I'm trying to set up a wireless connection in Ubuntu 10.04 but it doesnt seem to work. I have vboxaddition 4.1.22_80657 installed and so when I go to System>Administration>Hardware Drivers, it says No proprietary drivers are in use on this system.
Wired internet works for me. I've tried setting up wireless through a VPN connection, but it doesnt show up after I configure it.
I have another question: How can I use the virtual images from a different Windows user account? Meaning, how and what can I load the virtual images into Oracle VM virtualbox so I can run it from another windows user account?
I actually upgraded the Virtual box version to 4.2.6. And even after installing vbox additions in ubuntu, I am not able to use the Internet. It says wired connection off - you are now disconnected. I click on eth0 and I get this message.
Hi Monkeyman, welcome to the Seven Forums.
With Ubuntu 12 (both 12.04 and 12.10) it seems you need to turn ACPI off before installing. Do as told here:
Notice that this can be a painfully slow procedure. Did three test installs today, on three different hosts, and average time needed was 3 minutes from above mentioned step 1 to step 2, and over 4 minutes from step 2 to step 3. Installation itself might also take a while.
- When on opening screen, press F6 to open Other Options menu. Highlight acpi=off with arrow keys, select it by pressing Enter, press ESC to exit menu:
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.- Now select Try Ubuntu without installing and press Enter. Do not care about possible error messages at this stage, just wait:
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.- When on Live Ubuntu desktop, select Install Ubuntu and installation begins:
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Good luck.
Kari
Last edited by Kari; 19 Jan 2013 at 15:46.
There are a number of things which need to be updated to the current version of Virtual Box (4.2.12). Several of the screens don't match and someone who isn't able to think a bit outside the box isn't going to make it. For example, the current version doesn't have a "Devices" menu option for installing the guest additions. Instead, from the manager, select Settings, Storage, IDE, and use the tool to select the ISO which you have to download separately from http://downloads.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.12/
Thanks for heads up. As so many other things, also VBox has changed since writing this tutorial almost two and a half years ago.
As i have moved to Windows 8 and the Hyper-V is today the only virtualization platform I am using, I need to install the latest VBox and then some Linux virtual machines in order to get new screenshots and edit instructions. I will do it. It might not be today but anyway in the near future.
Kari
Kari, thank you for this detailed post. I have read the tutorial and almost all comments. My installtion works fine. However, I could not set the internet connection right. The conection icon says the connection is established, but when I open firefox, no webpage could be loaded. Any idea?
The host is Wins Home Premium x64, the VMbox is 4.2.12, and the Ubuntu is 12.04.2.
Thanks in advance!
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