auto type ahead

I can't provide any advice regarding autofill or type-ahead features, but I may be able to help with the vmplayer issue you are having. What do you mean when you say it needs other packages? Are you trying to compile it?

Thank your for this!
I am not trying to compile it, and do not know how on the new system... Here is the msg I get.
9.04 ubuntu.

Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: vmware-player-kernel-modules
To run the VMware Player, just run /usr/bin/vmplayer from within X.
Note: You will also need the VMware Player kernel modules to run vmplayer. These can be built from source from vmware-player-kernel-source, or you can install a pre-built vmware-player-kernel-modules package for your kernel.

I run this module...
vmware-player_1.0.1-4_i386.deb

Oh, OK -- it looks like you're trying to install a .deb package using GDebi. This would have been launched automatically if you downloaded a .deb package with Firefox.

GDebi is complaining that the package you are trying to install requires other packages that it can't find anywhere. That means they are probably not in the main Ubuntu repositories. I looked a bit but didn't see anyplace that did have them in a repository.

If you are not completely wedded to VMWare, you might try using VirtualBox OSE, which is another virtual machine server that is in the repository. Use Synaptic (under System,Administration menu) to install the virtualbox-ose package.

If you absolutely only want VMWare, then hopefully someone else can help you. I've never used it.

Oh! thanks I didn't know so green to this!

I set up gtbox
and see I have two ops
Vbox GTK
and virtual box OSE

vbox gtk asks for

WindowsXP.img

What do I do to make an image to deliver this file pls? I have backup mirror images under paragon and powerquest? Or the opriginal cd.

Virtualbox ose is powered off
If I start it I get

VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode. Please disable the KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot (VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE).
Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {e3c6d4a1-a935-47ca-b16d-f9e9c496e53e}

Do I make an image with img suffix or use the original CD please?

Thanks Tony

I'm a little confused, and I want to make sure I understand what you are doing:

1. You have a computer with Ubuntu as a bootable primary operating system.
2. You are using win4lin to create a virtual machine with a Windows operating system.

Are you also trying to set up another virtual machine, using VMWare or VirtualBox? Is the goal to install an instance of Windows separate from the one you are running under win4lin?

1. You have a computer with Ubuntu as a bootable primary operating system.

Yes I have 4 drives, 1 with Win XP, 2*500 gb with data, and another 1TerraB with a dos partition, ntfs, and ubunto, no windows on that disk.

2. You are using win4lin to create a virtual machine with a Windows operating system.

Yes successfully, but I wish to have the choice, so I can use perhaps win4lin on one system and VB on another, I get the impression from your answer I cannot attempt to have both either at same time, or same system...??

Are you also trying to set up another virtual machine, using VMWare or
VirtualBox?

YES... but not with win4lin running, I didn't try that with win4lin unloaded, is that it???

Is the goal to install an instance of Windows separate from
the one you are running under win4lin?

Yes but not necessarily both at same time.
I wish to compare, and prefer the VB if that is as good.

1. You have a computer with Ubuntu as a bootable primary operating system.

Yes I have 4 drives, 1 with Win XP, 2*500 gb with data, and another 1TerraB with a dos partition, ntfs, and ubunto, no windows on that disk.

2. You are using win4lin to create a virtual machine with a Windows operating system.

Yes successfully, but I wish to have the choice, so I can use perhaps win4lin on one system and VB on another, I get the impression from your answer I cannot attempt to have both either at same time, or same system...??

Are you also trying to set up another virtual machine, using VMWare or
VirtualBox?

YES... but not with win4lin running, I didn't try that with win4lin unloaded, is that it???

Is the goal to install an instance of Windows separate from
the one you are running under win4lin?

Yes but not necessarily both at same time.
I wish to compare, and prefer the VB if that is as good.

Tony

--- On Wed, 3/6/09, FactTech <email address hidden> wrote:

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Date: Wednesday, 3 June, 2009, 10:13 PM

Your question #72942 on Ubuntu changed:
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    Status: Open => Answered

FactTech proposed the following answer:

I'm a little confused, and I want to make sure I understand what you are
doing:

1. You have a computer with Ubuntu as a bootable primary operating system.
2. You are using win4lin to create a virtual machine with a Windows operating system.

Are you also trying to set up another virtual machine, using VMWare or
VirtualBox? Is the goal to install an instance of Windows separate from
the one you are running under win4lin?

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I have never encountered the KVM error you mentioned, but see this FAQ which tells how KVM can be stopped to prevent it from interfering with VirtualBox:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/FAQ

If this is a persistent problem, I'm not sure VirtualBox OSE is the right choice for you. Before disabling KVM, you might want to read more about it here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/serverguide/C/virtualization.html

I'm not a virtualization expert, so my suggestion to you is to:

  1) retitle this question to be about setting up multiple virtualization systems at the same time (maybe someone smarter than me will come along)
  2) read everything you can about virtualization on Ubuntu while you wait
  3) start a separate question about the type-ahead features you are looking for, which might get a response from someone else

Sorry I can't be of more assistance at this time. Best of luck to you!

Thanks for this!
I will do the threads soon, as per your advice.
I am setting up a new 1 terrabyte. I propose windows with 3 fat 32 parts, 8, 24, 32 gb I usually keep a core 2-3 gb drive c that mirrors at 1min 40 secs roughly every ten days, If I have a crash I restore in less than 2 mns. I rarely if ever keep data on drive C;
I will then partition the remainder as ntfs, 400gb for win/ubu, unless you feel this is not adviseable, and the rest for Ubu, I note that booting ubu allows me to access al my fat32 and ntfs, but not visa versa, so I propose to make a 1-200 gb ubu part, for core progs, sharing the rest with windows part.
I need to be able to backup restore ubu, is that easy, will paragon do all that, or does ubu have a back/restore.
Does this sound reasonable to you?
Regards.
Tony
I then will put Ubu either as the

--- On Thu, 4/6/09, FactTech <email address hidden> wrote:

From: FactTech <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #72942]: auto type ahead
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Thursday, 4 June, 2009, 3:47 AM

Your question #72942 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/72942

    Status: Open => Answered

FactTech proposed the following answer:

I have never encountered the KVM error you mentioned, but see this FAQ
which tells how KVM can be stopped to prevent it from interfering with
VirtualBox:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/FAQ

If this is a persistent problem, I'm not sure VirtualBox OSE is the
right choice for you. Before disabling KVM, you might want to read more
about it here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/serverguide/C/virtualization.html

I'm not a virtualization expert, so my suggestion to you is to:

  1) retitle this question to be about setting up multiple virtualization systems at the same time (maybe someone smarter than me will come along)
  2) read everything you can about virtualization on Ubuntu while you wait
  3) start a separate question about the type-ahead features you are looking for, which might get a response from someone else

Sorry I can't be of more assistance at this time. Best of luck to you!

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Whatever works for you is "reasonable"! :)

I'm not familiar with Paragon, but it seems to run on Windows. It may or may not be able to handle backing up a linux-format partition -- since it claims to do full-drive or per-partition backups, I would think there is a decent chance that it does.

There are a number of free software backup utilities available in the Ubuntu repositories -- poke around, read about them online, and choose one that suits you.