How To: Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 8.04LTS (Hardy Heron) [Tutorial]

[Edigido]

Okay, so I've got Virtual Box up an running (and I love it!!), but the CD that I've got in the drive won't always read. I think it maybe a problem with the Laptop, but I'm more sure that it's a problem with the VM. Any ideas?

[bburtin]

After installing VirtuaBox, my sound failed.

Yep, same thing here. I did a good number of searches and couldn't find any way to get audio working again, short of reinstalling. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate hearing them.

[Robocoastie]

how do I get networking (internet) working in wxp guest on virtualbox? I put /dev/net/tut in the vboxusers group and chmod 755 permitted it but it still doesn't work.

*update* Nevermind I found the problem. I had the wrong device selected in the networking section.

[rcdeacon]

Excellent and simple tutorial. Great job, Thanks.

[jamesdcarroll]

Awesome.... thanks!

This need to be made a 'sticky'

[rogerdean]

Hello folks

Many thanks indeed to everyone who has contributed here. I've got XP on VirtualBox 1.6.2 working pretty well, with USB, network and all.

The last puzzle is folder sharing which, judging from this forum, seems to be working ok for most people. So far I've got the folder selected in the Settings but it doesn't show up in the guest's VirtualBox Shared Folders (as per the screenshots)

Can anyone help me out please?
Cheers
Roger

[Shaythong]

Hello folks

Many thanks indeed to everyone who has contributed here. I've got XP on VirtualBox 1.6.2 working pretty well, with USB, network and all.

The last puzzle is folder sharing which, judging from this forum, seems to be working ok for most people. So far I've got the folder selected in the Settings but it doesn't show up in the guest's VirtualBox Shared Folders (as per the screenshots)

Can anyone help me out please?
Cheers
Roger

Believing that you've installeed Virtual Box Guest Additions 1.5.6 from this tutorial then you should try to reinstall Guest Additions v.1.6.2 (or maybe even 1.5.6).

[rogerdean]

Hi there Shaythong

Yup, I've got guest additions 1.6.2 installed... That should be the appropriate version

[finwalia]

hi,

I am a totally new to Linux !!!!! I was trying to install VB but encountered problems while trying to install ---

with i386 i get the error message as "error dependency is not satisfiable:libqt3-mt"

with amd 64 i get error message as "wrong architecture -amd 64"


please help !!!!


My hardware details are

anurag@newdesktop:~$ id
uid=1000(anurag) gid=1000(anurag) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29( audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),107(fuse),109 (lpadmin),115(admin),1000(anurag)
anurag@newdesktop:~$ sudo lshw
[sudo] password for anurag:
newdesktop
description: Desktop Computer
product: M61SME-S2
vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=2 uuid=30303141-3444-4631-3433-3432FFFFFFFF
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: M61SME-S2
vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
version: x.x
serial: Fri Aug 24 18:51:45 2007
slot: �FDD
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
physical id: 0
version: F4 (06/21/2007)
size: 128KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 3
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.3.3
slot: Socket M2
size: 3GHz
capacity: 3200MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy ts fid vid ttp tm stc cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 9
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: b
slot: External Cache
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cpu:1
description: CPU
product: Athlon
vendor: AMD
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@1
version: 15.3.3
slot: Socket M2
size: 3GHz
capacity: 3200MHz
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: a
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1 DISABLED
description: L2 cache
physical id: c
slot: External Cache
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-through
*-memory:0
description: System Memory
physical id: 19
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
physical id: 0
slot: A0
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM 400 MHz (2.5 ns) [empty]
physical id: 1
slot: A1
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-memory:1 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP61 Memory Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: MCP61 LPC Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: MCP61 SMBus
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: driver=nForce2_smbus latency=0 module=i2c_nforce2
*-memory:2 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP61 Memory Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.2
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: MCP61 USB Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ohci_hcd
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: MCP61 USB Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ehci_hcd
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP61 PCI bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci ht subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: MCP61 High Definition Audio
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2 module=snd_hda_intel
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: MCP61 IDE
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pata_amd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=pata_amd
*-bridge
description: Ethernet interface
product: MCP61 Ethernet
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0
logical name: eth0
version: a2
serial: 00:1a:4d:f1:43:42
size: 100000000
capacity: 100000000
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bridge pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.61 duplex=full ip=10.95.18.11 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 module=forcedeth multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: MCP61 SATA Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
logical name: scsi2
logical name: scsi3
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm msi ht bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=sata_nv latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=sata_nv
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST3250310AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 3.AA
serial: 6RY8ZQCJ
size: 232GiB (250GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=57495749
*-volume:0
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: 9ae94563-4c53-3d47-8375-7284574f4029
size: 37GiB
capacity: 37GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2008-07-08 11:45:29 filesystem=ntfs modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 195GiB
capacity: 195GiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume:0
description: HPFS/NTFS partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 48GiB
*-logicalvolume:1
description: W95 FAT16 (LBA) partition
physical id: 6
logical name: /dev/sda6
capacity: 48GiB
*-logicalvolume:2
description: HPFS/NTFS partition
physical id: 7
logical name: /dev/sda7
capacity: 73GiB
*-logicalvolume:3
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 8
logical name: /dev/sda8
capacity: 3812MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-logicalvolume:4
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 9
logical name: /dev/sda9
logical name: /
logical name: /dev/.static/dev
capacity: 20GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered state=mounted
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: CDDVDW SH-S223F
vendor: TSSTcorp
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: SB00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GeForce 6100 nForce 430
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: d
bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
version: a2
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k8temp module=k8temp
anurag@newdesktop:~$

[yetiARC]

After having read dozens of forum posts, I can hard(l)y believe it, but I'm still too dumb to get USB working on my WinXP guest.
Using a fresh install of Hardy, I closely followed your tutorial together with a few other tips given in the follow up posts. Looks like this got me close to getting USB to work, but I'm not quite there, yet.
Here's my screenshot:



USB devices are recognized in the virtual machine, but they they don't show up in Windows (no USB memory stick in Win Explorer; USB printer not recognized).

Help would be greatly appreciated; this has already cost me a couple of nights ...

Thanks