Can't run KNOPPIX v6.2.1 CD's VirtualBox v3.1.2 and v3.2.4?

[ant]

Hello! http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3128/screenshot1m.png for a screen capture when I was trying to start a new image to install a new Windows XP Pro., but I couldn't even boot it up. I also tried upgrading to v3.2.4 through apt-get update and apt-get upgrade, but that did not help and showed me Python v2.6 and its minimal packages errors. Is there something wrong with KNOPPIX's VirtualBox or am I doing this wrong? Thank you in advance. :)

[kl522]

Hello! http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3128/screenshot1m.png for a screen capture when I was trying to start a new image to install a new Windows XP Pro., but I couldn't even boot it up. I also tried upgrading to v3.2.4 through apt-get update and apt-get upgrade, but that did not help and showed me Python v2.6 and its minimal packages errors. Is there something wrong with KNOPPIX's VirtualBox or am I doing this wrong? Thank you in advance. :)

I will not be able to pin point your problem as I don't use knoppix 6.2.1. Nevertheless, there are something useful to note, ie virtualbox requires some kernel drivers to work. Until your environment is set up suitable to compile the kernel drivers, otherwise you should not upgrade your virtualbox. Another thing to take note is that as at 6.2, the start up/booting script does not start the vbox driver, so you have to customize it anyway which you like, to start up the vbox script located in /etc/init.d, which I think is called virtualbox-ose, depends on the version of vbox you are using. So either you do '/etc/init.d/virtualbox-ose start' in /etc/rc.local, or /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig or something equivalent, you will not have vbox running properly.

[klaus2008]

I think you should do the following in order to get the newest version of Virtualbox OSE in the Debian repository:


apt-get update
apt-get install module-assistant
apt-get -t sid install virtualbox-ose
apt-get -t sid install virtualbox-ose-qt
apt-get -t sid install virtualbox-ose-source
m-a prepare
m-a a-i virtualbox-ose
There is a web page: VirtualBox OSE Debian install howto http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=26198
(http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=26198)

[kl522]

Personally I think it's not worth the trouble to use the ose version. There are a few features missing from the ose version, if my memory serves me right, the USB attach function is missing from the OSE version. I prefer the so-called PUEL version.