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From: Andy Hewitt on 4 May 2010 17:21
T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 4 May 2010 18:18:19 +0100, thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt)
> wrote:
>
> >I just got this off the MacUpdate site, although couldn't find it on the
> >VirtualBox site.
>
> Nor can I. I can only find 3.2.0Beta?

Whoops!

> http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/
>
> Or is that summat else?

No. I went there yesterday, and only found 3.1.6.

> >Being a very light, non-critical user, I decided to give it a punt. I've
> >just opened up, updated Additions, and now allowing other updates to
> >complete (Windows and Comodo mainly).
>
> I've just installed it on Ubuntu 10.04 ant it confirms it's Oracle VM,
> 3.2.0_Beta1 and there are no updates.

I installed it and had to update existing Additions in my XP install.

> >Seems very responsive indeed, as far as I can remember it feels like it
> >could keep up with Parallels or VMware (indeed, VMware ran bloody
> >terrible for me here).
>
> I had XP on VB 3.1.6 on Ubuntu 9.1 and that ran pretty fast. I just
> didn't get round to working out why I couldn't see USB devices on the
> guest machine though.

I think that's one of the things that's been fixed in 3.2.0.

> >Proper dual screen support now too, and it seems stable enough so far.
>
> Trying it now. Thanks. ;-)

Hmm, a couple of graphical glitches, but nowt to be concerned about.

--
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: T i m on 4 May 2010 20:16
On Tue, 4 May 2010 22:21:32 +0100, thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt)
wrote:


>> I had XP on VB 3.1.6 on Ubuntu 9.1 and that ran pretty fast. I just
>> didn't get round to working out why I couldn't see USB devices on the
>> guest machine though.
>
>I think that's one of the things that's been fixed in 3.2.0.

Hmm, might just be me then as I still can't make it work? I can now
see a couple of devices in the Settings > USB (a Card reader and the
built in Webcam) and even if I add them I still can't see them in the
guest?

I have worked out how to use shared folders though (I save a 5G
partition that is a sort of dumping ground for all 4 OS's).
>
>> >Proper dual screen support now too, and it seems stable enough so far.
>>
>> Trying it now. Thanks. ;-)
>
>Hmm, a couple of graphical glitches, but nowt to be concerned about.

It has gone a bit wobbly when rebooting the guest after an update but
seems to have recovered ok.

Oh well, it is a Beta of VB and pretty early days for Ubuntu 10.04.

Cheers, T i m
From: Andy Hewitt on 5 May 2010 03:32
T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 4 May 2010 22:21:32 +0100, thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt)
> wrote:
>
>
> >> I had XP on VB 3.1.6 on Ubuntu 9.1 and that ran pretty fast. I just
> >> didn't get round to working out why I couldn't see USB devices on the
> >> guest machine though.
> >
> >I think that's one of the things that's been fixed in 3.2.0.
>
> Hmm, might just be me then as I still can't make it work? I can now
> see a couple of devices in the Settings > USB (a Card reader and the
> built in Webcam) and even if I add them I still can't see them in the
> guest?

I haven't tried it myself yet, I'd only read it. However, that was never
somethign that bothered me anyway, I only use it to access weird
documents I get sent at times.

> I have worked out how to use shared folders though (I save a 5G
> partition that is a sort of dumping ground for all 4 OS's).

That's been working for a long time, I just use a folder on my Desktop
that is also a dumping ground for my VM stuff. You need to make sure
Additions is installed and up to date.

> >> >Proper dual screen support now too, and it seems stable enough so far.
> >>
> >> Trying it now. Thanks. ;-)
> >
> >Hmm, a couple of graphical glitches, but nowt to be concerned about.
>
> It has gone a bit wobbly when rebooting the guest after an update but
> seems to have recovered ok.

I just got a couple of ghost blocks left after closing dialogues.

> Oh well, it is a Beta of VB and pretty early days for Ubuntu 10.04.

Indeed.

I'm just amazed that XP runs pretty well on here, much better than my
dedicated PC with 2.6GHz P4, and a reasonable configuration.

--
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Andy Hewitt on 5 May 2010 11:16
Jon <jon(a)no-email.org> wrote:

> On 04/05/2010 6:18pm, Andy Hewitt wrote:
> > I just got this off the MacUpdate site, although couldn't find it on the
> > VirtualBox site.
> >
> > Being a very light, non-critical user, I decided to give it a punt. I've
> > just opened up, updated Additions, and now allowing other updates to
> > complete (Windows and Comodo mainly).
> >
> > Seems very responsive indeed, as far as I can remember it feels like it
> > could keep up with Parallels or VMware (indeed, VMware ran bloody
> > terrible for me here).
> >
> > Proper dual screen support now too, and it seems stable enough so far.
> >
> One feature I'd love to see in VirtualBox, is the importing of existing
> machines/disk images in the GUI via menu or drag 'n' drop
>
> I've never manage to add a .xml file via the command line and always end
> up having to create a new machine from scratch.

If you mean existing VirtualBox VMs, then I'm not sure what you mean.
You can easily create a new VM, and attach an existing virtual drive to
it, and not have to make a fresh install of the guest OS.

If you mean a VM from another application, then I don't think it does
that yet. Even ones that do, I've tried Parallels and VMWare, may not
work 100% anyway - they certainly didn't for me.

--
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Jon on 5 May 2010 13:02
On 05/05/2010 4:16pm, Andy Hewitt wrote:
> Jon<jon(a)no-email.org> wrote:
>
>> On 04/05/2010 6:18pm, Andy Hewitt wrote:
>>> I just got this off the MacUpdate site, although couldn't find it on the
>>> VirtualBox site.
>>>
>>> Being a very light, non-critical user, I decided to give it a punt. I've
>>> just opened up, updated Additions, and now allowing other updates to
>>> complete (Windows and Comodo mainly).
>>>
>>> Seems very responsive indeed, as far as I can remember it feels like it
>>> could keep up with Parallels or VMware (indeed, VMware ran bloody
>>> terrible for me here).
>>>
>>> Proper dual screen support now too, and it seems stable enough so far.
>>>
>> One feature I'd love to see in VirtualBox, is the importing of existing
>> machines/disk images in the GUI via menu or drag 'n' drop
>>
>> I've never manage to add a .xml file via the command line and always end
>> up having to create a new machine from scratch.
>
> If you mean existing VirtualBox VMs, then I'm not sure what you mean.
> You can easily create a new VM, and attach an existing virtual drive to
> it, and not have to make a fresh install of the guest OS.
>
> If you mean a VM from another application, then I don't think it does
> that yet. Even ones that do, I've tried Parallels and VMWare, may not
> work 100% anyway - they certainly didn't for me.
>
Here is the command

mac-mini:~ jon$ VBoxManage registervm
Sun VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.1.6
(C) 2005-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

Usage:

VBoxManage registervm <filename>

I put the existing .xml file in ~/Library/VirtualBox/Machines and the
..vdi files in the corresponding VDI folder but it never works!

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