Virtualisation and networking

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Keith Antoine
<kantoine at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> So I am back once again to see if I can get running with linux and my
> photography. Now you will be receiving some painful mail
>  due to a greater lack of brain cells that last time I was on the list: Oh
> yes! do you realise I am older too ??
>
>  First up I have had a rebuild but this is probably the last and this was
> brought about by the new Quad cpu's and the fact that they
>  now run virtualisation natively. So I thought that I would install
> opensuse10.3, also install and run VitualBox, Vmware or Wine.
>  Comments please on these and how they have altered over the past 2 years as
> Vmware looks complicated as to when I last ijnstalled
>  it. What is Vitual box like and will wine run Photoshop CS3, Lightroom,
> OnOne 4. Also their associated plugins but if the main program
>  will run I guess the plugins will too. I also have DVB T card Nebulae that
> I would also like to run.

VMware is easier to use then ever.  They're the market leader for a
reason.  Virtualbox is really not much more than a toy.  Its
featureset is rather limited (especially compared to vmware), and its
quite buggy.  wine has come a long way, but I have no clue whether it
will run the apps you're mentioning, as I've never tried to run any of
them.  Best to go to winehq.org and see what others have to say.

>
>  Now to get to the real nitty gritty: Installed opensuse no real hassles
> except that I cannot get the network to run. The modem activity is not lit.
>  HARDWARE:
>  MB: Gigabyte x38-ds4
>  NIC: Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet
>
>  The nic is built into the mb as per most newer boards. I was most suprised
> to find everything else was recognised including the DVB-T card
>  however AFAICS there isn't any routing, which would account for no activity
> light. Did try and swap to usb but still no light and no internet.
>  Now once upon a time I could do the routing tables but not any longer as I
> just forgot all I knew. Not being able to access the net from opensuse
>  does not help either.


That NIC requires a very recent 2.6.24.x kernel.  The original
SUSE-10.3 kernel is definitely not new enough, but I have no clue
whether they've released an updated kernel.  The latest (not the
original) Fedora8 kernel definitely supports that NIC as I'm using it
quite happily at home.

>
>  Is there a known problem with this board and nic ? The real problem is that
> I can accsess the net from windows and get info but when I reboot I cannot
>  nowadays remember as the short term memory is now shot for good, sleep
> aponea does not help either and getting going each day is difficult.
>
>  Anyway guys, its GREAT to grow old, not that I am doing that. Just where
> should I start ?
>
>  Thanks
>
>  P.S are those two grumpy Ba.....s still around ? Kurt and Lonnie :))

No, they left ages ago.


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