VirtualBox setuid/packaging error

By Yannick Loth, on January 15th, 2010%

If you encounter the following error running VirtualBox as a user under openSUSE: Error -10 in SUPR3HardenedMain, then execute chkstat -set /etc/permissions.easy to set correct file permissions on the VirtualBox . . . → Read More: VirtualBox setuid/packaging error

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VirtualBox 2.1

By Yannick Loth, on January 1st, 2009%

If everyday of this new year is like the first, I’ll bet that 2009 is going to change a lot of habits in personal computing.

Today, I updated VirtualBox to the version 2.1.  I must say that I was much surprised when I read in the changelog that experimental support for OpenGL has been added to this . . . → Read More: VirtualBox 2.1

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VirtualBox Host Networking in openSUSE 11.0

By Yannick Loth, on August 22nd, 2008%

Modifications in the Firewall config are necessary to enable bridging:

In the YAST2 sysconfig editor:

In Network -> General: set IP_FORWARD to yes
In Network -> Firewall -> SUSEfirewall2: set FW_FORWARD_ALLOW_BRIDGING to yes
In Network -> Firewall -> SUSEfirewall2: set FW_FORWARD_ALWAYS_INOUT_DEV to br0 (the bridge which is used)

Add chmod 0660 /dev/net/tun and chown virtualuser /dev/net/tun to the boot file /etc/init.d/boot.local, . . . → Read More: VirtualBox Host Networking in openSUSE 11.0

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