[Live-demo] Problems with 10.5 and VirtualBox 5.1

Nicolas Roelandt roelandtn.pro at gmail.com
Thu Jun 15 13:10:43 PDT 2017


Hi Stephen,

Thank you for the new files. I was able to put them easily into our
documentation.

You can find the pull request I made here:

https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/pull/211

I'll looking at the outcome in the next nightly after merging.


Please consider joining us if you want to help us keeping OSGeo-Live as
updated as possible.

Anyway, thanks for all the great work.

Best regards,

Nicolas (aka Bakaniko)

2017-06-14 22:12 GMT+02:00 Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com>:

> Hi Nicolas,
>
> Attached is an updated rst file and an images.zip file with renamed
> images. All of my images are png files, some of the original files were jpg
> files. I adjusted the rst to reflect his, but you might want to remove the
> old jpg files that have matching png files in my attachment.
>
> I have not way to visualize my changes until they are pushed into html,
> but I think I got all the changes into the updated rst file.
>
> Let me know if you need anything else.
>
> It might make sense to make a note that the images are based on VirtualBox
> 5.1 and Linux distributions might be based on older versions, but doing the
> logical thing should work if there is a mismatch.
>
> Or something to that effect.
>
> Best,
>   -Steve
>
> On 6/14/2017 3:26 PM, Nicolas Roelandt wrote:
>
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>> Thank you for having updated the virtualbox quickstart.
>>
>> I looked at your file, but it is an html file. We work from rst files to
>> build the html files. This step is essential to our translation process.
>>
>> Can you please update the rst files in added files and send us back ? It
>> is easier to compare files too.
>>
>> I also see that your updated images are numbered, I think it will be
>> easier to just change their name to the one they replace. So the links
>> don't have to be changed. And jo just have to insert new images.
>>
>> The whole documentation is available here:
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc
>>
>>
>> For example, you can find virtualization in en/quickstart/virtualization_quickstart.rst
>> and the images in images/screenshots/800x600/
>>
>> The best way to help us improved documentation is by this repository.
>>
>> thanks again for your work.
>>
>> @livedemo  I found that there is an outdated virtualbox page [1], which I
>> think we can remove, since all elements are in the virtualization
>> quickstart. What do you think ?
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Nicolas (aka Bakaniko)
>>
>> [1] http://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/virtualbox_quickstart.html
>>
>>
>> 2017-06-10 20:34 GMT+02:00 Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com
>> <mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.com>>:
>>
>>
>>     Hi Cameron,
>>
>>     I create an updated version of
>>
>>     https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/virtualization_quickstart.html
>>     <https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/virtualization_quickstart.html>
>>
>>     based on VirtualBox 5.1 and added some information about Windows.
>>
>>     Since VirtualBox 5.1 is the current download and the dialogs are a
>>     little bit different from the previous versions. You will probably
>>     want to update the documentation using these images.
>>
>>     You can download it from:
>>
>>     http://imaptools.com:8080/dl/doc-for-vbox-5.1.zip
>>     <http://imaptools.com:8080/dl/doc-for-vbox-5.1.zip>
>>
>>     You will need to move the images into your folder and update the
>>     links to reflect the changes, but this should reduce the effort and
>>     help you with updating the docs.
>>
>>     One thing that I did not mention, is the fact that if a user
>>     generates a 32-bit VM then they can NOT use the OSGeoLive vmdk as
>>     that is a 64-bit vmdk. It is possible to build a 32-bit VM based on
>>     the 32-bit ISO image, but it is a little bit fiddly to get it
>>     running, but that might just be my lack of knowledge on these things.
>>
>>     -Steve
>>
>>
>>     On 6/9/2017 5:41 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>
>>         Thanks Stephen for sharing what you have been finding out about
>>         running in a virtual machine.
>>
>>         The places where we are collecting this information are:
>>
>>         https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/virtualization_quicksta
>> rt.html
>>         <https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/virtualization_quickst
>> art.html>
>>         (official location)
>>
>>         https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/osgeolive_install_quick
>> start.html
>>         <https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/osgeolive_install_quic
>> kstart.html>
>>         (official location)
>>
>>         https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Virtual_Machine
>>         <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Virtual_Machine>
>>
>>         It would be awesome if you could collect what you are learning
>>         (and correct outdated material) in one of these locations such
>>         that it can become useful for those who follow in your footsteps.
>>
>>         Cheers, Cameron
>>
>>         On 9/6/17 11:42 am, Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
>>
>>             On 6/8/2017 3:11 PM, Micha Silver wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>                 On 06/08/2017 08:52 PM, Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
>>
>>                     Hi all,
>>
>>                     I just tried to install OSGeo Live 10.5 on Windows
>>                     using VirtualBox 5.1 and ran into a bunch of
>>                     problems. I will allow for that fact that this is my
>>                     first attempt to do this, but want to document the
>>                     issues.
>>
>>                     1. Follow the link to get VirtualBox and installed
>>                     it on Windows 10 64-bit machine.
>>
>>                     2. tried to install vmdk following the instruction,
>>                     I could not get this to work. Issues are:
>>                     * VirtualBox Dialogs are different on 5.1, but could
>>                     basically follow the intent.
>>                     * when I tried to start the VM it launches and I get
>>                     black screen with _ cursor and nothing more. Powered
>>                     off VM, restarted it, same result. Could not find a
>>                     work-a-round to this issue
>>
>>                     3. Created a new VM using the 32-bit iso. For some
>>                     reason, VirtualBox would not allow me to create
>>                     64-bit VM, so its a good thing you supplied a 32-bit
>>                     iso also.
>>
>>                 You'll find the answer to the 32bit-only problem here:
>>                 https://superuser.com/question
>> s/866962/why-does-virtualbox-only-have-32-bit-option-no-64-
>> bit-option-on-windows-7
>>                 <https://superuser.com/questio
>> ns/866962/why-does-virtualbox-only-have-32-bit-option-no-64-
>> bit-option-on-windows-7>
>>
>>
>>
>>             Here is how to get into your Windows 10 BOIS if anyone cares:
>>             https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/access-bios-windows-10
>>             <https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/access-bios-windows-10>
>>
>>             And here is a good explanation from VirtualBox
>>             https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=62339
>>             <https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=62339>
>>
>>             After finding this and enabling VT-x I was able to create a
>>             64-bit VM and use the vmdk with that without any problems.
>>             Click the Run button brings me right into OSGeo Live.
>>
>>                     * Launching this VM, fails with No boot disk error.
>>                     * Launching this VM and quickly hiting F12 key,
>>                     brings up boot options and selecting "c" to boot
>>                     from CD-ROM, boots into Linux installation Menu
>>
>>                 Are you trying from the ISO file, or a CD? Maybe you did
>>                 not add the CDROM in the VM settings? Under
>>                 Storage->ContollerIDE be sure that the machine's CDROM
>>                 drive is selected: Use the "CD icon" to browse and
>>                 select your CDROM drive. Then check the "Live CD/DVD"
>>                 checkbox, and try to boot.
>>
>>
>>             In this case I build the VM from the ISO not the CD-ROM.
>>
>>                     * If you select "Try Linux without installing" from
>>                     the menu, it brings up OSGeo Live, but no where are
>>                     these steps documented and I tried menu options
>>                     before discovering this.
>>
>>                     4. Once in OSGeo Live, I could not access my shared
>>                     folder. It took me some time to work around this but
>>                     eventually this worked:
>>
>>                     sudo umount /media/sf_SharedFolder
>>                     sudo chmod 777 /media/sf_SharedFolder
>>                     sudo mount -t vboxsf -o rw,nodev,uid=0,gid=120
>>              SharedFolder /media/sf_SharedFolder
>>
>>
>>             And doing sudo adduser user vboxsf
>>             and logout and back in fixed the shared folder issue.
>>
>>             So making progress, thanks all. I'll be working with Brian
>>             and Vicky to provide feedback and do testing.
>>
>>             Thanks,
>>                -Steve
>>
>>                     I noticed the rc.local adds vboxsf group to user,
>>                     but it does not appear in the user account:
>>
>>                     user at osgeolive:/media/sf_SharedFolder$ id
>>                     uid=999(user) gid=999(user)
>>                     groups=999(user),4(adm),20(dia
>> lout),24(cdrom),27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),33(www-data),
>> 46(plugdev),50(staff),100(users),121(tomcat8),125(lpadmin),
>> 126(sambashare)
>>
>>
>>                     I'll be using OSQeo Live at FOSS4G Boston to present
>>                     the pgRouting Workshop.
>>
>>                     -Steve
>>
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