Hello: I am using Virtualbox 4.3 with host Windows XP and opensuse 12.3. Installation went well and thrilled since I am new to Linux and VB. I tried to open Firefox browser and says no server available. I did a search for “no server” but nothing came up. Nor for “userbase”. How do I connect to userbase? Do I need to open a terminal and if so what command do I enter next to the #? Thank you.
On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:16:02 +0000, jimhebert wrote:
> Hello: I am using Virtualbox 4.3 with host Windows XP and opensuse 12.3.
> Installation went well and thrilled since I am new to Linux and VB. I
> tried to open Firefox browser and says no server available. I did a
> search for “no server” but nothing came up. Nor for “userbase”. How do I
> connect to userbase? Do I need to open a terminal and if so what command
> do I enter next to the #? Thank you.
What happens if you try connecting to it from a web browser in the host?
Jim
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I am currently using Firefox browser and local ISP with no problem in Windows XP. Only in FF of Opensuse guest in virtual machine I have no browser.
On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:56:03 +0000, jimhebert wrote:
> I am currently using Firefox browser and local ISP with no problem in
> Windows XP. Only in FF of Opensuse guest in virtual machine I have no
> browser.
You have no browser, or you can’t browse to the site?
How is the network configured in VirtualBox?
Jim
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Sorry, I do have FF browser but the page is blank and server is not there. My FF browser in XP is fine and server is connected. I am using a wireless connection. Could that be why no server in OS 12.3 guest? At this moment I have no cable to try to make a direct connection to router/modem.
The network is:
Enable network adaptor is checked on.
Attached to: Nat
PCnet-FAST III (Am79C973)
On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 14:26:02 +0000, jimhebert wrote:
> Sorry, I do have FF browser but the page is blank and server is not
> there. My FF browser in XP is fine and server is connected. I am using a
> wireless connection. Could that be why no server in OS 12.3 guest? At
> this moment I have no cable to try to make a direct connection to
> router/modem.
>
>
>
> The network is:
>
> Enable network adaptor is checked on.
>
> Attached to: Nat
>
> PCnet-FAST III (Am79C973)
With a NAT connection, it /should/ (as I recall) work fine, as long as
you’re using a relatively recent (4.2.x would be fine) version of
VirtualBox.
Post-installation of openSUSE in the VM, have you rebooted the virtual
machine? There is an issue in 12.3 with the initial installation not
getting a network connection properly, and a reboot resolves that.
Otherwise, let’s dig into the VM and see the output from a few commands
(please paste them into a reply here with code tags - # button in the
advanced editor’s toolbar).
Output of the following commands should help:
ping userbase.kde.org
nslookup userbase.kde.org
cat /etc/resolv.conf
/sbin/route -n
/sbin/ifconfig eth0
Those commands should give us a start on what the network configuration
looks like from inside the VM.
Jim
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Sorry but I tried to enter the commands in the terminal but all came back with an error. I first typed “su”, then entered my password, then I entered each command after the # symbol and every time it gave me an error. I tried rebooting after doing another installation but the browser still can’t connect to the server. I turned off VM and VB. Then turned them on again. Version of VB 4.3.0 r89960
On 2013-10-27 00:06, jimhebert wrote:
> Sorry but I tried to enter the commands in the terminal but all came
> back with an error. I first typed “su”, then entered my password, then I
> entered each command after the # symbol and every time it gave me an
> error. I tried rebooting after doing another installation but the
> browser still can’t connect to the server. I turned off VM and VB. Then
> turned them on again. Version of VB 4.3.0 r89960
If you tell us each error you got we can help.
But if you do not tell us them, how can we help?
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 22:06:03 +0000, jimhebert wrote:
> I first typed “su”, then entered my password, then I entered each
> command after the # symbol and every time it gave me an error.
Just enter the commands I suggested. You don’t need to run ‘su’ first to
run them (that’s why I provided the path).
If you still get an error, tell us what the error is. It’s next to
impossible to tell you what to do to correct the error when the only
information we have is “I got an error”.
Jim
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If possible, could we solve another problem which is taking all my time and is higher priority now? I am having to reinstall the guest everytime I try to open it from the previous session from which I “save” it. This is getting to be severely annoying and time consuming. I must have installed that OS 12.3 at least 7 or 8 times. The message I get when I try to open the previously “saved” session is:
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine OpenSuse 12.3.
Failed to load unit ‘PATM’ (VERR_SSM_FIELD_NOT_CONSECUTIVE).
| Result Code: | E_FAIL (0x80004005) |
|---|---|
| Component: | Console |
| Interface: | IConsole {8ab7c520-2442-4b66-8d74-4ff1e195d2b6} |
On 2013-10-27 02:16, jimhebert wrote:
> Failed to open a session for the virtual machine OpenSuse 12.3.
> Failed to load unit ‘PATM’ (VERR_SSM_FIELD_NOT_CONSECUTIVE).
>
>
> Result Code:
> E_FAIL (0x80004005)
>
>
> Component:
> Console
>
>
> Interface:
> IConsole {8ab7c520-2442-4b66-8d74-4ff1e195d2b6}
That’s looks like an error in the host part, ie, in virtualbox itself or
in Windows.
I would try to google that error, perhaps at the virtualbox site. Yep, I
just searched that e-fail error code and found several hits, one at the
vbox site, another from microsoft support.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 01:16:03 +0000, jimhebert wrote:
> Failed to open a session for the virtual machine OpenSuse 12.3. Failed
> to load unit ‘PATM’ (VERR_SSM_FIELD_NOT_CONSECUTIVE).
This is a VirtualBox issue. A quick search on the “failed to load unit”
part of the message turned this up:
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/12222
You might check that out - but as Carlos points out, that’s a VirtualBox
on Windows issue - and we’re not really the right people to ask about
that.
Jim
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You may not believe this but I have been trying, off and on, since 1997 to use Linux and/or Virtual Box and have always wound up throwing in the towel because it’s one problem after another. Is there any version of any Linux or VirtualBox that actually works the first time? I don’t care if the version is antique. Just so it works and is has automatic configuration and easy to install like this one is. This is the response I have just received from VirtualBox administrator about my last post concerning SSM error:
https://forums.virtualbox.org/styles/prosilver/imageset/icon_post_target_unread.gif](https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=269968#p269968)by **[mpack](https://forums.virtualbox.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=17541)** » 27. Oct 2013, 11:07
Linux guest questions are off topic in the "Windows Hosts" forum. However I'll briefly observe that it sounds like you aren't actually installing the guest OS, it sounds like you're using it in "live cd" mode.
For your SSM error problem see the 4.3.0 discussion topic."
The 4.3.0 discussion topic is at https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=58008
On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 13:46:03 +0000, jimhebert wrote:
> Is there any version of any Linux or VirtualBox that actually works the
> first time?
I don’t run VirtualBox on Windows, so I can’t comment on that. 4.2,
though, is the previous version and it seems that most people using it
don’t have trouble with it.
I’ve been using openSUSE since it was SUSE Professional 9.2, and Linux
since RedHat 5.2. All of them have worked “the first time” for my needs,
and I use Linux on a desktop, laptop, and server daily.
We’re here to help, but I’m afraid a rant isn’t something that we’re
really able to “assist” with. We need facts and details about the parts
we can help with (which would be the openSUSE part).
I understand you’re frustrated, and the frustration goes back some time.
We’d like to help with what we can, though.
Jim
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There is no where left for me to go. VB is pointing the finger at you and you at them. So maybe it it is met to be that way. thanks anyway:)
On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:26:02 +0000, jimhebert wrote:
> There is no where left for me to go. VB is pointing the finger at you
> and you at them. So maybe it it is met to be that way. thanks anyway:)
There’s no reason for VB to point the finger at openSUSE, they’ve got a
known defect that causes the problem you’re having with resuming from a
snapshot. Use 4.2 and it should be fine.
Jim
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On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:26:02 +0000, jimhebert wrote:
> There is no where left for me to go. VB is pointing the finger at you
> and you at them. So maybe it it is met to be that way. thanks anyway:)
Also please keep in mind that all the people who provide support here are
volunteers. It’s probably the same case over at the VirtualBox forums as
well.
It’s clear to me that you have an issue with VirtualBox - regardless of
what Linux distribution you install - if you use version 4.3. Version
4.2 doesn’t have that issue, so try installing that and then install
openSUSE as a guest under that. You should have more success.
Remember that with openSUSE 12.3, you need to reboot once after the
installation is done for the network to start up. That’s a known issue
in 12.3 that I believe will be fixed in 13.1 when it releases.
Jim
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On 2013-10-27 19:26, jimhebert wrote:
>
> There is no where left for me to go. VB is pointing the finger at you
> and you at them. So maybe it it is met to be that way. thanks anyway:)
The virtualbox people should offer you support. It does not matter what
virtual box has inside, the problem is between the host, windows and
virtualbox.
You are not using virtualbox IN Linux, you are using virtualbox IN
Windows. Thus they should help.
But some people are very “religious”, meaning that if they are Windows
folk they do not want to hear anything about Linux. Absurd.
They say «Linux guest questions are off topic in the “Windows Hosts”
forum."» What does it matter to them what the guest is? The problem is
outside, on the XP host!
However, you asked the wrong question of them; you should have said
simply something like:
+++̣̣̣̣̣̣̣·······················
I’m running VB on Windows XP, and I get this error:
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine OpenSuse 12.3.
Failed to load unit ‘PATM’ (VERR_SSM_FIELD_NOT_CONSECUTIVE).
̣̣̣̣̣̣̣·······················+±
Just that.
We do want to help you, really, but it is simply that many of us do not
have the knowledge to solve your particular problem.
There is something else you can try: vmware player. It is commercial,
yes, but you can use it for free at home.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
First I appreciate the support. We just move on. I installed VB 4.2.18. Reinstalled Opensuse 12.3. A few things I wasn’t sure about during install. First about the partitions. I accepted the check in box of “proposed separate home partitions”. At the beginning, after creating VM, I was directed to Drive E (iso DVD) to do install. I clicked start. Nothing happened. The drive stayed closed. I had to “Remove” the VM and start over. Next time I went to iso file I had downloaded instead of Drive E and proceeded fine until the options “installation, check media drive, hard drive,etc” . I selected check media drive and it proceeded. Maybe that was wrong choice but it began installation. When complete it did not kick out the DVD it just started to do the install again…Everything is weird. So I opened the E drive to stop everything. Then I turned off and then on VM. Now I have Open Suse installed, but it is doing same thing as before. No provider connection for browser. I opened terminal and entered commands Jim gave me earlier. Right now I need to copy the result and mail it to you. I try to copy and paste but obviously it is done differently from the way I know. I copy from terminal but I can’t paste to a office word document in the host to send to you as attachment.
On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 22:16:03 +0000, jimhebert wrote:
> First I appreciate the support. We just move on. I installed VB 4.2.18.
> Reinstalled Opensuse 12.3. A few things I wasn’t sure about during
> install. First about the partitions.
For your first attempt, just go with the defaults. Let’s get an install
that works and then we can fiddle with more advanced settings. Since you
seem to be having trouble getting it to install properly, let’s change as
few variables from a standard/stock installation.
> I accepted the check in box of
> “proposed separate home partitions”.
That’s fine.
> At the beginning, after creating
> VM, I was directed to Drive E (iso DVD) to do install. I clicked start.
Are you using a physical DVD or just the ISO?
> Nothing happened. The drive stayed closed. I had to “Remove” the VM and
> start over. Next time I went to iso file I had downloaded instead of
> Drive E and proceeded fine until the options “installation, check media
> drive, hard drive,etc” . I selected check media drive and it proceeded.
Check media doesn’t do an installation, it verifies the media’s internal
checksums. If you downloaded the ISO file and checked it with md5sum
(which can be obtained for Windows - just google for md5sum.exe and
you’ll find it), then you don’t need to check media. If you are using a
physical DVD, checking the media is a good idea, but I’d just boot the
DVD on the host system and use the check media option there - it’ll run a
little faster. Just make sure you don’t install on your host system
(you’d get to a point where it basically says “we’re going to configure
partitions now, proceed? y/n”
> Maybe that was wrong choice but it began installation. When complete it
> did not kick out the DVD it just started to do the install
> again…Everything is weird. So I opened the E drive to stop
> everything. Then I turned off and then on VM. Now I have Open Suse
> installed, but it is doing same thing as before.
Which “same thing as before”? Please provide the specific error
message.
Also, after your initial installation is finished, you do need to reboot
the VM as the network connection will not work - that’s a known bug in
the 12.3 installation process, and a reboot post-installation resolves it.
> No provider connection
> for browser. I opened terminal and entered commands Jim gave me earlier.
> Right now I need to copy the result and mail it to you. I try to copy
> and paste but obviously it is done differently from the way I know. I
> copy from terminal but I can’t paste to a office word document in the
> host to send to you as attachment.
Most of the output should fit on a single screen, so just take
screenshots, post them to susepaste.org, and post the links here. That’s
probably easier than walking you through redirecting to a file, getting
the file out of the VM, and then pasting the contents into a message.
Jim
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