Npn OSS VirtualBox key issues

[NoOp]

On 12/23/2010 05:41 PM, stan wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 02:14:19PM -0800, NoOp wrote:
...
>> Have you tried the usual:
>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
>> $ wget -q
>> http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- |
>> sudo apt-key add -
>> to see if that corrects it?
> 
> Tes, and note that the singature on both the working machine, and the
> non-working one is reprted the same by apt-key

Try deleting the key(s) from synaptic & try again?

>> 
>> Also note that 4.0 has been released:
>> <quote>
>> Debian-based Linux distributions ??
> 
> I do not think that isa prodcution ready release. Am I wrong?
>> 
>> Note: VirtualBox has been moved from non-free to contrib with 4.0, so
>> please adjust your repository settings.
>> </quote>
>> 
>> I got the 4.0 to show on lucid & updated. But it's not showing up in
>> Maverick (synaptic) yet (32bit) (US or Main) despite it being in:
>> http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.0/
>> So I reckon I'll download directly & install.
> 
> I will be interested in your results. My geuss is that you are having the
> same issue I am. My theory iis that the signature for the 10.04 packae is
> bad.
> 

Got it working... silly me, I'd unchecked the repo box in maverick.
Re-checked the box, used the 'Main' repo server, updated and
virtualbox-4.0 showed up. Installed and it's working fine on both lucid
& maverick (32 & 64bit). In fact I'm currently running a Vbox 4.0
Win2KPro (in addition to a VMWare Player on the same laptop with a
WinXPPro guest) remotely across the lan using NX (NoMachine) as I type
this. (Wife is using the laptop in another room browsing w/FireFox for
last minute Christmas sales).


I still tend to prefer VMWare Player, but VBox 4.0 seems to be a
significant improvement over 3.12. See:

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
http://blogs.sun.com/fatbloke/entry/oracle_vm_virtualbox_4_0
USB 2.0 is working after installing the:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.0/
Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.0-69151.vbox-extpack
22-Dec-2010 06:42     3M
<http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.0/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.0-69151.vbox-extpack>

$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-4.0
virtualbox-4.0:
  Installed: 4.0.0-69151~Ubuntu~lucid
  Candidate: 4.0.0-69151~Ubuntu~lucid
  Version table:
 *** 4.0.0-69151~Ubuntu~lucid 0
        500 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/
lucid/contrib Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-4.0
virtualbox-4.0:
  Installed: 4.0.0-69151~Ubuntu~maverick
  Candidate: 4.0.0-69151~Ubuntu~maverick
  Version table:
 *** 4.0.0-69151~Ubuntu~maverick 0
        500 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/
maverick/contrib amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status