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 help, probably because it is out of date, so wonder how others got it 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.
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