Re: Call for tester: VirtualBox 3.1.2 for FreeBSD

On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, Martin Wilke wrote:

> Howdy,
> 
> Changelog from VirtualBox is available here:
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
> 
> Changes in the port:
>   - VirtualBox and the guest additions have been updated to 3.1.2.
>   - Port has been renamed to virtualbox-ose to reflect that we are
>     using the OSE version. Requested by: mm_at_
>   - A seperate port for the kernel modules has been created: virtualbox-ose-kmod
>   - A seperate port for guest additions for FreeBSD guests has been
>     created: virtualbox-ose-additions
>   - Added proper PulseAudio support for FreeBSD. Contributed by Noriyoshi Kawano
>   - procfs is no longer required because vbox uses sysctl(3) now. Contributed by
>     Baptiste Daroussin and Bernhard Froehlich
>   - Fix build with a non-standard location for the system source. Submitted
>     by: scf_at_
> 
> How to upgrade:
>   - Fetch the new ports:
>     # fetch https://svn.bluelife.at/nightlies/virtualbox-port-r601.tar.gz
>     # tar xf virtualbox-port-r601.tar.gz
> 
>   - Build the new ports:
>     # cd virtualbox-ose-kmod && make
>     # cd ../virtualbox-ose && make
> 
>   - If build was ok, deinstall old port
>     # pkg_deinstall virtualbox-\*
> 
>   - Install new port:
>     # cd ../virtualbox-ose-kmod && make install clean
>     # cd ../virtualbox-ose && make install clean
> 
> For FreeBSD guests within VirtualBox please try the new guest additions port:
>     # fetch https://svn.bluelife.at/nightlies/virtualbox-port-r601.tar.gz
>     # tar xf virtualbox-port-r601.tar.gz
>     # cd virtualbox-ose-additions && make install clean
>     # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vboxguest.sh start
> 
> Check that the VirtualBox kernel module is loaded via loader.conf
> and reboot the machine.
> 
> Check the wiki page for known problems: http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox
> 
> Please report any functionality which was working with previous versions of
> VirtualBox and no longer working with 3.1.2 or any build failure.
> 
> Many thanks to the VirtualBox developers, all tester and patch submitter
> and the whole vbox_at_ team.

I downloaded the latest ports version (12/29/09) and built it last
night and installed Windows 7 x32. It all worked without a hitch.
 
FreeBSD 8-STABLE (12/27/09) amd64 with nvidia beta drivers.
 
Kudos people and thanks!
 
henrik
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