[ubuntu-za] Fwd: Re: Virtualbox hiccups

[Wayne Abroue]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net> wrote:

>  Sorry, Christiaan, motherboard base memory is set to 192MB and video
> memory to 16MB. Bottons remain dead.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Virtualbox
> hiccups  Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:37:53 +0200  From: Jan Greeff
> <jan at verslank.net> <jan at verslank.net>  Reply-To: jan at verslank.net  To: Christiaan
> Diedericks <webmaster at thefanclub.co.za> <webmaster at thefanclub.co.za>
>
> Hi Christiaan,
>
> Graphics memory is set at 1Mb and does not allow me to adjust.
>
> None of the buttons on these settings in Vbox are "live"
>
> If I re-install, can I save my current work on Vbox to not lose any data?
>
> Jan
>
> On 11/11/2012 14:00, Christiaan Diedericks wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Make sure you enter the command completely - it gets cut if you copy and
> paste - this link does work
>
> *wget
> http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.4/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.4-81684.vbox-extpack
> *
>
> But if program says you have latest pack then it should be fine.
>
> *The other problem might be with your Kernel drivers not being updated
> after VBox update.*
>
> - Uninstall VirtualBox from your system and re-install with this command
> which adds *dkms* that will sync kernel updates in future.
>
> sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
> virtualbox-4.2 dkms
>
>

> Thank you Christiaan
>
> Your reinstall fixed it for me..

Wayne A




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