[OpenIndiana-discuss] Fwd: TEST-pkg available: Hipster's future VirtualBox-5.1.6-SunOS-amd64-r110634.pkg

[Мартин Бохниг]

BTW, here my official confirmation (perhaps for the wiki then? I will also put this into README for the src release to my personal github for everybody to review and fetch) : The trick provided by Christian Meier to get Vbox5 running as root (without the QT problem in Vbox_5_ if run as root) *WORKS* and *VOILA*, suddenly usb devices (of the real host) do get listed for attachment :-)


No network cable or anything is needed, just locally:


A) ssh -X localhost

and then

B) su  (without -)

C) /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox

And bingo! USB devices are suddenly all there and also non-USB CD/DVD passthrough works as root!
This is required to install copy-protected optical media to MS-Win guests, such as in my case the Russian Language learning software requiring not only a vendor's genuine serial number but also running authentication checks against the physical (!!!) DVD itself.

Big special thanks to longterm OpenSXCE community member/supporter and now Hipster co-migrant Christian Meier https://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2016-September/019544.html  !!!
Thanks also to all others who tested and reported, including now also tnx to Mr. Carl Brewer https://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2016-September/019560.html 



Regards,
%martin


>Вторник, 20 сентября 2016, 5:24 UTC от Christian Meier <meierch75 at gmail.com>:
>
>Hi Martin
>> The curiosity with Vbox5.0.x and 5.1.x (no matter if Oracle bins or self-built) is, that you cannot properly run vbox5 as root (for a short test), because the Qt GUI gets messed up and no text is shown. Quite odd.
>
>I could start as root if I tunnel the X-Windows
>
>It makes no different if I connect from Windows (putty x-forward) or do
>an 'ssh -X' on the Solaris.
>
>May this work for the moment as a work-around
>
>Regards Christian
>