VirtualBox

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Contents 1 General Items 2 Make a desktop icon for a VM/VDI 3 USB in linux 4 Ethernet Bridge in openSUSE v11.0

General Items

1. Don't put spaces in your VM name, even though you can.

Make a desktop icon for a VM/VDI

From the command line interface (CLI) you can type: VBoxManage startvm <vm name>
Do not confuse the VDI file name with the name you assigned the VM.

• GNOME:
  1. Make a launcher on the desktop by right-clicking on a clear area and selecting Create Launcher
  2. In the Create Launcher dialog box:
     • Type: Application
     • Name: WindersXP <The name under the icon, human readable>
     • Command: VBoxManage startvm WindowsXP <if WindowsXP is your VM name, no spaces!>
     • Comment: Run WindowsXP in a VirtualBox session
  3. Click OK, all done!

• KDE:
  1. Make a launcher on the desktop by right-clicking on a clear area and selecting Create New->Link to Application
  2. On the General Tab:
     • You should see a Gear icon next to a text field. Click the Gear.
     • Select Other icons, then click Browse.
     • Locate the .PNG file and click Open
     • You should be back at the Gerenal Tab, with the XP logo displayed
     • In the Text Box Name: WindersXP <The name under the icon, human readable>
  3. On the Application Tab:
     • Command: VBoxManage startvm WindowsXP <if WindowsXP is your VM name, no spaces!>
     • Comment: Run WindowsXP in a VirtualBox session
  4. Click OK, all done!

USB in linux

See: http://virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ

• USB on Ubuntu/Gutsy:

Ubuntu removed support for /proc/bus/usb/*. We will address this issue in the future. Until this, edit the script `/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh and activate the four lines around line 40 (Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work). Then execute

/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh start

From now on, there should be a directory /proc/bus/usb/ and the device entries below should be accessible by any user.

• USB on openSUSE: Add the following entry to /etc/fstab:

none  /proc/bus/usb  usbfs  auto,busgid=XXX,busmode=0775,devgid=XXX,devmode=0664  0  0

Replace XXX by the group ID of the group vboxusers. You can determine this value by executing

grep vboxusers /etc/group

Of course, the current user should be member of that group. After the next reboot, there should be a directory /proc/bus/usb/ and the device entries below should be accessible by any user of the vboxusers group.

• If USB doesn't work, check your usbfs permissions. See "Troubleshooting" -> "Linux hosts" in the User Manual for a solution.

Ethernet Bridge in openSUSE v11.0

Well, you need to: (openSUSE 11 side)

1. Start Yast
2. Network Module
3. Add Bridge network interface (like a new Ethernet LAN card)
4. Configure the bridge to work with your physical Ethernet card (you can assign several ethernet cards to bridge)

All the rest: (VirtualBox side)

1. create a TAP interface
2. Use host-based networking with guests

openSUSE 11 side, again:

1. . Join the new TAP interface to bridge via Yast.