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Posted: Sat 11 Feb 2012, 08:27
by 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

Posted: Sun 12 Feb 2012, 20:07
by 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!

Posted: Sun 11 Mar 2012, 20:39
by 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.

Posted: Sun 11 Mar 2012, 21:02
by CatDude
Hello TheAsterisk!
TheAsterisk! wrote:...I couldn't find any kernel sources or devx SFS for 5324....
You can find them here
Just do as 01micko said in this thread
and rename devx_slacko_5.3.2.1.sfs to devx_slacko_5.3.2.4.sfs

Hope this helps
Catdude
.

Posted: Sun 11 Mar 2012, 21:10
by TheAsterisk!
CatDude wrote:Hello TheAsterisk!
TheAsterisk! wrote:...I couldn't find any kernel sources or devx SFS for 5324....
You can find them here
Just do as 01micko said in this thread
and rename devx_slacko_5.3.2.1.sfs to devx_slacko_5.3.2.4.sfs

Hope this helps
Catdude
.
Yes, CatDude, that does help! Sometimes, I feel like I can't read at all. :oops: Thanks for the help!

I guess the version numbers (5321 versus 5324) and my impatience threw me off on the first go.

I suppose I'll make a package for that version as well, then!


EDIT: Package added for Slacko 5324.

Posted: Wed 14 Mar 2012, 12:36
by TheAsterisk!
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.

Posted: Fri 16 Mar 2012, 18:10
by 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.

virtualbox-4.1.10.sfs

Posted: Sat 24 Mar 2012, 02:40
by 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

Posted: Sat 07 Apr 2012, 23:01
by 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.

Posted: Sun 15 Apr 2012, 08:47
by 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/

Posted: Wed 18 Apr 2012, 14:34
by TheAsterisk!
Master_wrong wrote: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/
Huh. I didn't know you could install it from the command line. I've always done it through the GUI menu (File -> Preferences -> Extensions).

Anyway, the extension pack is also linked through my packages guide. Once you are on the page specific to your VBox version, at the bottom there's a link to "extras", and from there a link to the extension pack, guest additions ISO, user manual (online HTML & PDF), etc.

Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 10:22
by TheAsterisk!
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.

Posted: Tue 01 May 2012, 16:56
by 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...

Posted: Thu 03 May 2012, 02:06
by TheAsterisk!
Kirsten-Duarte wrote: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...
While it's obvious that things haven't worked as they should for you, I'm afraid I can't quite tell what the specifics of your situation are.

I'll need a bit more info before I can try to help.

First, could you please tell me which version of Puppy you're running, and check the kernel version by typing

Code: Select all

uname -r
into a terminal?

Second, could you try to launch virtualbox from the command line, and copy and post what it returns so that I can read it? (Pasting into a text file and attaching that might work better still.)

Posted: Mon 07 May 2012, 00:46
by TheAsterisk!
Slacko 533 (both regular and PAE kernels) packages added.

No VirtualBox version change.

virtualbox-4.1.14.sfs

Posted: Sun 27 May 2012, 10:23
by shinobar
virtualbox-4.1.14.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most recent Puppies 5.x including Lucid Puppy and Slacko.
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-4.1.14.sfs has pre-build kernel modules for:
  • 2.6.30.5
  • 2.6.32.59
  • 2.6.37.6
  • 3.0.25
  • 3.1.10-slacko_paeA
  • 2.6.32.28
  • 2.6.33.2
  • 2.6.39.4
  • 3.1.10-slacko_4gA
For other kernels, you need corresponding kernel source and devx to build the vbox kernel modules.
Load the kernel source SFS, devx SFS and this virtualbox SFS. Then type 'virtualbox' on a terminal.

virtualbox-4.1.16.sfs

Posted: Sun 27 May 2012, 10:32
by shinobar
virtualbox-4.1.16.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most recent Puppies 5.x including Lucid Puppy and Slacko.
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.

As for slacko, you may need to install 'mesa' package.

virtualbox-4.1.16.sfs has pre-build kernel modules for:
  • 2.6.30.5 (Puppy-4.3.x)
  • 2.6.32.28 (Lupu)
  • 2.6.32.59 (Wary-511)
  • 2.6.33.2 (Wary-5.3)
  • 3.0.25 (Racy-5.3)
  • 3.1.10-slacko_4gA (slacko-5.3.3)
  • 3.1.10-slacko_paeA (slacko-5.3.3 PAE)
For other kernels, you need corresponding kernel source and devx to build the vbox kernel modules.
Load the kernel source SFS, devx SFS and this virtualbox SFS. Then type 'virtualbox' on a terminal.

Posted: Thu 31 May 2012, 04:06
by TheAsterisk!
Updated to VirtualBox 4.1.16

Having FTP issues with one of my mirrors, but the other seems fine. I'll just link the working mirror for now.

Haven't made a package yet for Puppy 301 and 400, but the rest of the 4-series as well as Lucid, Slacko, and the latest Racy and Wary have packages available. I may also add packages for a few other versions in the next few days, and if I do I'll update this post with a quick note.

Re: virtualbox-4.1.16.sfs

Posted: Mon 04 Jun 2012, 21:19
by gcmartin
Thanks @TheAsterisk! and @Shinobar.

I am just getting to a point where I would like to host a VM environment to do PUPs testing. I would like to get a good start at doing such WHEN I saw this post.
shinobar wrote:virtualbox-4.1.16.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most recent Puppies 5.x including Lucid Puppy and Slacko.
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.

As for slacko, you may need to install 'mesa' package.

virtualbox-4.1.16.sfs has pre-build kernel modules for:
  • 2.6.30.5 (Puppy-4.3.x)
  • 2.6.32.28 (Lupu)
  • 2.6.32.59 (Wary-511)
  • 2.6.33.2 (Wary-5.3)
  • 3.0.25 (Racy-5.3)
  • 3.1.10-slacko_4gA (slacko-5.3.3)
  • 3.1.10-slacko_paeA (slacko-5.3.3 PAE)
For other kernels, you need corresponding kernel source and devx to build the vbox kernel modules.
Load the kernel source SFS, devx SFS and this virtualbox SFS. Then type 'virtualbox' on a terminal.
For my clarification, does this mean that if I use any 1 of the 7 distros mentioned, I will NOT have to download kernels or DEVXs?

And, is there a description or manual or information tailored to just Puppy Linux VM operations (host and Guest) somewhere?

Thanks in advance

virtualbox-4.1.18.sfs

Posted: Fri 22 Jun 2012, 05:19
by shinobar
(UPDATE: 22-Jun-2012)
virtualbox-4.1.18.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most of Puppies 5.x including Lucid Puppy and Slacko.
Available from http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/opt/
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