Changes between Version 98 and Version 99 of User_FAQ

Timestamp:

Jan 23, 2009 2:00:22 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

Michael Thayer

Comment:

Updated information about USB and added information on dkms

User_FAQ

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 == General ==
-
- * ping does not work with !VirtualBox NAT networking
-
- !VirtualBox's implementation of NAT networking is done entirely in user space.  This means in particular that it has no way of passing on the ICMP IP packets which are used by the ping command from the guest, as these require special privileges to send from the host.  The upshot of this is that you can't ping anything outside the local 10.0.2.x subnet from a NATed guest.
 
  * Sometimes !VirtualBox fails to start with a message on the lines of 
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 == Linux hosts ==
 
+ * Problems with network interfaces after installing or rebuilding the !VirtualBox drivers: this is likely to be caused by a problem in the dkms tool.  You can work around this by changing the line
+{{{
+/sbin/udevadm trigger
+}}}
+ in the dkms script (/usr/sbin/dkms on Ubuntu) to
+{{{
+true
+}}}
+
  * '''dkms status''' fails after !VirtualBox was removed (deb/rpm): The !VirtualBox 1.6.0 and 1.6.2 packages did not properly de-register from dkms during uninstallation. To work around this problem do
 {{{
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 }}}
 
- * '''USB on Ubuntu/Gutsy''': Ubuntu removed support for `/proc/bus/usb/*`. We will address this issue in the future. Until this, edit the script `/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh and activate the four lines around line 40 (Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work). Then execute
-{{{
-/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh start
-}}}
-  From now on, there should be a directory `/proc/bus/usb/` and the device entries below should be accessible by any user.
-
- * '''USB on Ubuntu/Intrepid''': Finally, the Ubuntu guys completely removed these lines. So you have to manually add them again:
-{{{
-mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
-domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
-ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
-mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb
-}}}
-  Add these lines to at the end of the `start()` function of `/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh`.[[BR]]
-  Note that the '''udev permissions''' for the USB devices are still used. For instance, to access a USB disk you have to be member of the group `disk`. Execute
-{{{
-/bin/ls -l /proc/bus/usb/*/*
-}}}
-  and check if you have '''write access''' to all desired USB devices.[[BR]][[BR]]
-  If you want to make all USB devices available for users member of the vboxusers group, apply the proposed change for '''USB on openSUSE'''.
-
- * '''USB on openSUSE''': Add the following entry to `/etc/fstab`:
-{{{
-none  /proc/bus/usb  usbfs  auto,busgid=XXX,busmode=0775,devgid=XXX,devmode=0664  0  0
-}}}
-  Replace `XXX` by the group ID of the group vboxusers. You can determine this value by executing
-{{{
-grep vboxusers /etc/group
-}}}
-  Of course, the current user should be member of that group. After the next reboot, there should be a directory `/proc/bus/usb/` and the device entries below should be accessible by any user of the `vboxusers` group.
-
- * If '''USB doesn't work,''' check your usbfs permissions. See "Troubleshooting" -> "Linux hosts" in the [wiki:"Downloads" User Manual] for a solution.
+ * USB: if you are having trouble accessing USB devices in a guest, make sure that you are a member of the '''vboxusers''' system group.
 
  * '''Tickless Linux timer''': !VirtualBox currently does not work well on Linux kernels with tickless timer support (CONFIG_NO_HZ enabled). We are investigating the problem but in the meantime you should disable the tickless timer by disabling that config option or by adding '''nohz=off''' to the Linux kernel command line.[[BR]]