Sabayon 4.1 under Virtualbox

[Nicod]

Hi,

I wanted to test the new release under Virtualbox ( tried 2.1.2 and 2.2.0 under WinXP sp3) and the live cd is unable to start X... Even when started with vga = 640*480*16. The other thing is that I always get a error as Sabayon try to load my keymap (be) even if the keymap seems to be well mapped...
Running Ubuntu 9.04 rc1 under the same virtualbox succeed (and is quite a lot faster to load...)

Long life to sabayon!

Nico

[WarraWarra]

Vga cheat code here looks a bit different.

vga=791
for 1024x768 60hz but not needed.

Please start a new torrent download and stop at 1% then replace current iso with 1% iso and start torrent again + hash / md5 check / recheck and let it download any missing parts if needed.

Then boot using the iso and if good then try the dvd and see if good if the dvd is not good then check dvd drive bios / firmware as well as dvd quality if not this then reinstall virtualbox.

As for 2.2.0 make sure the sata achi is off or use scsi hd connector setting as virtualbox 2.2.0 still has sata achi issues and is being fixed by them for any guest OS Win / Lin.

I use this one below note no virtualbox hd added as well as do not use SATA ACHI rather use scsi until virtualbox fixes it.
You can add a virtual hd as you please I just left it out for convenience.

Using this I just select UMPC and let it do it's thing then you will see the /etc/.../splash does not exsist error = ignore and continue and next thing you know you are loged into Gnome 4.1 desktop at 1024x768 60hz.

Both UMPC and default 4.1 works, I do not use the 3d so did not test it.

Virtualbox SL.xml "linux 2.6" as I do not want to install the spam drivers from virtualbox.
Rename file if needed and tehn start virtualbox and edit as is needed.

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  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <!--  Sun VirtualBox Machine Configuration
  -->
- <VirtualBox xmlns="http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings" version="1.7-windows">
- <Machine uuid="{377c44a9-3114-46bf-91ab-9dcd3010db25}" name="SL" OSType="Linux26" lastStateChange="2009-04-19T18:33:52Z">
- <ExtraData>
  <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SaveMountedAtRuntime" value="no" />
  </ExtraData>
- <Hardware>
- <CPU count="1">
  <HardwareVirtEx enabled="true" />
  <HardwareVirtExNestedPaging enabled="true" />
  <PAE enabled="true" />
  </CPU>
  <Memory RAMSize="1024" />
- <Boot>
  <Order position="1" device="DVD" />
  <Order position="2" device="HardDisk" />
  </Boot>
  <Display VRAMSize="64" monitorCount="1" accelerate3D="true" />
  <RemoteDisplay enabled="false" port="3389" authType="Null" authTimeout="5000" />
- <BIOS>
  <ACPI enabled="true" />
  <IOAPIC enabled="true" />
  <Logo fadeIn="true" fadeOut="true" displayTime="0" />
  <BootMenu mode="MessageAndMenu" />
  <TimeOffset value="0" />
  <PXEDebug enabled="false" />
  </BIOS>
- <DVDDrive passthrough="false">
  <HostDrive src="E:" />
  </DVDDrive>
  <FloppyDrive enabled="true" />
  <USBController enabled="true" enabledEhci="true" />
- <Network>
- <Adapter slot="0" enabled="true" MACAddress="080027676021" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
  <NAT />
  </Adapter>
  <Adapter slot="1" enabled="false" MACAddress="014027AAC8E3" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973" />
  <Adapter slot="2" enabled="false" MACAddress="014027CB3AE0" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973" />
  <Adapter slot="3" enabled="false" MACAddress="0140271983ED" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973" />
  <Adapter slot="4" enabled="false" MACAddress="014027DC7360" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973" />
  <Adapter slot="5" enabled="false" MACAddress="014027303A4C" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973" />
  <Adapter slot="6" enabled="false" MACAddress="014027C9D157" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973" />
  <Adapter slot="7" enabled="false" MACAddress="01402704AD4F" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973" />
  </Network>
- <UART>
  <Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected" />
  <Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected" />
  </UART>
- <LPT>
  <Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4" />
  <Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4" />
  </LPT>
  <AudioAdapter controller="AC97" driver="DirectSound" enabled="false" />
  <SharedFolders />
  <Clipboard mode="Bidirectional" />
  <Guest memoryBalloonSize="0" statisticsUpdateInterval="0" />
- <GuestProperties>
  <GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID" value="C" timestamp="1240166139203125000" flags="" />
  </GuestProperties>
  </Hardware>
- <StorageControllers>
  <StorageController name="IDE" type="ICH6" PortCount="2" />
  </StorageControllers>
  </Machine>
  </VirtualBox>

Vmware is funky as it tries to get the screen to 1600x??? in vmware when my actual laptop screen is 1440x900 so then I open screen res app and resize then ctrl+alt+backspace and login again then 1024x768 in guest on 1440x900 host.