Virtual Linux Desktop (Gentoo/XFCE) on Windows with CoLinux

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:59 pm

Fast Mirror: http://www.shannaracorp.com/mirrors/lin ... v01.7z.zip

You will need to remove the .zip extension. This was added since IIS6 has a MIME bug that will now allow any "non (fake) standard" file extensions.

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:39 am

Beach wrote:Make sure your bridged network is working, the virtual adapter was renamed to "tap", and DHCP is enabled on your network. When the virtual system boots, look for the system message about "eth0" - this line should read:
* Bringing eth0 up... [ok]

Are you running XP or 2000?

Also, try pingin the virtual system from a dos prompt: ping colinux

100th post! Who Hoo!

On a side note, I have a wireless internet. This linux distro does not reconize my wireless, even though I did a bridge. the Eth0 failed. Plus, I have to disable everything (bridges, tap) and unbridge my wireless connection in order to use the internet.

Beach · Post by **Beach** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 2:34 pm

The network functionality of this process really needs work. I do not have trouble using it with a couple of PCs at home, but I do have trouble with a workstation where I work. I can not seem to find any rhyme or reason. I wanted to look for some answers on the Colinux site but I have not had the time.
You can still use the system without the network (although it is much better with the network). To move things you have created off the system, use Explore2fs to read your virtual hard drive. Just open the virtual drive with Explore2fs and it will list the drives contents like a file manager. Unfortunately, this access is read only.

Explore2fs: http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm

I will look for network alternatives this weekend and post anything I find.
BTW: I might be able to enable sound - do you think there is any interest in enabling sound for this virtual Linux?

Edit: Scratch the part about still using the system without the network... Was not thinking about VNC when I said that. Yes, you can use the system in text mode but that is not as cool... Sorry, looking for a solution...

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 3:59 pm

Heh, I didnt know PB runs via command line for coding and such. Since I cannot access the network, I cannot run X Desktop either.

RJP Computing · Post by **RJP Computing** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 4:07 pm

I still can't get it to work either.

Beach · Post by **Beach** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:45 pm

There is a great networking how-to on the Colinux web site that explains the different ways to connect the network. I noticed also that it stated WinPcap does not work with wireless adapters. I'm sure this is the issue your having Shannara.

Here is the how-to: http://www.colinux.org/wiki/index.php/coLinuxNetworking

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:50 pm

Thanks for the info, so much for using this distro of linux.. anybody know of another similar to this one?

Beach · Post by **Beach** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 6:04 pm

I have not found anything else open sourced that will allow Linux on Windows with networking. Your best bet is to buy VirtualPC or VMware and get a total virtual PC environment. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:19 pm

Heh thanks for the info, looks like Im going to invest in a link with a wireless/wired switch to my existing wireless, that should help some things, and work with this bugger. But it'll limit me from coding anywhere

Ah well

cheers, I'll update later on today.

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:56 am

Got it running, unfortunately pbuser has no authority to access purebasic.exe .... So I cannot compile or anything.

Beach · Post by **Beach** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:54 pm

I am glad to hear you have it going now. As for compiling, I bet you have upgraded to the full version of PB and are trying the examples. You can not compile the examples because after an upgrade the examples directory is owned by 'root'. You can copy the example pb file to your home directory '/home/pbuser' and compile from there. I bet you have already figured this out though. Let me know if you still have trouble, I think you almost have it whipped.

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 5:51 pm

Working great so far, looking for a jaPBe replacement now as the current editor there is a bit ... weird. Say, have you figured out a way to make the linux window the size of your desktop? I am 1440x900 here.

Beach · Post by **Beach** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:05 pm

Say, have you figured out a way to make the linux window the size of your desktop?

No problem, just edit the 'local.start' from a terminal window like so:

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sudo nano /etc/conf.d/local.start

The last line has the command to start VNC and the desired resolution, just change resolution to what you want. I have mine set like so:

/usr/bin/pb_vncserver.sh start 1000x700

This looks nice on a 1024x768 screen, however, you can set the resolution to the size of your screen and enter full screen mode by clicking the VNC icon in the upper left hand of the VNC window. There is an option for full screen.

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 5:13 am

thanks for the info

Have you, by any chance, been able to do any compiling at all? I can debug/run, but can never compile a program claiming the compiler is not available/found.

Beach · Post by **Beach** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 4:36 pm

Have you, by any chance, been able to do any compiling at all?

I would feel pretty goofy announcing this to everyone if it did not compile. In fact, the PureBasic installer I made was created in this environment (code is located in /home/pbuser/code/).

Something might have gone wrong with your update to the full version of PureBasic (if you performed one). Here are the steps you can do to test if you are compiling correctly.

From the XFCE desktop:

- Open a terminal window
- Type in the following (not the 'bash-2.05b$' part):
bash-2.05b$ cp /usr/share/purebasic/examples/sources/gadget.pb /home/pbuser
bash-2.05b$ cd /home/pbuser
bash-2.05b$ pbcompiler gadget.pb -e gadget.pbe
bash-2.05b$ ./gadget.pbe

I am very interested to see if this works for you, please let me know.