Comments on: VirtualBox on Ubuntu…

By: SIGTERMer

SIGTERMer — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:41:24 +0000

just a note: the kernel dependent package depends on the kernel (duh) so if you are using 2.6.24-21 and you installed the module for that kernel, you wont be able to run vb if you update your kernel to *-22. you will have to install a module package for your new kernel.
that or select you old kernel from grub

By: mypomierentee

mypomierentee — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:29:39 +0000

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

By: Loolykinns Teh P1r473

Loolykinns Teh P1r473 — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:59:46 +0000

1) fixed
2) i wrote the “sudo chown” so you dont have to “sudo virtualbox” everytime you want to run virtualbox… well thats how i want it to be and its running good with me so far

By: SIGTERMer

SIGTERMer — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:42:01 +0000

yo! i was just trying to install the thing on my pc… but your howto needs some “adjustments”:
1) need to install kernel dependent package or thing will NOT WORK
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-modules-[KERNEL_ID]-generic
2) use sudo.. don’t tamper with permissions or it’ll come back and bite you…

By: Loolykinns Teh P1r473

Loolykinns Teh P1r473 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:13:06 +0000

meh… atleast its working good

By: SIGTERMer

SIGTERMer — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:36:11 +0000

no, not sun. they’re good /*i don’t know what to do without open Office*/ i’m blaming the dude who put it together, the one who created the package and added it to the repository! he could have written a simple shell script that would spare us the overhead

By: Loolykinns Teh P1r473

Loolykinns Teh P1r473 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:07:45 +0000

oh you mean sun microsystems? c’mon give’em a break… they did good job virtualizing complex stuff like this y’know…

the chown thingy is a quick remedy i came up with… i’m sure there’s a proper way to do it…

actually doing so gives people some time to think “how to solve such small issue” which took me like 5~10 minutes to figure (yes… I suck at linux)

By: SIGTERMer

SIGTERMer — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:01:46 +0000

i was blaming whoever crated the package not you. he should have set up the permissions properly!

By: Loolykinns Teh P1r473

Loolykinns Teh P1r473 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:58:33 +0000

here’s what I used to do before chowning:
1 run terminal
2 write “sudo bash”
3 fill in my password
4 write “virtualbox”

and it can be done like this:
1 run terminal
2 write “sudo virtualbox”
3 fill in my password

but that always bugs me… so chowning solved it for me so i could run it under my username without sudoing

By: SIGTERMer

SIGTERMer — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:54:46 +0000

nice, good job /*i don’t think needs further editing but noobs will commit suicide and why the .. should we manually change the permissions it should be done automatically // no problem with me but big problem for noobs */