On 29 Dec 2009, at 11:45, Basil Chupin
It is? I'd say that for at least the downloaded RPM it's not the same...
I've installed it this way: 1. Download the VirtualBox RPM from the virtualbox.org website 2. zypper install <vbox RPM> 3. Add my user to the vboxusers group 4. Log out/log in
That's it. USB works.. everything works. No messing with fstab
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Aaah...the beauty of a democracy and the freedom of choice.... :-)
Several answers...all wonderful.
But.....using "zypper install <vbox RPM>" will only install the openSUSE version of VirtualBox and not the SUN version...
Ummm no. I said download the version from virtualbox.org (aka the Sun version) and install THAT VERSION with zypper using zypper install <vbox RPM>. This will install the downloaded RPM not the OSE version (as long as you run zypper from the same directory as the downloaded RPM or point zypper at the RPM). Then add vboxuser group to your user (easy with YaST)... Log out and back in. That's all you have to do... Zypper will pull in the dependencies for the downloaded RPM and install them. Vbox just works then... Including USB. No messing about with fstab settings. It's that easy. There are no other steps than what I outlined. The hard way is for the OSE build and used to be necessary for the Sun version (but that's been fixed in the Sun version) C.
And before you can install the SUN version of VB you need to first install pam-devel :-) .
Fortunately I found a copy of a post by David Rankin, dated 8 Feb '08, which gave details on how to install VB. I am now half-way thru installing VB (have to now go and find the XP installation disc.. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org