Updated to KDE4 in Virtualbox

[Georgetoon]

I'm running PCLinuxOS in VirtualBox for test purposes. I decided to see how smoothly the upgrade from KDE 3.5 to KDE 4 would go.

I got everything updated and installed as per Tex's instructions.

However, when I rebooted, at login, I'm shown a screen that says, "Welcome to Linux at Local host."   On the left hand side are listed users' accounts and then some (admin, LP, root, etc.) and on the right side is the login area.  I can click on my account, but I cannot enter a password.  he keyboard does not respond.  The mouse is captured and works and can highlight and click on accounts, , but the keyboard is dead.

Mouse and keyboard work fine when running Windows XP.   They also worked when running KDE3.5.

[Rudge]

georgetoon, I know I posted a thread were I had a similar problem but I can't find it right now. I had to go into the bios and set "remote keyboard" ,,, man I wish I could remember. Check out your bios settings for the virtual box.  Sorry.



EDIT: I found it, try this:   http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,65815.0.html

[fraxinus]

I'm running PCLinuxOS in VirtualBox for test purposes. I decided to see how smoothly the upgrade from KDE 3.5 to KDE 4 would go.

Good luck Mark. I hope that more VBox experts will be along soon to advise.

In recent months I have been doing just as you have with a virtual install of PCLinuxOS 2009.2 which I have updated to KDE 4, but using VMware Server. The basic install and upgrade went very smoothly indeed - couldn't have been easier, in fact - so it might be worth considering this if your problems in VirtualBox persist. (Since recent updates I am now having problems myself getting VMware Server to run properly in PCLinuxOS, but this may be partly my fault for attempting to go on running an 'old' version in the 1.0.x series ...).

[Georgetoon]

Rudge, fraxinus ,

Thank you!:)  I'm gonna try to the fix tonight, Rudge.

[pags]

I'm running PCLinuxOS in VirtualBox for test purposes. I decided to see how smoothly the upgrade from KDE 3.5 to KDE 4 would go.

Good luck Mark. I hope that more VBox experts will be along soon to advise.

In recent months I have been doing just as you have with a virtual install of PCLinuxOS 2009.2 which I have updated to KDE 4, but using VMware Server. The basic install and upgrade went very smoothly indeed - couldn't have been easier, in fact - so it might be worth considering this if your problems in VirtualBox persist. (Since recent updates I am now having problems myself getting VMware Server to run properly in PCLinuxOS, but this may be partly my fault for attempting to go on running an 'old' version in the 1.0.x series ...).

I'm having trouble with VMWare Server, as well.  I believe it is because the latest kernels were compiled with GCC 4.1, and PCLOS is now using GCC 4.4 

Haven't had the time to try recompiling, so I'm just waiting on the newest ISO timeframe, in the hopes that the complete toolchain upgrade will include a newly compiled kernel...VirtualBox works fine, in the meantime (and, they can both be install on the same system, and run at the same time ... as long as they don't both try to use HW virt support in the CPU).

I had a VirtualBox MiniME that I upgrade to KDE4 for testing a while ago...it went fine.  I could probably remove it now, as I went ahead and did it on the physical hardware...but I'll probably keep playing with it until I'm dying for disk space (again), and remove it then, 

[fraxinus]

I'm having trouble with VMWare Server, as well.  I believe it is because the latest kernels were compiled with GCC 4.1, and PCLOS is now using GCC 4.4  

Yes indeed! Thanks for your suggestions and comments - I am struggling to find time to fix it/consider alternatives right now, but looking forward to a new iso/new kernel.

[Georgetoon]

Well, it didn't work. Don't have any BIOS settings in VB. Ah, well.

[Rudge]

If this were a physical box, I would guess that the video resolution was the problem. Since I can't recreate the problem, I am afraid I can't make any other guesses.

Good luck man