Wanted to try and test opensuse 12.1. It doesn’t get installed on to a virtualbox. Installation ends up with a blurred green screen and the system doesn’t respond to any inputs, not even shutdown
using virtualbox 4.1
You failed to say how you installed. Check the other thread ( RC1 is a wreck! ) for info on problems people are having.
I’m guessing that you installed from the DVD, which is where people are having problems. Try the live CD. (The network CD will probably have similar problems to the DVD install).
I booted my wife’s Lenovo X220 with the 64-bit openSUSE-12.1 RC1 KDE liveCD. It booted ok with the startup sound playing playing ok. Graphics was ok with the i915 intel driver and I note 3D/special desktop effects worked …
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21da]
Kernel driver in use: i915
The resolution was what was expected at 1366 x 768 (from xrandr) :
linux@linux:~/Documents> xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 277mm x 156mm
1366x768 60.0*+
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 59.9
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
and I note the following from the /var/log/Xorg.0.log (for the EDID) :
70.274] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LGD", prod id 728
70.274] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
70.274] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1366x768"x0.0 75.20 1366 1414 1478 1582 768 772 779 792 +hsync -vsync (47.5 kHz)
This netbook has the following netbook hardware :
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [8086:0085] (rev 34)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN [8086:1311]
Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
The knetworkmanager in the right hand corner indicated no network connection.
So I clicked on it and saw the networks in the area.
http://thumbnails48.imagebam.com/15518/49d41d155176176.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/49d41d155176176)
I then configured to our WLAN
http://thumbnails24.imagebam.com/15518/6fbe0e155176177.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/6fbe0e155176177)
and I did not fight kwallet asking for a new password managed by it, but I simply gave it a password (obviously I don’t show the password here):
http://thumbnails37.imagebam.com/15518/4f8b3c155176178.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/4f8b3c155176178)
and the network connection worked.
http://thumbnails29.imagebam.com/15518/0e743d155176181.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/0e743d155176181)
IMHO this was very nice. Its also been a very long time for KDE to have a nice looking and easy to manage network manager. I suspect this does not yet work for everyone, but for me, on my wife’s Lenovo X220 netbook, it worked well.
I could access the Internet with Firefox, and I played the Firefox welcome video with no problem.
Running the alsa diagnostic script provides this information:
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=b4c7014196434fd829f408c7be49dc6230b26a58
I don’t see the internal microphone being detected, so I suspect there may be some effort required to configure it. I note:
ARECORD
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
which is not the internal mic best I can determine. But this could simply be a liveCD limitation with the appropriate driver missing from the liveCD.
I did not test the webcam, but I did not this for the hardware:
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b217 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
and the UVC video driver is clearly loaded:
linux@linux:~> lsmod | grep video
uvcvideo 76804 0
videodev 102250 1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17083 1 videodev
video 19653 1 i915
thermal_sys 25017 3 processor,thermal,video
so I suspect the webcam works.
And finally some details (again) on this netbooks’ hardware:
linux@linux:~/Downloads> inxi -F
System: Host: linux.site Kernel: 3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop KDE 4.7.2 Distro: openSUSE 12.1 RC 1 (x86_64) VERSION = 12.1 CODENAME = Asparagus
Machine: System: LENOVO (portable) product: 4286CTO version: ThinkPad X220
Mobo: LENOVO model: 4286CTO Bios: LENOVO version: 8DET50WW (1.20 ) date: 07/07/2011
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5-2410M CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx)
Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz 3: 800.00 MHz 4: 800.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
X.Org: 1.10.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 7.11
Audio: Card: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.24
Network: Card-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e
IF: eth0 state: down speed: 4294967295 Mbps duplex: full mac: f0:de:f1:7e:f4:97
Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 driver: iwlagn
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: a0:88:b4:d3:3f:38
Drives: HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (-) 1: /dev/sda HITACHI_HTS54322 250.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 4.9G used: 2.8G (57%) fs: rootfs ID: / size: 4.9G used: 2.8G (57%) fs: ext4
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 2911
Info: Processes: 154 Uptime: 0:57 Memory: 1220.3/3847.0MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.23
linux@linux:~/Downloads>
So openSUSE-12.1 RC1 ‘looks’ promising. I have quotes around the ‘looks’ because I know from testing experience that the DVD installer on 12.1 RC1 is still rough around the edges in spots, and needs more work. For example, if installing openSUSE-12.1 RC1 from a DVD, then do NOT try to change the software during the install, as that crashes the YaST software installer. Instead accept the default install, and only after installation is complete should one change the software selection (such as to add additional packages).
Hopefully that will be resolved by the 12.1 GM version, else I could be installing 12.1 from a live-CD instead of from a DVD.
I booted my wife’s Intel Core i7-860 PC (w/6GB RAM and a nVidia G210 graphic card) to the 64-bit openSUSE-12.1 RC KDE liveCD.
KDE came up ok to the 1280x1024 max resolution of her old TFD monitor with the nouveau driver. Special desktop effects worked (such as cube rotation). This was the 1st I have experienced this with the nouveau driver, although I have read of others reporting the same improved nouveau driver performance. Her PC’s graphic hardware:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] [10de:0a65] (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. EN210 SILENT [1043:8334]
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
and xrandr output:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 8192 x 8192
DVI-I-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm
1280x1024 60.0*+ 75.0
1024x768 75.1 75.0 60.0
800x600 75.0 60.3
640x480 75.0 60.0
720x400 70.1
Wired networking on our home LAN ‘just worked’, with Internet access via our home router available. Her PC’s wired hardware:
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 and other motherboards [1043:8432]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Sound did NOT initially work on her PC. I went to YaST > Hardware sound, and noted two sound devices … an analog and HDMI, neither being reported as configured.
http://thumbnails44.imagebam.com/15519/3a3bf4155186052.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/3a3bf4155186052)
[click on image for larger view]
I edited the analog and tested sound in YaST and it worked.
http://thumbnails55.imagebam.com/15519/dbe99f155186055.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/dbe99f155186055)
[click on image for larger view]
I played the Firefox welcome video, and while the video played, there was no sound. I went to kmix, and moved up all the levels (ie in addition to master, moved up front, surround, center, and LFE controls). When I moved up LFE, her PC briefly had sound. When I went to lowr the master a small amount, sound stopped and did not come back. I checked all settings. Nothing muted, volumes up, no sound. I then went to KMenu > Configure desktop > multimedia. All appeared well there. Still no sound back.
I then installed pavucontrol into the PC’s ram (with this liveCD), and immediately noted pulse audio had the analog channel muted (which was NOT showing up in KDE as muted). I unmuted that, and had sound in the Firefox welcome video.
Her PCs final sound hardware/software configuration: http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=0cb92f4f2030dd8500d8cfcb11f61469009aa19e
Her PC as seen by MyComputer:
http://thumbnails47.imagebam.com/15519/0c2491155186057.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/0c2491155186057)
[click on image for larger view]
and her PC as seen by inxi:
linux:/home/linux # inxi -F
System: Host: linux.site Kernel: 3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop KDE 4.7.2 Distro: openSUSE 12.1 RC 1 (x86_64) VERSION = 12.1 CODENAME = Asparagus
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P7H55-M version: Rev X.0x serial: MT7008048506632
Bios: American Megatrends version: 1002 date: 08/09/2010
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7 CPU 860 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx)
Clock Speeds: 1: 1200.00 MHz 2: 1200.00 MHz 3: 1200.00 MHz 4: 1200.00 MHz 5: 1200.00 MHz 6: 1200.00 MHz 7: 2801.00 MHz 8: 1200.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: nVidia GT218 [GeForce 210]
X.org: 1.10.4 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,nv,vesa) tty size: 154x55 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.24
Card-2: nVidia High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 20:cf:30:ac:00:0c
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (-) 1: /dev/sda Hitachi_HDS72105 500.1GB
2: /dev/sdb ST3500630A 500.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 6.3G used: 2.8G (45%) fs: rootfs ID: / size: 6.3G used: 2.8G (45%) fs: ext4
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0C mobo: 29.0C gpu: 39.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 1278 sys-1: 1854
Info: Processes: 176 Uptime: 0:40 Memory: 1291.6/5944.9MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.23
linux:/home/linux #
Overall, this 12.1 RC1 setup running in the liveCD looks pretty nice. I suspect I will be tempted to help my wife put this 64-bit openSUSE-12.1 on her PC once the GM version is released. BUT I also note the openSUSE-12.1 beta1 and RC1 had problems with the installation DVDs and only the liveCDs provided reasonable installation behaviour. Hence I may exercise a lot of caution here.
Hi
Interesting utility 
http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=inxi&baseproject=ALL&lang=en&include_home=true&exclude_debug=true
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop
up 2 days 0:02, 6 users, load average: 0.45, 0.40, 0.35
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 285.05.09
Wanted to try and test opensuse 12.1. It doesn’t get installed on to a virtualbox. Installation ends up with a blurred green screen and the system doesn’t respond to any inputs, not even shutdown
using virtualbox 4.1
I can confirm that the openSUSE 12.1 64 bit DVD will not install into VirtualBox 4.1. It looks like your best bet is to use the KDE LiveCD for the same version. When I would try to install the openSUSE 12.1 64 bit DVD, the install aborts before getting to the first installation screen. I think I had read there is a QT issue of some sort, but the KDE LiveCD looks to be your answer. I had a previous openSUSE 12.1 M5 64 bit install into VirtualBox that did work and I used the terminal command zypper dup as root to perform the upgrade and it worked just fine.
Thank You,
I booted my Dell Studio 1537 laptop to the 64-bit openSUSE-12.1 RC1 KDE liveCD. This laptop has an Intel Core2 duo P8400 CPU w/4GB RAM and Radeon HD3450 graphics on the motherboard.
The graphics came up ok to the KDE gui at the laptop’s maximum 1440x900 resolution using the open source ‘radeon’ graphic driver. I note some special desktop effects, but for example the cube rotation did not work (which by the way is NOT important to me). Hardware details:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series [1002:95c4]
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:029f]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
and xrandr output:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1440 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 331mm x 207mm
1440x900 60.0*+
1280x854 59.9
1280x800 59.8
1280x720 59.9
1152x768 59.8
1024x768 59.9
800x600 59.9
848x480 59.7
720x480 59.7
640x480 59.4
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
and from the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file, EDID reported as:
66.105] (II) RADEON(0): EDID vendor "LPL", prod id 47114
66.105] (II) RADEON(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
66.105] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0 96.35 1440 1488 1520 1734 900 903 909 926 +hsync -vsync (55.6 kHz)
Knetwork manager worked well (which is a real pleasure to see after it has struggled for so many years ! ) and wireless worked and I had internet. The Intel WiFi Link 5300 AGN wireless hardware on this PC has also in the past been reported by others (but less so by me) as being problematic for good internet access under GNU/Linux so I was happy to see it work well on 12.1 RC1. The hardware:
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 [8086:4235]
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1121]
Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
The usb webcam was recognized but I did not test it:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ca:18a1 Ricoh Co., Ltd
but I do note the UVC webcam driver was loaded:
linux@linux:~/Documents> lsmod | grep video
uvcvideo 76804 0
videodev 102250 1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17083 1 videodev
video 19653 0
thermal_sys 25017 3 processor,thermal,video
The sound worked immediately. I note this configuration for the sound from the alsa-info.sh diagnositc script: http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=89ccf48c1d734abb5f332c7f09287e8c3567e6e5
… but I did NOT see the webcam mic in the ‘arecord’ output:
ARECORD
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
where this is an external mic. This is the second notebook PC where I have not seen the integrated mic show up separately. I decided this could be a misperception of mine in reading the diagnostic script output. So I installed the application pulse audio volume control (pavucontrol) into ram of this liveCD and I ran pavucontrol. I immediately noted in the ‘input tab’ there were selections for ‘internal microphone’, ‘analog microphone’ and ‘analog line-in’. I selected ‘internal’ microphone and typed:
arecord -f S16_LE test.wav
and pressed after a dozen seconds of talking to the laptop, and played it back with:
aplay test.wav
and recording worked.
Here is the MyComputer for this Dell Studio 1537 laptop:
http://thumbnails46.imagebam.com/15520/f85803155195676.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/f85803155195676)
And here is the output of running "inxi -F " :
linux@linux:~> inxi -F
System: Host: linux.site Kernel: 3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop KDE 4.7.2 Distro: openSUSE 12.1 RC 1 (x86_64) VERSION = 12.1 CODENAME = Asparagus
Machine: System: Dell (portable) product: Studio 1537 version: A09
Mobo: Dell model: 0P132H version: A09 Bios: Dell version: A09 date: 05/27/2009
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo CPU P8400 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx)
Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 2267.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
X.Org: 1.10.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,radeonhd,vesa) Resolution: 1440x900@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV620 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 7.11
Audio: Card-1: ATI RV620 Audio device [Radeon HD 34xx Series] driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.24
Card-2: Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Network: Card-1: Broadcom NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3
IF: eth0 state: down speed: 65535 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:21:70:85:8d:be
Card-2: Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 driver: iwlagn
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:16:ea:ed:80:76
Drives: HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (-) 1: /dev/sda ST9250421ASG 250.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 4.9G used: 2.8G (57%) fs: rootfs ID: / size: 4.9G used: 2.8G (57%) fs: ext4
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0C mobo: 43.0C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 146 Uptime: 0:44 Memory: 1226.7/3927.2MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.23
So thus far it appears the 64-bit openSUSE-12.1 RC1 KDE will work nicely on this laptop. I do qualify that by saying there are problems with the installer on the DVD that could make one’s life difficult as the installer is coded now in RC1 (they really MUST fix this for the GM version). Hence one needs to either use a liveCD to install from or possibly one can get a DVD to install by sticking with the default software and NOT changing any of the installed software until AFTER the installation is complete.
So thus far it appears the 64-bit openSUSE-12.1 RC1 KDE will work nicely on this laptop. I do qualify that by saying there are problems with the installer on the DVD that could make one’s life difficult as the installer is coded now in RC1 (they really MUST fix this for the GM version). Hence one needs to either use a liveCD to install from or possibly one can get a DVD to install by sticking with the default software and NOT changing any of the installed software until AFTER the installation is complete.
Indeed the RC1 DVD must be fixed to not require special knowledge for it to instal and using the LiveCD is always a good option that requires much less time to download. I don’t know why really, perhaps due to having a fast enough Internet speed to do so, but I just tend to go for the DVD every time. It does allow you to install more stuff up front, but you can always get it later and everything after a while must be updated online anyway. I do wonder if you get short changed on the number of available software install patterns when you install a LiveCD. Do we know if that is true?
Thank You,
I installed the 64-bit openSUSE-12.1 RC1 from DVD being careful to apply the workarounds gleaned from Friday’s failures (ie do not click on the link for modifying the default software - as that causes a crash of the installer).
This was on my Intel Core i7-920 PC (w/6 GB RAM and a nVidia GTX260 graphic card). Before installing I unplugged my webcam, as experience has taught me the openSUSE installer loves this webcam so much that it makes it the primary sound device (which means sound does not ‘just work’ after an install if I leave the webcam plugged in during install) !
By NOT clicking on the link to change the software, the DVD installer proceeded to install the software. However during the 1st reboot attempt, it crashed. …
This out of focus image that I ‘hurriedly tried to catch’ with my digital camera is the last thing I saw before the crash:
http://thumbnails50.imagebam.com/15522/06d4ca155214168.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/06d4ca155214168)
(ie “Shutting Down System Cache Daemon” ) … or something like that …]
and then I was greeted with this
http://thumbnails52.imagebam.com/15522/3f529c155214169.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/3f529c155214169)
I waited for a quite a while and nothing happened.
Pressing <CTRL><ALT><Fx> varieties gave me a black screen. No text. <CTRL><ALT><Backspace> and <CTRL><ALT><Delete> did nothing. Only a hardware reset caught the PC’s attention, as it performed a hardware reset, which brought me to a properly created grub menu. Selecting openSUSE-12.1 RC1 on that menu, ultimately brought me to this dialog box,
http://thumbnails27.imagebam.com/15522/918757155214174.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/918757155214174)
. . . and the installation continued uneventfully from there.
With installation FINALLY complete, the PC booted to the nouveau driver at the maximum 1920x1200 resolution. I note Special Desktop effects did NOT seem to work (at least there was no cube rotation nor any error messages when I tried to activie the Special Desktop effects). I later installed the proprietary nVidia 285.05.09 graphic driver, and I had special desktop effects functioning (cube rotation … etc … ). Video hardware on this PC:
07:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GT200 [GeForce GTX 260] [10de:05e2] (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:82cf]
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Sound worked immediately (both startup sound and sound from mplayer after I installed it). Output of alsa-info.sh diagnostic script: http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=5e695501c9bb265682bb1774ccc9b658073b23c1
Wired Ethernet accessing our home LAN and the Internet worked. The wired device:
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller [11ab:4364] (rev 12)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:81f8]
Kernel driver in use: sky2
0b:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller [11ab:4364] (rev 12)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:81f8]
Kernel driver in use: sky2
I concede I do not know which of those two etherent devices (on this Asus P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard) is in use.
I then plugged in the webcam and it had no adverse impact on the functioning sound.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:0821 Logitech, Inc. HD Webcam C910
this is a uvc webcam as evident by the driver that is loaded:
oldcpu@corei7:~/backup> lsmod | grep video
uvcvideo 76804 0
videodev 102250 1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17083 1 videodev
And the hardware on this PC:
oldcpu@corei7:~/backup> inxi -F
System: Host: corei7 Kernel: 3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop KDE 4.7.2 Distro: openSUSE 12.1 RC 1 (x86_64) VERSION = 12.1 CODENAME = Asparagus
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P6T DELUXE V2 version: Rev 1.xx Bios: American Megatrends version: 1108 date: 09/21/2010
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7 CPU 920 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx)
Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 1600.00 MHz 3: 1600.00 MHz 4: 1600.00 MHz 5: 1600.00 MHz 6: 1600.00 MHz 7: 1600.00 MHz 8: 1600.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: nVidia GT200 [GeForce GTX 260]
X.Org: 1.10.4 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,nv,vesa,nouveau) Resolution: 1920x1200@50.0hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 260/PCI/SSE2 GLX Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09
Audio: Card-1: Intel 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.24
Card-2: Logitech HD Webcam C910 driver: USB Audio
Network: Card-1: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2
IF: eth1 state: down speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: 00:24:8c:7e:ee:38
Card-2: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:24:8c:7e:ee:39
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1500.3GB (64.8% used) 1: /dev/sda ST31500341AS 1500.3GB
Partition: ID: / size: 15G used: 5.1G (37%) fs: rootfs ID: / size: 15G used: 5.1G (37%) fs: ext4
ID: /home size: 34G used: 4.0G (13%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 6.82GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 47.5C mobo: 47.0C gpu: 62C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 1962 psu: 0 sys-1: 0 sys-2: 0 sys-3: 0
Info: Processes: 256 Uptime: 0:49 Memory: 1139.9/5972.0MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.23
gpu temp is a bit high as I am playing a video using vdpau while typing this …
I need to test things like ssh, vnc, etc … but thus far this 12.1 RC1 is looking ok, EXCEPT for a rather rough DVD install that is a SERIOUS detriment to what looks like could be an excellent release. These very rough DVD installation edges need (IMHO) to be smoothed prior to GM else the distro could get a rather rough reception …
Hmm… currently typing from 12.1 RC1 Gnome LiveCD in virtualbox started with :
**vboxlive**](http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/how-faq-forums/unreviewed-how-faq/465445-running-linux-live-cds-disk-less-virtual-machines-under-virtualbox.html) -o opensuse -b -D
-b meaning ‘beta’ (as in /etc/vboxlive.cfg updated yesterday)
-D to download the iso image (needed only once)
I haven’t tried the KDE liveCD yet. With the Gnome LiveCD, graphical login didn’t work (took for ever and ended up with an error). So I booted in runlevel 3, logged in in console as user ‘linux’ and typed:
sudo /sbin/init 5
It worked right away - will try again though (as always lol! )
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/3802/12rc1vbox.th.png](http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/3802/12rc1vbox.png)
On 23.10.2011 00:16, please try again wrote:
>
> Hmm… currently typing from 12.1 RC1 Gnome LiveCD in virtualbox started
> with :
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> ‘vboxlive’ (http://tinyurl.com/64cnkfb) -o opensuse -b -D
> --------------------
>
Now that is something fabulous!
I saw your post and set things up and bingo
(Your script bingoed, the Live CD has some probs, like GUI only after
init 3 and back)
I’ve been running those “the hard way” till now
I just fired up the thing and so I haven’t familiarized myself with it
any further yet.
But of course I have an immediate question shot from the hip
Can this fabulous user friendly thing be made to run on the other OS?
Like “1-click Linux” for the OS impaired
Vahis
http://waxborg.servepics.com
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) 2.6.37.6-0.7-default main host
openSUSE 12.1 RC 1 (x86_64) 3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop in VirtualBox
openSUSE 11.4 (i586) 3.0.6-44-desktop “Tumbleweed” in EeePC 900
Which other OSes do you have in mind?
There are packages available for Fedora and Mandriva in my repo. It should work on any Linux (host) so far, I guess. I copy the files manually on Arch Linux and Ubuntu (I will make a .deb when I get time). If you want to copy the files manually, you need:
- /usr/bin/vboxlive (the script)
- /etc/vboxlive.cfg (the config file)
and optionally
- /usr/bin/popup (for QT or GTK menus)
- /usr/bin/VBoxExtensionPack (to install/update VirtualBox extensions )
The following guest OSes are currently supported:
# vboxlive -g
archbang archlinux centos chakra debian dragonflybsd fedora gentoo kanotix knoppix mageia
mandriva mepis mint openindiana openmamba opensuse pcbsd pclinux puppylinux ubuntu zorin
The option -b ( or –beta ) can be used to install openSUSE, Fedora or PCBSD latest Beta.
The script can also install VirtualBox (explicitely or automatically) but only on openSUSE.
On 23.10.2011 10:06, please try again wrote:
>
> Vahis;2396431 Wrote:
>>
>> Can this fabulous user friendly thing be made to run on the other OS?
>>
>
> Which other OSes do you have in mind?
Well, the other OS As host, I mean. An .exe
Like:
Double click on an exe and run Linux within your other OS:)
> There are packages available for Fedora and Mandriva in my repo. It
> should work on any Linux (host) so far, I guess. I copy the files
> manually on Arch Linux and Ubuntu (I will make a .deb when I get time).
You have done a great work there.
I ran the KDE live RC1 just like
vboxlive -o opensuse -b -D
then I chose kde.
I tried to run another one, gnome, but it didn’t do it because opensuse
was there already. I removed it and then ran again, this time Gnome.
Then I tried like
vboxlive -o mint -D
vboxlive -o ubuntu -D
but no isos for any of them could be found.
I’ll look closer a bit later,
thanks for your effort,
Vahis
http://waxborg.servepics.com
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) 2.6.37.6-0.7-default main host
openSUSE 12.1 RC 1 (x86_64) 3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop in VirtualBox
openSUSE 11.4 (i586) 3.0.6-44-desktop “Tumbleweed” in EeePC 900
hmmm … whatever I could say to be nice, the true answer is “no”.
You understand that when you delete opensuse.iso, you just delete a symlink and not the iso file you downloaded. To boot kde again, you’ll just have to symlink the openSUSE-KDE iso to opensuse.iso
There are all available (at the moment). You can check the URLS with
vboxlive -G
Notice that only the first available iso will be displayed if there are more than one (this explains Ubuntu’s beta1 on the picture - but you would certainly select the final release ). On the other hand, 12.1 RC1 doesn’t appear in the list, unless you type:
vboxlive -t -o opensuse -b
To list all the URLs for a distro, you can use the option -t ( --try).It won’t install nor boot anything. The -o <os> syntax is not the only way to create/start a vm. The different options are described in the HowTo.
I just added guest support for kubuntu. When you update the package (actually called vmscripts), it won’t overwrite /etc/vboxlive.cfg but install /etc/vboxlive.cfg.rpmnew instead. You should rename this file to /etc/vboxlive.cfg to use the new URLs. You can also overwrite mirrors, specific urls or system-wide options defined in /etc/vboxlive.cfg in your own ~/.vboxliverc - you have to creatre this file.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3998/vboxlive02.th.png](http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3998/vboxlive02.png)
On 23.10.2011 14:06, please try again wrote:
>
> Vahis;2396464 Wrote:
>>
>> On 23.10.2011 10:06, please try again wrote:
>>>
>>> Vahis;2396431 Wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Can this fabulous user friendly thing be made to run on the other
>> OS?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Which other OSes do you have in mind?
>>
>> Well, the other OS As host, I mean. An .exe
>>
>
> hmmm … whatever I could say to be nice, the true answer is “no”.
>
> Vahis;2396464 Wrote:
>>
>> I tried to run another one, gnome, but it didn’t do it because
>> opensuse
>> was there already. I removed it and then ran again, this time Gnome.
>>
>
> You understand that when you delete opensuse.iso, you just delete a
> symlink and not the iso file you downloaded. To boot kde again, you’ll
> just have to symlink the openSUSE-KDE iso to opensuse.iso
>
> Vahis;2396464 Wrote:
>>
>> Then I tried like
>> vboxlive -o mint -D
>> vboxlive -o ubuntu -D
>>
>> but no isos for any of them could be found.
>>
>
> There are all available (at the moment). You can check the URLS with
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> vboxlive -G
> --------------------
>
>
> Notice that only the first available iso will be displayed if there are
> more than one (this explains Ubuntu’s beta1 on the picture - but you
> would certainly select the final release ). On the other hand, 12.1 RC1
> doesn’t appear in the list, unless you type:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> vboxlive -t -o opensuse -b
> --------------------
>
>
> To list all the URLs for a distro, you can use the option -t (
> --try).It won’t install nor boot anything. The -o<os> syntax is not
> the only way to create/start a vm. The different options are described
> in the HowTo.
I tried
vboxlive -t -o ubuntu
and I get after quite some while:
Could not find an iso image to download.
Then, ‘vboxlive -G’
This seems to take quite a lot of time, so here’s an excerpt, I’m
letting it run. This far after maybe ten minutes:
$ vboxlive -G
archbang :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/archbang/files/archbang-2011.10-i686.iso
archlinux :
http://arch-live.isawsome.net/iso/archiso/20110104/archiso-live-2011-01-04.iso
centos : not found at ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/centos/6/isos/i386/
chakra :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chakra/files/2011.09/chakra-2011.09-edn-i686.iso
debian : not found at
ftp://debian.osuosl.org/debian-cdimage/current-live/i386/iso-hybrid/
dragonflybsd : not found at
ftp://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/
fedora : not found at
ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/15/Live/i686/
gentoo : not found at
ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/gentoo/releases/x86/11.2/
kanotix : not found at
ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/kanotix/KANOTIX-current/
knoppix : not found at ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/knoppix/
Still, for example
fedora: not found at
ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/15/Live/i686/
But in that url there are two.
Vahis
http://waxborg.servepics.com
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) 2.6.37.6-0.7-default main host
openSUSE 12.1 RC 1 (x86_64) 3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop in VirtualBox
openSUSE 11.4 (i586) 3.0.6-44-desktop “Tumbleweed” in EeePC 900
On 23.10.2011 14:06, please try again wrote:
>
> There are all available (at the moment). You can check the URLS with
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> vboxlive -G
> --------------------
This is now the whole thing I get (takes really long time):
$ vboxlive -G
archbang :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/archbang/files/archbang-2011.10-i686.iso
archlinux :
http://arch-live.isawsome.net/iso/archiso/20110104/archiso-live-2011-01-04.iso
centos : not found at ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/centos/6/isos/i386/
chakra :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chakra/files/2011.09/chakra-2011.09-edn-i686.iso
debian : not found at
ftp://debian.osuosl.org/debian-cdimage/current-live/i386/iso-hybrid/
dragonflybsd : not found at
ftp://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/
fedora : not found at
ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/15/Live/i686/
gentoo : not found at
ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/gentoo/releases/x86/11.2/
kanotix : not found at
ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/kanotix/KANOTIX-current/
knoppix : not found at ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/knoppix/
mageia : not found at ftp://mageia.webconquest.com/iso/1/
mandriva : not found at
ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/mandrake/official/iso/2010.2/
mepis : not found at ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/MEPIS/
mint : not found at
ftp://linuxfreedom.com/linuxmint/linuxmint.com/stable/11/
openindiana :
http://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/151a/oi-dev-151a-text-x86.iso
openmamba : not found at
ftp://ftp.openmamba.org/pub/openmamba/media/milestone2/livecd-gnome/en/
opensuse :
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/iso/openSUSE-11.4-GNOME-LiveCD-i686.iso
pcbsd : not found at
ftp://mirrors.isc.org/pub/pcbsd/9.0-BETA3/i386/
pclinux : not found at
ftp://ftp.ch.debian.org/mirror/pclinuxos/live-cd/
puppylinux : not found at
ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/puppy-5.2.8/
ubuntu : not found at
ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/ubuntu-releases/oneiric/
zorin : not found at
ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/zorin/
$
I tried most of them with browser, they are there
Vahis
http://waxborg.servepics.com
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) 2.6.37.6-0.7-default main host
openSUSE 12.1 RC 1 (x86_64) 3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop in VirtualBox
openSUSE 11.4 (i586) 3.0.6-44-desktop “Tumbleweed” in EeePC 900
How did you install the script? From my repo? You should. It’s easier, and I always update the repo before uploading my scripts anywhere else.
Next you should refresh the repo:
sudo zypper refresh -r PTA
assuming you added the repo as explained in the HowTo - and update the package vmscripts:
sudo zypper update vmscripts
Now you should rename /etc/vboxlive.cfg.rpmnew to /etc/vboxlive.cfg. But you don’t have to (otherwise I would overwrite this file by default). As I already said, you can (and should) overwrite the variables, urls, options, etc defined in /etc/vboxlive.cfg in your own ~/.vboxliverc and you might have to set mirrors closer to your location to (significantly) speed up download and query time.
So you would copy the following lines in your ~/.vboxliverc and modify some urls (in red):
# You might add/change ditros urls.
MIRROR1="ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub"
MIRROR2="ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux"
MIRROR3="ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions"
MIRROR="$MIRROR1"
# official sites / primary mirrors.
archbang_mirror="http://sourceforge.net/projects/archbang"
archlinux_mirror="http://arch-live.isawsome.net/iso/archiso"
chakra_mirror="http://sourceforge.net/projects/chakra"
debian_mirror="ftp://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release"
dragonflybsd_mirror="ftp://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org"
fedora_mirror="http://fedora.mirror.nexicom.net"
gentoo_mirror="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
kanotix_mirror="ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/kanotix"
mageia_mirror="ftp://mageia.webconquest.com"
mandriva_mirror="ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu"
openindiana_mirror="http://dlc.openindiana.org/isos"
openmamba_mirror="ftp://ftp.openmamba.org/pub/openmamba/media"
opensuse_mirror="http://download.opensuse.org"
pcbsd_mirror="ftp://mirrors.isc.org/pub/pcbsd"
#ubuntu_mirror="http://cd.image.ubuntu.com/releases" # Ubuntu official site uses different paths. Don't use it!
# mirrors
centos_mirror="$MIRROR/centos"
debian_mirror="ftp://debian.osuosl.org/debian-cdimage"
fedora_mirror="$MIRROR/fedora"
gentoo_mirror="$MIRROR/gentoo"
knoppix_mirror="$MIRROR/knoppix"
mepis_mirror="ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/MEPIS"
mint_mirror="ftp://linuxfreedom.com/linuxmint/linuxmint.com"
pclinux_mirror="ftp://ftp.ch.debian.org/mirror/pclinuxos"
#ubuntu_mirror="$MIRROR/ubuntu-releases"
ubuntu_mirror="ftp://ftp.ticklers.org/releases.ubuntu.org/releases"
#opensuse_mirror="$MIRROR/opensuse"
#archlinux_mirror="$MIRROR/pub/archlinux"
I’m sorry but I can not make it easier, as I don’t know the mirrors closer to your location.
It has to query the mirrors. It takes time but not 10 minutes … well, it depends on your Internet connection and on the mirrors you use. I made it in 48s and my Internet connection is not particularly fast.
[noparse]
$ time vboxlive -G
archbang : http://sourceforge.net/projects/archbang/files/archbang-2011.10-i686.iso
archlinux : http://arch-live.isawsome.net/iso/archiso/20110104/archiso-live-2011-01-04.iso
centos : ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/centos/6/isos/i386/CentOS-6.0-i386-LiveCD.iso
chakra : http://sourceforge.net/projects/chakra/files/2011.09/chakra-2011.09-edn-i686.iso
debian : ftp://debian.osuosl.org/debian-cdimage/current-live/i386/iso-hybrid/debian-live-6.0.3-i386-gnome-desktop.iso
dragonflybsd : ftp://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/dfly-i386-2.10.1_REL.iso.bz2
fedora : ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/15/Live/i686/Fedora-15-i686-Live-Desktop.iso
gentoo : ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/gentoo/releases/x86/11.2/livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-11.2.iso
kanotix : ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/kanotix/KANOTIX-current/kanotix-2.6.38.iso
knoppix : ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/knoppix/ADRIANE-KNOPPIX_V6.7.0CD-2011-08-01-EN.iso
kubuntu : ftp://ftp.ticklers.org/releases.ubuntu.org/releases/kubuntu/oneiric/kubuntu-11.10-beta1-desktop-i386.iso
mageia : ftp://mageia.webconquest.com/iso/1/mageia-dvd-1-i586.iso
mandriva : ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/mandrake/official/iso/2010.2/mandriva-linux-free-2010.2-i586.iso
mepis : ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/MEPIS/SimplyMEPIS-1.5G_11.0.00_32.iso
mint : ftp://linuxfreedom.com/linuxmint/linuxmint.com/stable/11/linuxmint-11-gnome-dvd-32bit.iso
openindiana : http://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/151a/oi-dev-151a-text-x86.iso
openmamba : ftp://ftp.openmamba.org/pub/openmamba/media/milestone2/livecd-gnome/en/openmamba-livecd-gnome-en-milestone2-2.0pre6.i586.iso
opensuse : http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/iso/openSUSE-11.4-GNOME-LiveCD-i686.iso
pcbsd : ftp://mirrors.isc.org/pub/pcbsd/9.0-RC1/i386/PCBSD9.0-RC1-x86-DVD-live.iso
pclinux : ftp://ftp.ch.debian.org/mirror/pclinuxos/live-cd/pclinuxos-kde-2011.09.iso
puppylinux : ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/puppy-5.2.8/lupu-528.iso
ubuntu : ftp://ftp.ticklers.org/releases.ubuntu.org/releases/oneiric/ubuntu-11.10-beta1-desktop-i386.iso
zorin : ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/zorin/zorin-os-2-live-32.iso[/noparse]
real 0m**48.639s**
user 0m0.057s
sys 0m0.040s
Looks like the ftp of the Oregon State University doesn’t respond fast enough for you. I use this mirror for many distros, because it’s fast for me.
Using vboxlive -o is a clever (and the preferred) way to launch vms, but you can also use vbox -i followed by a filename or without argument to select any iso image stored on your local filesystem from a menu. There are several ways to proceed.
This is weird. The script uses a text browser to query the sites, then parses the ouptut to display the URLs*. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work for you. Maybe someone has an explanation. Alternatively you can still download an iso, put it in your iso directory (or anywhere actually) and create a symlink in your iso directory, then use (for example) vboxlive -o fedora.
For example, if your iso directory is ~/Downloads (this is not what I use, but I made it the default, because it’s probably easier for most people), you could do:
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ wget ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub[noparse]/fedora/linux/releases/15/Live/i686/Fedora-15-i686-Live-Desktop.iso[/noparse]
$ ln -s Fedora-15-i686-Live-Desktop.iso fedora.iso
$ vboxlive -o fedora
But you shouldn’t have to do so that.
- Could it be that your output is different from mine? locale or charset issue?
** or download with your browser … I use wget because I’m a CLI guy.
We’re getting out of topic here. Why not posting feedback, comments or questions about this script in this thread: vboxlive - running live CDs in VBox disk-less vms