[xubuntu-users] [solved] VBox no Internet connection Quantal amd64

[Ralf Mardorf]

Hi :)

first I replaced the Ubuntu version, by the one provided by Oracle,
running

#!/bin/bash

apt-get purge virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-qt virtualbox-qt
apt-get autoremove
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.4/virtualbox-4.2_4.2.4-81684~Ubuntu~quantal_amd64.deb
dpkg -i virtualbox-4.2_4.2.4-81684~Ubuntu~quantal_amd64.deb

exit 0

If needed or no, I rebooted.

Only the modules for the booted kernel were build and the user was
removed from the vboxusers group. To add the user back to the group:
Menu > System > Users and Groups > Marking the user > Advanced Settings
> [x] Use VirtulBox virtualization solution
I repeated this for all users.

I reinstalled the kernel that wasn't booted to rebuild the kernel
modules, this worked, but generated a new grub.cfg, so I had to remove
this auto-generated crap and to restore the needed configuration by a
backup.

Then I launched the Windows XP VBox and after startup I run Safari, and
I got a working Internet connection by NAT :). So there is a bug for the
Ubuntu packages.
IIUC I don't run the OSE version now :(.

Without the correct guest additions there are no issues, but I anyway
installed the correct version of the guest additions.

To launch the Fedora VBox I had to disable USB 2 support. The correct
guest additions already were installed, but I anyway reinstalled them.

After downloading
Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.4-81684.vbox-extpack I clicked
the file to automagically install it. After checking USB 2 again, now
the Fedora VBox can be booted with USB 2 support.

Last but not least I started Vbox with XP again, run iTunes and it was
able to see iPad2 updates, so the really needed Internet connection does
work.

Installed kernels are 3.5.0-18-lowlatency from the repositories and a
self-build 3.6.5-rt14 x86_64. I only tested VBox working with the
kernel-rt until now.

Regards,
Ralf