Recommendations...

[Jerry Feldman]

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.
>
I've been running Ubuntu 10.04 (x86_64) on my laptop and Fedora 13
(x86_64) on my desktop, and the only time I have this issue is either
when I upgrade to a newer version of Virtual Box or Ubuntu or Fedora.

-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
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