VirtualBox and Ubuntu 8.04 desktop

[mjs_mjs]

I'm trying to run ubuntu 8.04 desktop under Virtual box, and its having an issue. After the kernal is loaded i get a blank screen, see attached. Am i doing something wrong? I have tried turning ACPI off (as per http://www.edugeek.net/forums/nix/16671-ubuntu-virtualbox.html) and also using other images, such as Xubuntu 8.04 and Edubunu 7.04. Nothing works. I get a kernal panic when running Edubuntu, see attached. XP boxes run fine on it. Physical hardware is a NC10. You can see my settings in the first screenprint.

 

cheers

[powdarrmonkey]

See if you can reproduce this with ACPI and IO APIC enabled.

[mjs_mjs]

See if you can reproduce this with ACPI and IO APIC enabled.

 

I get exatly the same.

[powdarrmonkey]

Smells of a kernel bug - have you tried Ubuntu 9.04?

[mjs_mjs]

Not yet - i will at work tomorro. I have the image somewhere on my desktop.

[AngryTechnician]

I have no problems at all with 9.04 under VirtualBox, and I don't recall having issues back when I was running 8.04 either.

 

One thing I noticed from your screenshots... your VirtualBox UI looks different. No least that yours says "InnoTek VirtualBox", whereas mine says "Sun VirtualBox" (Sun bought VirtualBox a while back). Are you using the Open Source Edition, and that one is branded differently? Or are you using an older version? I'm currently running 3.0.8.

[mjs_mjs]

I have no problems at all with 9.04 under VirtualBox, and I don't recall having issues back when I was running 8.04 either.

 

One thing I noticed from your screenshots... your VirtualBox UI looks different. No least that yours says "InnoTek VirtualBox", whereas mine says "Sun VirtualBox" (Sun bought VirtualBox a while back). Are you using the Open Source Edition, and that one is branded differently? Or are you using an older version? I'm currently running 3.0.8.

 

There's a new version of Virtual Box. It's available from Sun; I know there's quite a delay before it appears in the repository.

 

The change log lists a few bug fixes. Maybe this will help.

 

It came out on 6/10/09. Version 3.0.8 is the latest.

 

Linux_Downloads - VirtualBox

 

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Cheers guys, i've moved to the latest version. Didn't realise it had been brought out by Sun. What an obovious thing to do... sorry for wasting your time(s).