Recommendations...

[Mark Komarinski]

On 06/18/2010 09:24 AM, Gerry Hull wrote:
> Results so far:
>
> I installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64-bit on my X61, followed by Virtualbox 
> 3.2.4, with a Windows 7 vm.
>
> After much Googling, I still have a couple of  PITA issues.
>
> - After every host reboot, it seems that the kernel vboxdrv driver 
> goes away.   I found lots of people reporting this issue, with some 
> suggested solutions -- however nothing seems to work.
> - I'm trying to disable all screen blanking and power management, as 
> this really screws up Virtualbox.  I've tried everything I can find, 
> but I guess I'm just not getting it.  I keep getting the screen 
> blanker which asks for my password.
>
> Any suggestions on how to resolve these issues?  Other than these, I'm 
> pretty happy w/the 64-bit version so far.

My desktop is running Ubuntu x86_64 and VirtualBox (and has been 
since...8.10?) and I've never experienced either of those issues.  Then 
again, I needed USB device support, so I swallowed my GPL and am using 
the non-free (as in speech) version of VirtualBox, complete with the 
Oracle name now.

For vboxdrv not starting at boot time, there is an init script that is 
either gone bad or isn't running.  You may want to start there.

-Mark