Re: Double Click Hold and Drag not working in VBOX 4.3.34_OSE r104062

2016-01-27 Thread Scott Ballantyne
It seems there is no help for my double-click and hold problem. In this case, can someone provide some info (or link) so that I can move back a few releases and install a version of virtual box that would work for me? I have not found any info on how to do this anywhere. Thanks again, Scott Orig

Double Click Hold and Drag not working in VBOX 4.3.34_OSE r104062

2016-01-22 Thread Scott Ballantyne
This is on FreebSD 10.2-RELEASE-p9, VBOX 4.3.34_OSE r104062, with latest additions, Windows 7 64 bit ultimate edition is the guest OS. Double-clicking, then holding and dragging, as I have to with Finale (a music notation program), has stopped working. This is unfortunate, since I have so much wor

Re: VBoxManage clonehd question?

2012-08-20 Thread Scott Ballantyne
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Scott Ballantyne wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I've been trying to create a clone of my current virtual boot disk > > before I try to enlarge it. > > > > I cd to the directory with the VDI file, and then:

VBoxManage clonehd question?

2012-08-20 Thread Scott Ballantyne
Hello, I've been trying to create a clone of my current virtual boot disk before I try to enlarge it. I cd to the directory with the VDI file, and then: VBoxManage clonehd Windows_7_64bit.vdi Windows7_Clone.vdi The command reports: VBoxManage: error: Cannot register the hard disk '/usr/home/

Re: Can't install Windows 7

2012-05-04 Thread Scott Ballantyne
Just to follow up on my own email of a month ago about not being able to install from dvd and/or use the DVD from the guest OS on VirtualBox: > On Sa.,  7. Apr. 2012 23:26:04 CEST, Scott Ballantyne wrote: > > > Hi again, > > > > Trying to install windows 7 from the

Re: Problems building Virtualbox on 9.0

2012-04-08 Thread Scott Ballantyne
Hi Bernhard, > > > Using existing group `vboxusers'. > > > Creating user `vboxusers' with uid `920'. > > > pw: user 'vboxusers' already exists > > > *** Error code 74 > > > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/virtualbox-ose. > > > *** Error code 1 > > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/virtualbox

Re: Can't install Windows 7

2012-04-08 Thread Scott Ballantyne
Hi Bernhard, > > > > So there should not be a permission problem.  The DVD drive is fine, > > and the DVD is fine. > > Either follow http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox on how to correctly setup > cd/dvd passthrough or create a disk image from /dev/cd0 with dd and use that > in vbox. I did fo

Can't install Windows 7

2012-04-07 Thread Scott Ballantyne
Hi again, Trying to install windows 7 from the DVD, I keep getting the following error: -- Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows7. Cannot open host device '/dev/cd0' for readonly access. Check the permissions of that device (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED). Resul

Problems building Virtualbox on 9.0

2012-04-07 Thread Scott Ballantyne
Hi, Just for your information... This is a new install on Freebsd 9.0. I kept running afoul of 'pw' errors. The install bailed saying >Creating group `vboxusers' with gid `920'. >Creating user `vboxusers' with uid `920'. >pw: user 'vboxusers' disappeared during update >*** Error code 67 but c

Re: Wine on amd64?

2010-10-02 Thread Scott Ballantyne
Fernando, Rusty, Sergey, Marius - thank you all so much. I have downloaded Ivan Voras's package, and hopefully it will work. I so appreciate your quick help. Have a great weekend, Scott ___ freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd

Wine on amd64?

2010-10-02 Thread Scott Ballantyne
Hi there, I'm interested in trying wine. I use the FBSD-8.1 amd64 platform. I found some emails from January 2010 that imply you need to build this on i386, but I have no access to an i386 machine, and there is no wine in the amd64 packages. Can anyone update me on the status of Wine for amd64, a