its own IP behind its internal NAT
Cancel
at least vbox nat now an external firewall nat i'd buy that
WeblionX
I wish the NAT performance was better.
DrJ
9 times out of 10 I bridge internal and host I almost never touch
WeblionX
I'd be using bridged if my connection let me have multiple IPs from each port.
DrJ
NAT is nice for when you don't want it on your normal subnet I have two NICs coming into my computer here ... one is on my LAN, the other has a direct internet connection (in which I can bridge VM's to in order to get a public IP address) the direct internet is disabled on the host (IPv4 disabled) WeblionX: your connection should let you have multiple IPs as long as its a LAN connection
WeblionX
It's odd. I'm in an apartment and the whole complex is its own ISP. So the apartment has ethernet connections. VBox with bridged mode doesn't want to work.
DrJ
go to walmart and buy a router then it wont matter what kind of network your apartment has
WeblionX
Yeah, I'm thinking of getting a router, since it'll give me wireless, too.
DrJ
walmart has really cheap ones for $30 if its just an apartment ... its wireless would have no issue at all covering it all
powtrix
find one with wireless and read the security features.
WeblionX
I'd like to get one that I could toss DD-WRT on.
DrJ
they all pretty much have the same security in fact, they can't even claim they are "Wifi" unless they support WPA2
Voldenet
DrJ, $30? Its not really cheap 10¬ means cheap :P
brandini
dudes
Voldenet
And those are usable. :)
DrJ
ebay then :)
Voldenet
for $30 u can get damn linksys :)
WeblionX
What I'd love is a net5601 or similar, but that's too much for what I do.
DrJ
walmart is the cheapest bricks-n-mortar store that I know of for buying routers I use a pc for my router at my house I p2p too heavy ... I even bought a $130 router and it still frooze up from the NAT table overloading tried dd-wrt everything
wirechief
WeblionX: look for a linksys wrt54g, DD-WRT works nice, but if not check their web page to see what routers are compatible.
DrJ
bittorrent can be brutal on any store router
WeblionX
On the router at my parents house we stopped having problems once I put dd-wrt on.
DrJ
dd-wrt is nice WeblionX, improves really any router you can manage to get it on
wirechief
you can even put it on a old pc, make into a router but then you have more power being used :(
WeblionX
I kind of wish Soekris would come out with their net6501 and price drop the net5501.
DrJ
on some it even increases wireless strength
WeblionX
If I were to do PC I'd buy a Mini-ITX board.
DrJ
on my PC router I run Mikrotik RouterOS
WeblionX
With a dual core atom.
DrJ
I love that because of its winbox control application
WeblionX
The 330's something like 8W of power.
DrJ
with routeros you can run xen vm's so you can make use of the extra power it consumes over store routers
WeblionX
What I'd do is get a 802.11n 3x antenna mini PCIe card for the Mini-ITX board and toss that all into a case. Gives you GbE and wireless that you can toss anything you want in. Definitely costs more, though.
DrJ
only downfall to using a PC is you probably still want to have a store wireless router (with everything disabled on it)
Voldenet
The best router is PC. Definitely.
DrJ
that's what I use for wireless, cheap netgear router: internet, NAT, DHCP disabled so basically its just a 4 port switch with a WAP attached
Voldenet
DHCP is nice feature but only for reserved MACs
DrJ
yea, but you have to turn it off since the router pc will handle it
WeblionX
Wee, my Windows VM froze.
Voldenet
Windows uses far more GPU than linux, so linux should be ran as guest.
WeblionX
Yeah, if I played more games I might switch to windows.
wirechief
DrJ have you used a second nic with your distro (gigabyte speed nic)
Voldenet
Well... windows under VM is not doing well... and linux under VM is same as usual. There is no comparition to me.
wirechief
i wonder how to keep mine from getting confused on which to use, eth0 or eth1 it always wants to go to the on board nic
WeblionX
Voldenet: And when Windows crashes and takes down all your VMs...
Voldenet
WeblionX, o rly? If you're using Windows ME then it crashes.
WeblionX
You know what? I don't care. Moving on.
Voldenet
My avg uptime on Windows XP machines is 4 months or so.
bdm
Under Linux, where can I share a drive that I shared from Windows?
powtrix
guest gui menu: device > shared
bdm
I did that but I can't seem to find it lo
powtrix
you mean to mount a shared dir under linux?
WeblionX
mount -t vboxsf <sharename> <mountpoint>
bdm
oh, didn't know i had to mount it after the fact!
DrJ
on my router wirechief?
wirechief
DrJ no, your desktop.
DrJ
2 Gigabit ports
wirechief
ive about give up, just use onboard now.
DrJ
but everything else is 100Mbit so I don't get gigabit speeds
wirechief
well, i have 1000Mbit on the pc i want to rsync to.
DrJ
the only other thing I have that might be gigabit is my 360 not sure on that but still doesn't matter all the switches and router ports are 100Mbit
xilo
is it possible to get compiz/xcompmgr working for a linux host? er guest
wirechief
well i have a gigabyte switch, the two would talk through it i think.
Voldenet
mounting shares using mount is a lot worse than using physical disk
wirechief
just have a pita getting the plug in pci card to work.
bdm
I'm only using it to grab a file real quick.
wirechief
must be a setting in bios to disable the onboard but its not really easy to tell. oh well thats ok.. thanks DrJ
bdm
I'm trying "sudo mount -t vboxsf C_DRIVE /mnt/c" but getting the error "/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device". Any ideas?
powtrix
host - win?
DrJ
it would be nice if I could get one gigabit switch to have gigabit speed to my NAS
bdm
@powtrix: Yes, Windows is my host.
powtrix
in your guest the addons is installed, right?
bdm
Correct. I'm assuming the installation is fine because I was able to use my native resolution.
powtrix
ok
Voldenet
btw where is changelog? is it installing with newer ver of vbox? or do i have to google it
WeblionX
There's a link to it on the main page.
Voldenet
Btw, where can I download 3.2.3 version?
WeblionX
There is no 3.2.3.
Voldenet
:(
WeblionX
It only exists in the source control.
consolers
so i think vboxsdl failing on savestate and resume is a known bug for my 3.0.6 version
WeblionX
(Action) updates to 3.2.x while he's at it.
consolers
but i cant understand the constant (including disk) activity when a single vm is in pause
WeblionX
Could be swap.
powtrix
well 3.2.4 is out
brandini
does it fix all the crashy crashy?
Taggnostr
hello
consolers
block_dumping it, shows it hits the partition only with the hd image, strace trace=file doesnt show anything with the hd image only bah the qt menu UI irritates, though not 0.05 as much as gtk
powtrix
bdm, try (at host ) add folder share as C:\ and share name as c; at guest: mount -t vboxsf /mnt/tmp mount -t vboxsf c /mnt/tmp c or C, both works here btw I shared /tmp as tmp
bdm
When you say share name as c; you mean the folder name, right?
Taggnostr
I tried to resume a paused VM from the GUI that lists the VMs and then closed the GUI immediately and got an error. If I wait the VM to start and then close the GUI it works fine
powtrix
yes
bdm
Still getting "/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such device." :| THe FAQ claims you get that error when trying to share a personal folder.
powtrix
did you reboot your guest after to install addons?
bdm
yep
powtrix
make a c:\tmp, share and mount it
bdm
I've tried sharing a machine folder as well as a transient folder.
powtrix
maybe c:\ permissions..
bdm
tmp/ doesn't work either. i'd say you're right.
powtrix
mount as root
bdm
no dice.
powtrix
'no such device' sounds as invalid dir by a permission error or invalid dir the flag read-only, set it
bdm
nope
xilo
is it possible to get compiz/xcompmgr working for a linux guest?
magn3ts
xilo, turn up the graphics memory and mine worked as soon as I installed guest addons
xilo
i do have it turned up soon as i start xcompmgr just continuous errors
consolers
heh no3d on 64bit win7 makes solitaire unusable
xilo
weird... worked now wtf oh well
bdm
Must be some W7 thing...
powtrix
share a dir with full permission in host I mean
bdm
I don't even know how to check for full permission in W7 lol I have to get to bed. Thank you for the help. Much appreciated. :)
powtrix
gnight
djk1
Anyone know how to get rid of the black box around the mouse pointer
xilo
yeah... xcompmgr just gives bad picture errors when i try to run
WXZ
I installed the old vbox from the software centre, and then uninstalled it but now I can't install 3.2 from the site
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