VirtualBox on Aspire One

Thank you for the trick. It's very simple and very useful.

I meant what amount of video memory.

 

I've found a fix to the USB support.

http://ubuntulife.wordpress.com/200...eron-con-soporte-de-usb-en-5-sencillos-pasos/(in spanish)

Type:
$ sudo vi /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh
and add:

#
# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work
#
mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
domount usbfs “” /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
mount –rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb
#

and Logout. If it doesn't work obtain vboxusers ID

$ grep vbox /etc/group
vboxusers:x:124:jose

In this case, the value is 124.
We have to add this value to fstab file:

$ sudo vi /etc/fstab

add:

## usbfs is the USB group in fstab file:
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=124,devmode=664 0 0

The same with mountdevsubfs.sh

$ sudo vi /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh

add:

## Mount the usbfs for use with Virtual Box
domount usbfs usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb -onoexec,nosuid,nodev,devgid=124,devmode=664

Finally restart.

It worked for me.

 

elemechoso,

thanks, that seems to work (I had to do all steps above), at least windows xp recognises usb devices now when I enable them From the Devices menu. Problem is that after auto installing drivers for the webcam for example it still doesn't work. And usb sticks seem to have problems getting installed.

I'll look into it further later this week, at least the usb device are now showing as available in the Devices list, and xp is recognising their presence.

 

I'm probably being a bit daft, but...

My standard AA1 doesn't have an /etc/init.d/mountdevusbfs.sh
Is there some package that I need to install to get this?
Or should I just create the file? (and presumably add #!/bin/sh as the first line & make it executable)

 

Just create the file and add the lines posted above. (You can make it executable and add '#!/bin/bash' as the first line but that is optional)

Code:

sudo touch /etc/init.d/mountdevusbfs.sh
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/mountdevusbfs.sh
sudo mousepad /etc/init.d/mountdevusbfs.sh

Be warned though, although this allows usb devices to be selected and detected in windows, I still couldn't get them to function. If you have more success please post.

 

Fantastic! Following your instructions I got it working. (entry in fstab + create mountdevusb.sh + reboot)

I have been trying to connect a GPS receiver via a USB to RS232 converter.

I defined a USB device filter for the virtual machine - but didn't fill in any of the parameters. Then I started Windows installed the driver for the USB to RS232 converter and then plugged it in. It just came up as COM3 and worked.

So finally I can run my sailing navigation software on my AA1!

I noticed that when I plugged in a USB memory stick then Linpus grabbed it and mounted the drive as usual. However when I unmounted this drive and then used the Virtualbox session Devices->USB Devices to enable this for Windows, then Windows saw the device and mounted the disk.

 

when i define the usb device and i start the virtualbox, the mouse pointer works for a second and then freezes.
anyone else has this problem ?

 

previous problem is solved.
But in my virtualbox i cannot install the displaydriver for the aspire one XP.
Anyone experience with this problem ?

 

attachment pics seem to have been deleted, I resubmitted mine as http images.

(This forum need some peeps with experience to help run it)

 

Thanks now works...Had same problem

 

I have Windows XP running well in VirtualBox, but I was wondering if anyone has installed Windows 7 Beta yet? If so, how's the performance on the AAO? I'm thinking it's probably too slow. If someone has experienced otherwise, I'd be interested to hear.