Slight update, I think Johan's method works now because virtualbox is distributed differently.
There used to be a Community Edition (Open Source) and a free for private/academic use version. Now the main program is Open Source GPLv2 and there is an add-on Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack So maybe we should update the instructions to use apt-get installable packages for guest additions, or even a double click script to make it easy for new users. Thanks, Alex On 04/22/2015 08:26 PM, Alex Mandel wrote: > On 04/22/2015 12:32 PM, Johan Van de Wauw wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Alex Mandel <tech_...@wildintellect.com> >> wrote: >>>> For the VBOXADDITIONS part I think we should consider installing these >>>> by default, so the instructions would not be needed anymore! I'll >>>> raise this at the beginning of our next release cycle. >>>> >>> >>> We have discussed this many times in the past. It breaks compatibility >>> with other virtualization platforms (VMWare, Parallels, etc). >> >> Are you sure it breaks compatibility? Source/Have you tried this? >> I doubt this is the case, as you will just be installing drivers for >> hardware which is not found on other platforms. Could be that I'm >> wrong, but on my native debian I have these extensions installed also >> (as I sometimes boot it from windows), and it does not hurt when >> running natively. >> >> The only disadvantage is that you may get older extensions as when >> installing through virtualbox itself, but then again the package does >> receive updates and is tested against ubuntu by Canonical. >> >> Kind Regards, >> Johan >> > > Yes my notes are from actual experience not hypothetical. The Vmware and > virtualbox kernel modules conflict, though they don't make it unusable > just tiny screened. It's easy enough to fix but you have to know to > uninstall one before installing the other. > > I'd be curious if the ose drivers work now with the non-ose host. I have > not tried any of this in a couple of years so things may have changed. > If someone wants to do a bunch of testing we can revisit the topic. > > -Alex > _______________________________________________ > Live-demo mailing list > Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > http://live.osgeo.org > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > _______________________________________________ Live-demo mailing list Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo http://live.osgeo.org http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
