Call for tester: VirtualBox 3.1.2 for FreeBSD
Henrik Hudson
lists at rhavenn.net
Wed Dec 30 22:46:36 UTC 2009
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, Martin Wilke wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> Changelog from VirtualBox is available here:
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
>
> Changes in the port:
> - VirtualBox and the guest additions have been updated to 3.1.2.
> - Port has been renamed to virtualbox-ose to reflect that we are
> using the OSE version. Requested by: mm@
> - A seperate port for the kernel modules has been created: virtualbox-ose-kmod
> - A seperate port for guest additions for FreeBSD guests has been
> created: virtualbox-ose-additions
> - Added proper PulseAudio support for FreeBSD. Contributed by Noriyoshi Kawano
> - procfs is no longer required because vbox uses sysctl(3) now. Contributed by
> Baptiste Daroussin and Bernhard Froehlich
> - Fix build with a non-standard location for the system source. Submitted
> by: scf@
>
> How to upgrade:
> - Fetch the new ports:
> # fetch https://svn.bluelife.at/nightlies/virtualbox-port-r601.tar.gz
> # tar xf virtualbox-port-r601.tar.gz
>
> - Build the new ports:
> # cd virtualbox-ose-kmod && make
> # cd ../virtualbox-ose && make
>
> - If build was ok, deinstall old port
> # pkg_deinstall virtualbox-\*
>
> - Install new port:
> # cd ../virtualbox-ose-kmod && make install clean
> # cd ../virtualbox-ose && make install clean
>
> For FreeBSD guests within VirtualBox please try the new guest additions port:
> # fetch https://svn.bluelife.at/nightlies/virtualbox-port-r601.tar.gz
> # tar xf virtualbox-port-r601.tar.gz
> # cd virtualbox-ose-additions && make install clean
> # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vboxguest.sh start
>
> Check that the VirtualBox kernel module is loaded via loader.conf
> and reboot the machine.
>
> Check the wiki page for known problems: http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox
>
> Please report any functionality which was working with previous versions of
> VirtualBox and no longer working with 3.1.2 or any build failure.
>
> Many thanks to the VirtualBox developers, all tester and patch submitter
> and the whole vbox@ team.
I downloaded the latest ports version (12/29/09) and built it last
night and installed Windows 7 x32. It all worked without a hitch.
FreeBSD 8-STABLE (12/27/09) amd64 with nvidia beta drivers.
Kudos people and thanks!
henrik
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