USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
Nay Myo Win
rim.riaz at gmail.com
Mon Oct 27 08:40:48 UTC 2008
i got it now. u can shut my topic down.
thanks anyway!!
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Nay Myo Win <rim.riaz at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 1. Re: Should I add this Repo? (Leonard Chatagnier)
>> 2. Re: Touchpad scrolling region (kapil singh kushwah)
>> 3. Meaning of the switches CONFIG_VT=y, CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y und
>> CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE_BINDING=y? (Detlef Lechner)
>> 4. Re: Should I add this Repo? (Mario Vukelic)
>> 5. Re: Should I add this Repo? (Mario Vukelic)
>> 6. Re: Touchpad scrolling region (Mario Vukelic)
>> 7. Re: Touchpad scrolling region (Mario Vukelic)
>> 8. Re: Should I add this Repo? (Mario Vukelic)
>> 9. USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
>> (Nay Myo Win)
>> 10. Re: USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
>> (Mario Vukelic)
>> 11. Re: USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
>> (Nils Kassube)
>> 12. Re: USB tv tuners compatible for ubuntu hardy (lanzen)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:08:45 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: Re: Should I add this Repo?
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <177632.24090.qm at web82807.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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>> --- On Sun, 10/26/08, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > From: Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: Re: Should I add this Repo?
>> > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
>> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> > Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 5:33 PM
>> > 2008/10/26 Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>:
>> > > On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 17:23 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> > >> Mixing Debian REPOS is a very bad idea, but Debian
>> > packages, so long
>> > >> as they install, are fine so far as I understand.
>> > >
>> > > OK, if they install you have a reasonable chance that
>> > they work. No
>> > > guarantee, though. However, I have seen too often that
>> > packages refused
>> > > to install and people used dpkg --force-things and
>> > similar to male them
>> > > install, and this can screw the APT DB even if it is
>> > just a single
>> > > package.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Even within Ubuntu packages --force should not be applied
>> > unless the
>> > user _knows_ what he is doing.
>> >
>> Brother reqauires you to use the --force option in order to install their
>> printer drivers on Linux/Ubuntu. They have the best Linux/Ubuntu support and
>> I don't think they would tell you to do something that would break anything.
>> Their drivers wont install on a 64 bit Linux system because they a 32 bit
>> and require to install their plugin wrapper also. I'm not talking about
>> installing a pure Debian deb file on a Ubuntu system, not that I think
>> anything is inherently wrong with that, but am talking about installing a 32
>> bit driver to get it to work on a 64 bit system. So the option can't be all
>> that bad when it is absolutely required to make my printer work on Hardy 64
>> bit. FWIW, no intended slur and my APT is working just fine and up-to-date.
>>
>> Leonard Chatagnier
>> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:55:16 +0530
>> From: "kapil singh kushwah" <kapil.network at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: Touchpad scrolling region
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID:
>> <bf929f6e0810262125j2ad5dd8cyeee69d35180769d6 at mail.gmail.com>
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>> Joris,
>>
>> I guess,
>> check your mouse preferences, from System > Preferences > Mouse
>> open the Touchpad tab and check for Enable Scrolling from here.
>> I think it will solve your problem otherwise it's hardware
>> Incompatibility.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Kapil singh Kushwah
>> Linux System Administrator
>> Hotwax Media Inc., Indore
>> 09907514840
>> www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:02:18 +0100
>> From: Detlef Lechner <Detlef.Lechner at gmx.net>
>> Subject: Meaning of the switches CONFIG_VT=y, CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y und
>> CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE_BINDING=y?
>> To: Mailingliste_Ubuntu_engl <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <1225087338.17414.17.camel at localhost.localdomain>
>> Content-Type: text/plain
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>> Hi,
>>
>> "In earlier times" (TM) there was a
>> project /Documentation/Configur.helpwhich apparently explained the
>> meaning ofthe switches in the config file
>> (/boot/config-2.6.24-21-generic). What file explains today the meaning
>> of the switches CONFIG_VT=y, CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y und
>> CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE_BINDING=y and so on?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Detlef Lechner
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:07:54 +0100
>> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
>> Subject: Re: Should I add this Repo?
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <1225087674.6603.109.camel at chronic>
>> Content-Type: text/plain
>>
>> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 00:33 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> >
>> > Even within Ubuntu packages --force should not be applied unless the
>> > user _knows_ what he is doing.
>>
>> True :) I'm just being very cautious when talking about mixing Debian
>> packages with Ubuntu on the list. I think the best option in such cases
>> is always to recompile locally.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:14:02 +0100
>> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
>> Subject: Re: Should I add this Repo?
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <1225088042.6603.115.camel at chronic>
>> Content-Type: text/plain
>>
>> On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 20:08 -0700, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
>> > Brother reqauires you to use the --force option in order to install
>> > their printer drivers on Linux/Ubuntu. They have the best Linux/Ubuntu
>> > support
>>
>> Somehow the first and the second part of your sentence don't fit
>> together. If they had "the best" linux support, their drivers would
>> simply be in the distro's repos
>>
>> > So the option can't be all that bad when it is absolutely required to
>> > make my printer work on Hardy 64 bit.
>>
>> Strictly speaking it is meaningless to talk about "the --force option",
>> that's why I originally wrote "--force-things". dpkg has many
>> --force-<thing> options, some of them more dangerous and some of them
>> less so.
>>
>> I have no idea about 32 vs 64 bit as I never ran a 64 bit system, so
>> far. But it still sounds like a badly-created package.
>>
>> Just for reverence, here are the --force-<thing> options:
>>
>> mario at chronic: ~ $ dpkg --force-help
>> dpkg forcing options - control behaviour when problems found:
>> warn but continue: --force-<thing>,<thing>,...
>> stop with error: --refuse-<thing>,<thing>,... |
>> --no-force-<thing>,...
>> Forcing things:
>> all [!] Set all force options
>> downgrade [*] Replace a package with a lower version
>> configure-any Configure any package which may help this one
>> hold Process incidental packages even when on hold
>> bad-path PATH is missing important programs, problems
>> likely
>> not-root Try to (de)install things even when not root
>> overwrite Overwrite a file from one package with another
>> overwrite-diverted Overwrite a diverted file with an undiverted
>> version
>> bad-verify Install a package even if it fails authenticity
>> check
>> depends-version [!] Turn dependency version problems into warnings
>> depends [!] Turn all dependency problems into warnings
>> confnew [!] Always use the new config files, don't prompt
>> confold [!] Always use the old config files, don't prompt
>> confdef [!] Use the default option for new config files if
>> one
>> is available, don't prompt. If no default can
>> be found,
>> you will be prompted unless one of the confold
>> or
>> confnew options is also given
>> confmiss [!] Always install missing config files
>> breaks [!] Install even if it would break another package
>> conflicts [!] Allow installation of conflicting packages
>> architecture [!] Process even packages with wrong architecture
>> overwrite-dir [!] Overwrite one package's directory with
>> another's file
>> remove-reinstreq [!] Remove packages which require installation
>> remove-essential [!] Remove an essential package
>>
>> WARNING - use of options marked [!] can seriously damage your
>> installation.
>> Forcing options marked [*] are enabled by default.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:15:14 +0100
>> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
>> Subject: Re: Touchpad scrolling region
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <1225088114.6603.116.camel at chronic>
>> Content-Type: text/plain
>>
>> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 09:55 +0530, kapil singh kushwah wrote:
>> > System > Preferences > Mouse
>>
>> One can enable or disable there, but not change the size of the
>> sensitive area
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:18:47 +0100
>> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
>> Subject: Re: Touchpad scrolling region
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <1225088327.6603.117.camel at chronic>
>> Content-Type: text/plain
>>
>> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 01:54 +0100, Joris Dobbelsteen wrote:
>> > Does anyone know how to configure this?
>>
>> Not with a recipe, but you should be able to find what you need in the
>> "synaptics" man page
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 8
>> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:19:47 +0100
>> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
>> Subject: Re: Should I add this Repo?
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <1225088387.6603.118.camel at chronic>
>> Content-Type: text/plain
>>
>> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 07:14 +0100, Mario Vukelic wrote:
>> > Just for reverence
>>
>> That, too. And reference :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 9
>> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:07:56 +0630
>> From: "Nay Myo Win" <rim.riaz at gmail.com>
>> Subject: USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
>> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Message-ID:
>> <d0304a790810262337o363bc07ch283eb5daef0a1d6d at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> i m running XP and my Ubuntu hardy is on VBOX.
>> i can't use Flash drive on guest hardy.
>>
>> if it is not the right place to ask about , sorry.
>>
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>> Message: 10
>> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:58:20 +0100
>> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
>> Subject: Re: USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <1225090700.6603.122.camel at chronic>
>> Content-Type: text/plain
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>> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 13:07 +0630, Nay Myo Win wrote:
>> > i m running XP and my Ubuntu hardy is on VBOX.
>> > i can't use Flash drive on guest hardy.
>>
>> I'm not sure, but I think there is a difference between the VirtualBox
>> licensing models. IIRC the open source version of VBox does not support
>> USB. Could this cause the problem?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 11
>> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:30:36 +0100
>> From: Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net>
>> Subject: Re: USB flash drive not detected on guest ubuntu OS on VBox
>> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Message-ID: <200810270830.37297.kassube at gmx.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"
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>> Nay Myo Win wrote:
>> > i m running XP and my Ubuntu hardy is on VBOX.
>> > i can't use Flash drive on guest hardy.
>>
>> Which VirtualBox version do you use? The GPL version coming with Ubuntu
>> doesn't have USB support, you need the PUEL version instead. You can
>> download it from www.virtualbox.org. And you need the usbfs entry
>> in /etc/fstab which looks like this:
>>
>> none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=1002,devmode=664 0 0
>>
>> Replace the 1002 with the group ID for vboxusers on your machine. You
>> could use this command in a terminal to make the entry if you don't want
>> to look up the vboxusers GID:
>>
>> echo "none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=$(grep '^vboxusers' /etc/group|
>> cut -d: -f3),devmode=664 0 0"|sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
>>
>> Then enter the command
>>
>> sudo mount -a
>>
>> and restart VirtualBox. Before you assign the USB device to the guest you
>> should umount it at the host because the host can no longer see it.
>>
>>
>> Nils
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 12
>> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:45:30 +0100
>> From: lanzen <lanzenesi at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: USB tv tuners compatible for ubuntu hardy
>> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Message-ID: <ge3rir$818$1 at ger.gmane.org>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>> Christopher Bianchi wrote:
>>
>> > thanks a lot !!
>> >
>> > On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 20:36 +0000, Aart Koelewijn wrote:
>> >> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:04:53 +0100, Christopher Bianchi wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> hello !
>> >>>
>> >>> any usb tv tuners (possibly digital and analogic together) compatible
>> >>> 100% with hardy ?
>> >>>
>> >>> thanks :)
>> >> A Hauppauge WinTV USB-stick works fine for me (DVB-T)
>> >>
>> >> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2040:9580 Hauppauge
>>
>> I have one of those (Hauppauge WinTV HVR 900) and it works fine in hardy
>> with kaffeine, but I have to recompile the drivers at kernel change. I'm
>> planning to test it in intrepid.
>>
>> Anyway, I've followed instructions at
>> http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=4921#p37139
>> Is there any other way you know of?
>>
>>
>> --
>> lanzen
>>
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