Is there any way to load version 1.5.2 on Hardy 8.04? I have tried version 1.5.6 but I have a Smartboard that will not work with that version. I was able to get the Smartboard working on 7.10 using version 1.5.2 but the board would not work with version 1.5.6 or 1.5.4.
When I try to install version 1.5.2 in Hardy I get a compile error for the kernel. I have tried the command it gives to rebuild the kernel but that yields an error that it cannot complete.
My guess is that 1.5.2 does not support the latest kernel but can it be made to?
thanks
ag
edit--
ok, nevermind figured it out
I went back and tried loading version 1.5.2 again but this time I did not let it remove the "modules" that were left from another install (I am guessing from the 1.5.6 install) after that everything worked just fine. (may not be the right thing to do so if someone knows a better way let me know)
Hardy with version 1.5.2
yes, it can :-)
I had the same problem with USB not working in 1.5.4 and now on 1.5.6 so i rolled back to 1.5.2 everytime.
but before, have you tried what is suggested in
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=5959 ?
Anyway, i did all the changes as suggested except that i used
domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0777,devmode=0664,listmode=0666
may be i did wrong, but otherwise no USB was recognized by virtualbox.
still, even if recognized by VB, the guest system did'nt see any device.
So i decided to rollback again
i found 3 obstacles to revert VB to 1.5.2:
1) i had to install kernel sources (from synaptic, linuxsource-2.6.24 or whatever suits your kernel)
2) i had to modify the file /usr/share/virtualbox/src/include/iprt/stdint.h , line 33 more or less, to comment out the line
/* typedef __uintptr_t uintptr_t; */
(there are other warning in compilation, but VB installs anyway)
3) most difficult for me , retrieve the old version of MYVIRTUALMACHINENAME.xml file , because new attributes were added to it from VB 1.5.6 and VB 1.5.2 complained on that.
now, i've a fully functional VB 1.5.2 on hardy, even if i wonder why what worked two versions ago is'nt anymore usable
hope this helps
regards
Ruggero
but before, have you tried what is suggested in
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=5959 ?
Anyway, i did all the changes as suggested except that i used
domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0777,devmode=0664,listmode=0666
may be i did wrong, but otherwise no USB was recognized by virtualbox.
still, even if recognized by VB, the guest system did'nt see any device.
So i decided to rollback again
i found 3 obstacles to revert VB to 1.5.2:
1) i had to install kernel sources (from synaptic, linuxsource-2.6.24 or whatever suits your kernel)
2) i had to modify the file /usr/share/virtualbox/src/include/iprt/stdint.h , line 33 more or less, to comment out the line
/* typedef __uintptr_t uintptr_t; */
(there are other warning in compilation, but VB installs anyway)
3) most difficult for me , retrieve the old version of MYVIRTUALMACHINENAME.xml file , because new attributes were added to it from VB 1.5.6 and VB 1.5.2 complained on that.
now, i've a fully functional VB 1.5.2 on hardy, even if i wonder why what worked two versions ago is'nt anymore usable
hope this helps
regards
Ruggero