[Live-demo] problem with shared folder

[Margherita Di Leo]

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Margherita Di Leo <diregola at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thank you for your replies.
> I refer to Osgeo-Live 8 open source version and particularly to the
> instructions here:
> http://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/virtualization_quickstart.html
> I have followed all the steps till "In the VirtualBox window, open the
> *Devices* menu and click *Install Guest Additions*. This will mount the
> Guest Additions as a CD drive in your OSGeo Live VM." because in my case it
> doesn't mount the guest addition stuff.
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 12:24 AM, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/04/2014 02:17 PM, Johan Van de Wauw wrote:
>> > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Alex Mandel <
>> tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
>> >> On 11/04/2014 12:59 PM, Margherita Di Leo wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> That said, I believe this is either a Virtualbox or Fedora bug.
>> >
>> > I agree, this does not seem to have a connection with the osgeo live
>> dvd.
>> >
>> > This being said: there is not really a good reason to use the guest
>> > addition cd. You can install the functionality by installing the
>> > packages virtualbox-guest-x11 and virtualbox-guest-utils (if they are
>> > not already installed) from the repositories.
>>
>
> Yes I have already installed them .
>
>> >
>> > Johan
>>
>> Last time I check the guest-utils packages only work with the Community
>> Edition that is open sourced, not the closed source one direct from
>> Oracle. The closed source version is Free for home or academic use.
>>
>
> I'm using the open source version
>
>>
>> The difference I believe, at least last I checked a year or two ago, is
>> support of Folder Sharing and USB device pass through.
>>
>> We do not install the guest additions before shipping as they conflict
>> with other Virtualization platform add ons, and need to match specific
>> versions.
>>
>
> This is very wise, but i think it's important to know whether it works or
> not when the user installs it. If it's a ubuntu problem, perhaps it is
> worth to point it out in their bug tracker, but at the moment i need to
> understand where the problem lies. I think this problem is also very
> important for the osgeo-live, because what is the use if people can't use
> the software with their own data.
>
> I'm adding a screen shot to this email, but i don't know if the ML
> settings allow attached files and what threshold size.
>

PS Indeed the ML didn't allow that.

>
> Thank you
> madi
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Alex Mandel
>> http://wildintellect.com
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>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Dr. Margherita DI LEO
> Scientific / technical project officer
>
> European Commission - DG JRC
> Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
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>
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> Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not
> in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the
> European Commission.
>



-- 
Best regards,

Dr. Margherita DI LEO
Scientific / technical project officer

European Commission - DG JRC
Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
Via Fermi, 2749
I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261

Tel. +39 0332 78 3600
margherita.di-leo at jrc.ec.europa.eu

Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not
in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the
European Commission.
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