Upgrading to 16.04

[Peter]

I normally use whatever is in the repository for the release. This is 
5.04-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1.

This does not let me print or scan. When I run Epson scan in the virtual 
machine it shows the scanner, but when I select it it says Epsom Scan 
cannot be started.  When I try to use a usb printer, it allows me to 
select the printer but when I try to print it says USB printer status is 
not available or the document failed to print

I can use the scanners and printers directly from Ubuntu with no problem 
but not from the Virtual machine.


I tried to download and install VirtualBox 5.1 from 
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_downloads.

This download will not install. It stops within about 10 seconds.  If it 
produces an error log I have no idea where to look for it.

While I would like to get the usb devices working from within Virtual 
Box, I can get by because all of may data files are stored in my linux 
home directory.  The virtual box is used only to store windows program 
files.

Regards


Peter Goggin


On 19/08/16 15:39, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:48:57 +1000, Peter wrote:
>> I then downloaded and installed
>> virtualbox-5.1_5.1.4-110228~Ubuntu~xenial_amd64deb.  The installation
>> failed. I have tried several download from various sites, with the
>> same result.
> You need to describe what failed, IOW post the commands you run
> and the output you get. You even don't clearly mention if you tried to
> install a manually downloaded package or if you added the virtualbox
> repository. What are those obscure sites, that were your sources for
> downloading the package? I suspect you downloaded the package manually,
> instead of using the available repository. Consider to follow the
> advices from the original virtualbox download site. However, if you
> downloaded the package manually and not from a repository, you can't
> simply install it with dpkg -i, without installing the dependencies,
> too. But maybe you already used the correct commands and perhaps dkms
> failed or what ever else. Do you hope that some of the subscribers use
> crystal balls ;)?
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
> PS:
>
> sudo apt update && sudo gdebi virtualbox-5.1_5.1.4-110228~Ubuntu~xenial_amd64deb
>
> or
>
> sudo apt update && sudo dpkg -i --force-depends virtualbox-5.1_5.1.4-110228~Ubuntu~xenial_amd64deb && sudo apt-get -f install
>
>