On 04/07/2017 04:06 PM, James Knott wrote:
hat seems to have done it and USB 2 is now available. In the past, I just had to click on it and Virtualbox would start up and install it. It's still possible to do it through the Virtualbox configuration. Any idea why this is not included in Yast? And Guest Additions? It would be nice to have them all in one place without having to go to Oracle.
Agreed, but it isn't much once you boil it down, Historically, SuSE could only include the OSE version without USB due to the limitless nonsensical legal licensing bs lawyers bless us with. I've used both the openSuSE rpms and those directly from virtualbox.org, and have always had less problems just using the virtualbox.org files. Currently, the 13.2 rpms at virtualbox.org work fine on Leap 42.2, e.g. at: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.1.18/ The extension pack has always been an 'add-on' install (there used to be an .rpm, if I recall correctly). When I started using virtualized systems via my LAN, I made friends with the VBoxManage command (with "alias vbm=VBoxManage" for convenience) and found the install of the extpack to be one of the commands (I think I was actually reading the manual -- heaven forbid, which is really good) Bottom line, there is nothing you cannot do as far as virtualbox is concerned with the 'VBoxManage' command. It is the Swiss-Army knife for vbox. (basically it is the raw interface to vbox, just like the direct options for KVM or Qemu). The nice UI really doesn't do anything but build the VBoxManage command line for you. Glad it worked for you. That is really the whole install with the virtualbox.org file, just (1) install the latest openSUSE132-x rpm, and (2) install the extension pack with VBoxManage ... (3) in the guest install the GuestAdditions/LinuxGuestAdditions depending on your guest. All host kernel module updates are handled by dkms on kernel update, and linux guest updates (with the included guestadditions.iso attached to your cd device) is a simple $ sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cd followed by $ sudo /mnt/cd/VBoxLinuxAdditions to rebuild the guest kernel modules followed by $ sudo modprobe -a vboxsf vboxvideo vboxguest and your done ;p The windows guests prompt you to install the latest guestadditions after a vbox update. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org