[ubuntu-us-nm] VirtualBox

[David Thomas]

Where all about promoting Linux to new users, I did not respond cause I did not know the answer. Next time I'll be sure and respond even if it's just to let people know I'm listening, and yo make a good point. 

Sounds like your getting to know Virtual Box pretty well, care to give a presentation at our next release party or at LinuxFest? 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Lowery" <micklskot at yahoo.com> 
To: ubuntu-us-nm at lists.ubuntu.com 
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 7:35:16 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain 
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-nm] VirtualBox 

Well, for a group that wants to promote Linux to new users, I really can't understand why no one has responded with any comments/suggestions about my question. I guess we're just all too busy. I was finally able to figure it out on my own, but that's only because I'm not a complete newbie. 

Just for information, the fix was to install the Virtual Box 'additions' to get the mouse to work properly. I now have Windows XP SP3, and Solaris 10 running as guests. 

Thanks..... 

--- On Thu, 2/12/09, Michael Lowery <micklskot at yahoo.com> wrote: 


From: Michael Lowery <micklskot at yahoo.com> 
Subject: Re: VirtualBox 
To: ubuntu-us-nm at lists.ubuntu.com 
Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 7:28 AM 


BTW, this is the latest version of VirtualBox, so I follwed the instructions from their website to install. From what I understand, the one in the repository is outdated. 

--- On Thu, 2/12/09, Michael Lowery <micklskot at yahoo.com> wrote: 


From: Michael Lowery <micklskot at yahoo.com> 
Subject: VirtualBox 
To: ubuntu-us-nm at lists.ubuntu.com 
Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 7:27 AM 


I've installed Virtual Box on my Acer Aspire laptop and have successfully installed XP SP3 as a guest operating system. From what I can tell, everything works except the mouse when I click in the XP window. I've searched around, but haven't found any instructions on a fix. I was up till 2:00 am last night trying to get it to work. 

If you all have any ideas, I certainly appreciate the help. I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. 

Mike 




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