Warning, Ubuntu Karmic / VMWare Player

[Drew Van Zandt]

Correction: VMware compiles the modules every time you upgrade the kernel; I
have not had to download anything new from them on kernel upgrades, just let
their tool do the recompile when I try to start the VM.

Virtualbox seems faster,  but the pointer in one of the apps I use is now
the same color as the background.

--DTVZ

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Tom Buskey <tom at buskey.name> wrote:

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> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Drew Van Zandt <drew.vanzandt at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> I have managed to get the image to boot in Virtualbox.  Keywords to google
>> or look for in the VirtualBox interface if you are in a similar bind:
>> agp440.sys
>> IOAPIC
>> Also, make sure enough memory is allocated to both RAM and video card for
>> the virtual machine.
>>
>> I had some bizarre side effects where the shift and control keys stopped
>> working in my X session.  They went away "by themselves" which worries me.
>>
>>
>>
> I used to use VMware Server/Player but switched to  VirtualBox.  Both
> require a kernel module and that needs to be upgraded along with the
> kernel.  VMware supplies a binary you need to download from VMware.
> VirtualBox supplies source that gets compiled everytime you upgrade the
> kernel.
>
> VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, (and XEN I think?) are collaborating on a
> virtual container standard and they're adding support for competitor's
> containers too.  Your VMs should be portable.
>
> The only reason I can see to use VMware vs VirtualBox is to feed an ESX
> server, but that might be going away.  And familiairity.    What else does
> VMware offer over VirtualBox?
>
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