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[shinobar]

Thanks, TheAsterisk!
(UPDATE: 30-Oct-2012)
virtualbox-4.2.2.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most of Puppies 5.x including Lucid, Precise Puppy and Slacko.
Available from http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/opt/

It has pre-build kernel modules for Puppy-4.3.1, Wary-511/530, Racy-530, Lucid, Precise-5.4, and Slacko-533.
As for slacko, you may need to install 'mesa' package.
(Detail list: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=661480#661480)
For other kernels, you need devx and kernel source packages to build the kernel modules.
Type 'virtualbox' on a terminal after loaded the virtualbox-xxx.sfs.
Note that this SFS does not support 64bit Puppies.

You can change 'Default Machine Folder' to /mnt/home/VirtualBox or somewhere.
The setting is at VirtualBox menubar, File>>Preferences>>General.

If you have ever installed another or older virtualbox PET/SFS and trying new, remove old ones and delete '/lib/modules/*/misc/vbox*.ko', /opt/VirtualBox, if they are exists, before loading the new.


OLD VERSIONS:
(22-Jun-2012) virtualbox-4.1.18.sfs
(27-May-2012) virtualbox-4.1.16.sfs
(20-May-2012) virtualbox-4.1.14.sfs
(24-Mar-2012) virtualbox-4.1.10.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most of Puppies 5.x including Lucid Puppy and Slacko.
(28-Dec-2011) virtualbox-4.1.8.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most of Puppies 5.x.
as for Slacko, use virtualbox-4.1.6-slacko.sfs.
(16-Nov-2011) virtualbox-4.1.6-2.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most of Puppies 5.x.
(24-Oct-2011) virtualbox-4.1.4-4.sfs for all Puppies 5.x.
as for Slacko, use virtualbox-4.1.4-2-slacko.sfs.
It does not support Puppies 4.x.
(4-Oct-2011) virtualbox-4.1.4-1-dpup.sfs for all Puppies 5.x.
Made a SFS for Wary, virtualbox-4.0.4-w5.sfs.
Including modules for both kernel Wary-5.0/5.1x.
for Lucid Puppy, virtualbox-4.0.0-lucid.sfs.
This SFS includes SDL. Tested on LupQ-511. Also may work on Lucu.

I add small code to setup in /etc/init.d/rc.vboxdrv at line 162(in function 'start'):

Code:

# shinobar: Add   if [ "$(modprobe -l vboxdrv)" = "" ]; then     depmod -a     sleep 2     $MODPROBE vboxdrv     sleep 5   fi   # shinobar: Add end

[TheAsterisk!]

Not too surprising, since Lucid 511 and 520 apparently use the same kernel, but the 511 package works in 520 more or less exactly the same way it does in 511. I'll update the package name in a little bit to a more generic "-lucid5xx" or something.

Using the drivers from vers. 3.2.8 to get sound working doesn't seem help anymore, either, and it was never a very good idea in the first place, so I'm removing that whole directory from my uploaded files. If you still want the old drivers or the work-around text for some reason, the whole 3.2.8 dot-pet is still available and you can PM for the rest.

EDIT: I just noticed your SFS for 4.0.0 is in the Lucid repository, shinobar!

[shinobar]

Updated the SFS for Wary, virtualbox-4.0.4-w5.sfs available here.
Including modules for both kernel for Wary-5.0/5.1x.

I compiled the VirtualBox 4.0.0 against Wary-500, exactly speaking Wary-500j03.
The sfs is available here.
7c100d200fe55b047560fa32e44ad9c3 virtualbox-4.0.0-i686-k263114-w5_500.sfs
08-Jan-2011 13:28 63.7M

Tested on Wary-500j03 but also may work on Wary-500.

Notes:
1. The initial 'Default Machine Folder' is set to '/mnt/home/VirtualBox'. You can change the location by the preferences under the 'file' menu bar.
2. The sfs contains '/usr/share/mime' contents.
But the .vbox files do not show its MIME, 'application/x-virtualbox-vbox'.
The command 'update-mime-database /usr/share/mime' seems corrupt the MIME of Wary.
(update-mime-database is in wary_devx_500.sfs)

[TLM]

Hi...and THanks! I have wanted Vbox on puppy for a long time. However I cannot get the application to open after installing on either 431 stock or 431 NOP. Running from terminal says i need libSDL. Running a dependency check shows many missing. Is there anyplace I can get libs since puppylinux.ca is no longer online? Thanks again.

[TheAsterisk!]

[TLM]

Thanks! I had been to ibiblio looking for it, but I was looking under the letter L thinking the package would be named lib.....

Thanks again. I'll see if I can get it to work now.

[TheAsterisk!]

@TLM: I just checked my deps.txt file (there's a link in the first post) for Puppy 431 quickly, and you'll also need libGLU if you didn't already install it.

I used to just use this package:
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/pet_packages-4/xorg_xorg_full_dri-7.3.pet
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/pet_packages-4/xorg_xorg_full_dri-7.3.pet

If you want, though, libGLU by itself seems to do, and it's a whole lot smaller.

[TLM]

Thanks again. I installed the SDL and now Vbox is running good on NOP 431. I did not install GLU, so I assume it is already present. Again, the Vbox is working great, but I can run a dependency check and see.

[TheAsterisk!]

Version 4.0.2 seems to be out. It's a maintenance release. The changelog is here, if anyone is interested.

The *.run installer worked just fine, and I've already made a Lucid 5 series package for myself, so other Puppy versions shouldn't be hard.

Does anyone want me to package up more for 4.0.2 and upload them, or should I wait for a later release and let things take a more sedate pace?

[gcmartin]

Is there a chance you may have a FATDOG version of this PET? I would be interested in your package.

[TheAsterisk!]

[Geoffrey]

The virtualbox-4.0.2-k2.6.33.2-lupu5.pet works with Quirky1.20 NOP,
I just had to install the nvset-195.36.15.pet as I had a libGL.so.1not found error, get it from here http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=55193&sid=ed96dc88acb2538170742a5c27fc60b1
I'm not sure about SDL , I think I may have already had it installed, if it is needed get it here ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/quirky/pet_packages-quirky/

[TheAsterisk!]

@Geoffrey: Hey, thanks for the info!
If I remember correctly, though, there were some difference between the Lucid Puppy kernel and the Quirky kernel, so unless I somehow find out they're really the same, I won't update the package names.


I'll make a note referring to your post in the OP, though. Might be helpful.

I was thinking of making a few packages for Quirky and Wary later tonight or tomorrow anyway. We'll see how that goes!

[Geoffrey]

TheAsterisk!

I'll see if it will run in the original Quirky 1.20, there should be no reason that it won't with a couple of updates, I'll let you know how it go's

Geoffrey

Edit

Well I can confirm that virtualbox-4.0.2-k2.6.33.2-lupu5.pet works with Quirky1.20, it doesn't need all of the video drivers installed only
libGL.so.1.2, libGLU.so.1.3.060502 and the system links to them libGL.so.1 and libGLU.so.1 as well as SDL-1.2.14-q1.pet
I would imagine that is all that is required for Quirky1.20NOP also
Download for SDL-1.2.14-q1.pet ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/quirky/pet_packages-quirky/SDL-1.2.14-q1.pet

Here are the /usr/X11R7/lib files

[TheAsterisk!]

I've added a package for Wary 5 and for Quirky 1.4, and made notes for those in both the packages guide and the dependencies text file.

I also added notes for sc0ttman's puplet "Puplite." I tested version 4.0, but it's probably more or less the same for earlier versions of Puplite.
Puplite sometimes encounters trouble starting the vbox services at installation, so I added a note on how to restart the service, too.

Finally got around to linking back to this thread in the HTML page, just in case anyone gets linked to that from elsewhere.