Roland, Thanks for the suggestion; I'll go the VMplayer route. It's too bad, really. I try to use FOSS whenever possible. Any idea what causes this problem?
Josh On Aug 11, 10:16 pm, Rolandb <rola...@planet.nl> wrote: > On 11 aug, 22:36, Josh <yoshua.coo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > This is probably completely noobish of me, but I really need help > > solving the following problem (which has now occurred for the second > > time). First, the setup: > > > Sage Version 4.3 > > VirtualBox 3.1.4 > > Windows 7 > > Firefox 3.6.8 > > > My machine crashed with the VM running Sage. When I rebooted, I > > restarted VirtualBox, restarted the VM, and pointed the (host) browser > > to Sage's IP (192.168.56.101). No dice: I get a "Firefox can't > > establish a connection to the server at 192.168.56.101." Furthermore, > > pinging 192.168.56.101 from a command prompt gives 4 healthy <1ms > > responses. > > > Inside the VM, opening Firefox and pointing it > > tohttp://localhost:8000/home/admin/ > > initially gave a "can't establish connection" error. Then I clicked > > on the "sage:prompt" icon and typed "notebook()". The result was that > > now the VM browser does display the "Active Worksheets" page > > correctly, although Sage threw the following at me: > > > The notebook files are stored in: sage_notebook.sagenb > > ************************************************** > > * * > > * Open your web browser tohttp://localhost:8000* > > * * > > ************************************************** > > Removing stale pidfile /home/sage/.sage/sage_notebook.sagenb/ > > twistd.pid > > 2010-08-11 13:11:24-0700 [-] Log opened. > > 2010-08-11 13:11:24-0700 [-] twistd 8.2.0 (/sage/sage/local/bin/python > > 2.6.2) st > > arting up. > > 2010-08-11 13:11:24-0700 [-] reactor class: > > twisted.internet.selectreactor.Selec > > tReactor. > > 2010-08-11 13:11:24-0700 [-] twisted.web2.channel.http.HTTPFactory > > starting on 8 > > 000 > > 2010-08-11 13:11:24-0700 [-] Starting factory > > <twisted.web2.channel.http.HTTPFac > > tory instance at 0xb752b2c> > > > The host browser still does not see 192.168.56.101. Please help! > > > Thanks, > > Josh > > Josh, I encountered this problem often so I became frustrated... > My advice is to switch immediately to the VMplayer route and do not > use Virtualbox anymore. > (VMplayer has improved a lot) > Look at the download pagehttp://wiki.sagemath.org/DownloadAndInstallationGuide > what to do, > and follow the instructions > athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-support/t/7e82f6dc7b4f5065 > Before you switch, do NOT forget to download ALL your worksheet files > first! > Success! Roland -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
