USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
Nay Myo Win
rim.riaz at gmail.com
Mon Oct 27 08:38:08 UTC 2008
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> 1. Re: Should I add this Repo? (Leonard Chatagnier)
> 2. Re: Touchpad scrolling region (kapil singh kushwah)
> 3. Meaning of the switches CONFIG_VT=y, CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y und
> CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE_BINDING=y? (Detlef Lechner)
> 4. Re: Should I add this Repo? (Mario Vukelic)
> 5. Re: Should I add this Repo? (Mario Vukelic)
> 6. Re: Touchpad scrolling region (Mario Vukelic)
> 7. Re: Touchpad scrolling region (Mario Vukelic)
> 8. Re: Should I add this Repo? (Mario Vukelic)
> 9. USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
> (Nay Myo Win)
> 10. Re: USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
> (Mario Vukelic)
> 11. Re: USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
> (Nils Kassube)
> 12. Re: USB tv tuners compatible for ubuntu hardy (lanzen)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:08:45 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: Should I add this Repo?
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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> --- On Sun, 10/26/08, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > From: Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: Should I add this Repo?
> > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 5:33 PM
> > 2008/10/26 Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>:
> > > On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 17:23 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > >> Mixing Debian REPOS is a very bad idea, but Debian
> > packages, so long
> > >> as they install, are fine so far as I understand.
> > >
> > > OK, if they install you have a reasonable chance that
> > they work. No
> > > guarantee, though. However, I have seen too often that
> > packages refused
> > > to install and people used dpkg --force-things and
> > similar to male them
> > > install, and this can screw the APT DB even if it is
> > just a single
> > > package.
> > >
> >
> > Even within Ubuntu packages --force should not be applied
> > unless the
> > user _knows_ what he is doing.
> >
> Brother reqauires you to use the --force option in order to install their
> printer drivers on Linux/Ubuntu. They have the best Linux/Ubuntu support and
> I don't think they would tell you to do something that would break anything.
> Their drivers wont install on a 64 bit Linux system because they a 32 bit
> and require to install their plugin wrapper also. I'm not talking about
> installing a pure Debian deb file on a Ubuntu system, not that I think
> anything is inherently wrong with that, but am talking about installing a 32
> bit driver to get it to work on a 64 bit system. So the option can't be all
> that bad when it is absolutely required to make my printer work on Hardy 64
> bit. FWIW, no intended slur and my APT is working just fine and up-to-date.
>
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:55:16 +0530
> From: "kapil singh kushwah" <kapil.network at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Touchpad scrolling region
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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> Joris,
>
> I guess,
> check your mouse preferences, from System > Preferences > Mouse
> open the Touchpad tab and check for Enable Scrolling from here.
> I think it will solve your problem otherwise it's hardware Incompatibility.
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Kapil singh Kushwah
> Linux System Administrator
> Hotwax Media Inc., Indore
> 09907514840
> www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:02:18 +0100
> From: Detlef Lechner <Detlef.Lechner at gmx.net>
> Subject: Meaning of the switches CONFIG_VT=y, CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y und
> CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE_BINDING=y?
> To: Mailingliste_Ubuntu_engl <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1225087338.17414.17.camel at localhost.localdomain>
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> Hi,
>
> "In earlier times" (TM) there was a
> project /Documentation/Configur.helpwhich apparently explained the
> meaning ofthe switches in the config file
> (/boot/config-2.6.24-21-generic). What file explains today the meaning
> of the switches CONFIG_VT=y, CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y und
> CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE_BINDING=y and so on?
>
> Regards,
> Detlef Lechner
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:07:54 +0100
> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
> Subject: Re: Should I add this Repo?
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 00:33 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> >
> > Even within Ubuntu packages --force should not be applied unless the
> > user _knows_ what he is doing.
>
> True :) I'm just being very cautious when talking about mixing Debian
> packages with Ubuntu on the list. I think the best option in such cases
> is always to recompile locally.
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:14:02 +0100
> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
> Subject: Re: Should I add this Repo?
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1225088042.6603.115.camel at chronic>
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> On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 20:08 -0700, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> > Brother reqauires you to use the --force option in order to install
> > their printer drivers on Linux/Ubuntu. They have the best Linux/Ubuntu
> > support
>
> Somehow the first and the second part of your sentence don't fit
> together. If they had "the best" linux support, their drivers would
> simply be in the distro's repos
>
> > So the option can't be all that bad when it is absolutely required to
> > make my printer work on Hardy 64 bit.
>
> Strictly speaking it is meaningless to talk about "the --force option",
> that's why I originally wrote "--force-things". dpkg has many
> --force-<thing> options, some of them more dangerous and some of them
> less so.
>
> I have no idea about 32 vs 64 bit as I never ran a 64 bit system, so
> far. But it still sounds like a badly-created package.
>
> Just for reverence, here are the --force-<thing> options:
>
> mario at chronic: ~ $ dpkg --force-help
> dpkg forcing options - control behaviour when problems found:
> warn but continue: --force-<thing>,<thing>,...
> stop with error: --refuse-<thing>,<thing>,... |
> --no-force-<thing>,...
> Forcing things:
> all [!] Set all force options
> downgrade [*] Replace a package with a lower version
> configure-any Configure any package which may help this one
> hold Process incidental packages even when on hold
> bad-path PATH is missing important programs, problems
> likely
> not-root Try to (de)install things even when not root
> overwrite Overwrite a file from one package with another
> overwrite-diverted Overwrite a diverted file with an undiverted
> version
> bad-verify Install a package even if it fails authenticity
> check
> depends-version [!] Turn dependency version problems into warnings
> depends [!] Turn all dependency problems into warnings
> confnew [!] Always use the new config files, don't prompt
> confold [!] Always use the old config files, don't prompt
> confdef [!] Use the default option for new config files if
> one
> is available, don't prompt. If no default can
> be found,
> you will be prompted unless one of the confold
> or
> confnew options is also given
> confmiss [!] Always install missing config files
> breaks [!] Install even if it would break another package
> conflicts [!] Allow installation of conflicting packages
> architecture [!] Process even packages with wrong architecture
> overwrite-dir [!] Overwrite one package's directory with
> another's file
> remove-reinstreq [!] Remove packages which require installation
> remove-essential [!] Remove an essential package
>
> WARNING - use of options marked [!] can seriously damage your
> installation.
> Forcing options marked [*] are enabled by default.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:15:14 +0100
> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
> Subject: Re: Touchpad scrolling region
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1225088114.6603.116.camel at chronic>
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> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 09:55 +0530, kapil singh kushwah wrote:
> > System > Preferences > Mouse
>
> One can enable or disable there, but not change the size of the
> sensitive area
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:18:47 +0100
> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
> Subject: Re: Touchpad scrolling region
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1225088327.6603.117.camel at chronic>
> Content-Type: text/plain
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> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 01:54 +0100, Joris Dobbelsteen wrote:
> > Does anyone know how to configure this?
>
> Not with a recipe, but you should be able to find what you need in the
> "synaptics" man page
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:19:47 +0100
> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
> Subject: Re: Should I add this Repo?
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1225088387.6603.118.camel at chronic>
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> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 07:14 +0100, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> > Just for reverence
>
> That, too. And reference :)
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:07:56 +0630
> From: "Nay Myo Win" <rim.riaz at gmail.com>
> Subject: USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> i m running XP and my Ubuntu hardy is on VBOX.
> i can't use Flash drive on guest hardy.
>
> if it is not the right place to ask about , sorry.
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:58:20 +0100
> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
> Subject: Re: USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 13:07 +0630, Nay Myo Win wrote:
> > i m running XP and my Ubuntu hardy is on VBOX.
> > i can't use Flash drive on guest hardy.
>
> I'm not sure, but I think there is a difference between the VirtualBox
> licensing models. IIRC the open source version of VBox does not support
> USB. Could this cause the problem?
>
>
>
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> Message: 11
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:30:36 +0100
> From: Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net>
> Subject: Re: USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Nay Myo Win wrote:
> > i m running XP and my Ubuntu hardy is on VBOX.
> > i can't use Flash drive on guest hardy.
>
> Which VirtualBox version do you use? The GPL version coming with Ubuntu
> doesn't have USB support, you need the PUEL version instead. You can
> download it from www.virtualbox.org. And you need the usbfs entry
> in /etc/fstab which looks like this:
>
> none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=1002,devmode=664 0 0
>
> Replace the 1002 with the group ID for vboxusers on your machine. You
> could use this command in a terminal to make the entry if you don't want
> to look up the vboxusers GID:
>
> echo "none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=$(grep '^vboxusers' /etc/group|
> cut -d: -f3),devmode=664 0 0"|sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
>
> Then enter the command
>
> sudo mount -a
>
> and restart VirtualBox. Before you assign the USB device to the guest you
> should umount it at the host because the host can no longer see it.
>
>
> Nils
>
>
>
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> Message: 12
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:45:30 +0100
> From: lanzen <lanzenesi at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: USB tv tuners compatible for ubuntu hardy
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <ge3rir$818$1 at ger.gmane.org>
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> Christopher Bianchi wrote:
>
> > thanks a lot !!
> >
> > On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 20:36 +0000, Aart Koelewijn wrote:
> >> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:04:53 +0100, Christopher Bianchi wrote:
> >>
> >>> hello !
> >>>
> >>> any usb tv tuners (possibly digital and analogic together) compatible
> >>> 100% with hardy ?
> >>>
> >>> thanks :)
> >> A Hauppauge WinTV USB-stick works fine for me (DVB-T)
> >>
> >> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2040:9580 Hauppauge
>
> I have one of those (Hauppauge WinTV HVR 900) and it works fine in hardy
> with kaffeine, but I have to recompile the drivers at kernel change. I'm
> planning to test it in intrepid.
>
> Anyway, I've followed instructions at
> http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=4921#p37139
> Is there any other way you know of?
>
>
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> lanzen
>
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