Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[sebus]

Yes, LHP is 64-bit (very nice) and it does have VB "support"

Ofcourse on FD is not much of a problem to just compile the VB (I suppose not every user wants to do it)

sebus

[TheAsterisk!]

I've gone through and removed old VBox packages from my host. I've also decided that since it didn't generate any issues that I'm aware of, the newer package organization, with VBox itself separate from Puppy version-specific drivers, is the way ahead. The more ordinary packages (combined VBox and drivers) have been removed for both VBox 4.1.6 and 4.1.8. (That tidying-up did away with over 770 MB of redundant packages, all said and done.)

If anybody needs a copy for reference or any other reason, you can either send me a message or post a request for it. Otherwise, simply combining the "base" dot-pet and the drivers dot-pet for your Puppy will also produce more or less the same package, if you know how to do that.


Anyway, if any of my rearranging the furniture caused anybody any trouble, all things should be settled now, so go ahead and hit that refresh button or try it again!

[TheAsterisk!]

Added a drivers package for Slacko 5.3.2.6 with kernel version "3.1.10-slacko_4gU"

Slacko 5326 is a beta/preview release. Use it only if you want a sneak peak ahead, or want to help test the new version. Do not yet use that Puppy version if you want a stable, official release.

Icyos was trying to get VBox up and running on 5324. I couldn't find any kernel sources or devx SFS for 5324, but could find it for 5326, so I made a package.

Note that this package is not for the PAE version of that release.

[CatDude]

Hello TheAsterisk!

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Quick note regarding TaZoC and the scripts from LHP for installing 64-bit VBox:

Apparently, TaZoC is not well. (See this post.) I wasn't aware of that, but it would explain why I haven't heard from him.


Sorry to finally hear/read about that, TaZoC. Hope you can recover and get better soon.


Given that news, though, I think I'll try to download a few versions of LHP, and though I can't run the 64-bit versions on my systems, I can at least try to dig out the relevant scripts, etc., from the ISO images or packages, as the case may be. Maybe someone else can make something of them, or maybe they might even work as they are.

[TheAsterisk!]

Updated to VirtualBox version 4.1.10.

More packages should be coming either later today or tomorrow, but the official, stable Puppy releases already have packages uploaded.

[shinobar]

virtualbox-4.1.10.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most of Puppies 5.x including Lucid Puppy and Slacko.
Does not support 64-bit nor old Puppy's before 4.3.1.
Available from http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/opt/

If you have ever installed another or older virtualbox PET/SFS and trying new, remove old ones and delete '/lib/modules/*/misc/vbox*.ko', /opt/VirtualBox, if they are exists, before loading the new.

virtualbox-4.1.10.sfs has kernel modules for:
2.6.21.7
2.6.25.16
2.6.30.5
2.6.31.14
2.6.32-smp
2.6.32-uni
2.6.32.28
2.6.32.55
2.6.33.2
2.6.37.6
2.6.39
2.6.39.4
3.0.17
3.0.7
3.1.10-slacko_4gA
3.1.10-slacko_paeA
3.1.10-dpup
3.2.11-dpup

[TheAsterisk!]

UPDATED to version 4.1.12.

I've made packages for the new Wary and Racy 530/5.3 releases, but have not yet built packages for the older Wary/Racy 522 versions. Let me know if anyone wants those.

[Master_wrong]

Thanks asterisk...

also here is the vbox addition and extension pack.
extension pack can be installed from terminal using virtualbox,
ie:
$virtualbox virtualbox.extension.pack.files

http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/

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Updated to version 4.1.14.


If anybody would like me to make a "one-for-all" sort of SFS, with drivers for several of the more recent Puppies included- like shinobar has done with a few VirtualBox versions- let me know. The upload would take a little while, but it'd be easy enough to do.

[Kirsten-Duarte]

I have issues with the VirtualBox 4.1.8.... I installed the pets correctly, as they were given here in this thread... but the kernel modules aren't being loaded, and with that, the vbox does not load either.

I get the warning that I have to check on SMP and everything, and I have to check with dmesg... once I do that, it indicates its trying to load the modules from multiple locations, but they are the wrong compile...

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Slacko 533 (both regular and PAE kernels) packages added.

No VirtualBox version change.