BobC Posted August 20, 2015 Report Posted August 20, 2015 blueridgedog said:So what were you trying before? A wine variation? I used Ubuntu for a few years, but switched to macs when they went to Unity.Is Unity working with windows 10 for you?
blueridgedog Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Posted August 20, 2015 escribe is...Windows 10 install in VMware Fusion...I have not setup a W10 install in Virtual Box. I may this week. Did you mean escribe or unity?
BobC Posted August 20, 2015 Report Posted August 20, 2015 Yeah, I figured, as I have on all my Macs, as it's the most efficient VM fore the Mac, but I can't get win10 to run in VM Fusion Unity view mode on any of em
blueridgedog Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Posted August 20, 2015 Ah...that unity...I was thinking the Ubuntu window manager that came out in verstion 12. No, I can not get Windows 10 to run in Unity mode in VM Fusion. It is not technically supported as of yet.
blueridgedog Posted August 26, 2015 Author Report Posted August 26, 2015 This is an intermittent USB connection issue with virtualbox (on the Mac, not tested it on Linux yet). Just a word of caution that if it "pauses" while you are updating firmware, you will need to potentially manually update it. I also had an issue where after a failed firmware update, virtualbox would not see the device to restore the firmware, but a PC could.
Rebelgolfer72 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Posted October 2, 2015 I've found that running the latest version of VirtualBox seemed to work better than VMWare Fusion. Had slow transfers and timeouts under VMware, but VirtualBox (and the new USB enhanced package that you can install with it), had very fast transfers -- matching those on a native Windows PC
jazzvaper Posted October 5, 2015 Report Posted October 5, 2015 A search does not show a case for El Capitan: After installation of the latest MAC OS Wiindows 10 (or 8.1) will not load properly. The installation of Capitan warned that Java SE.6 runtime was needed. Install the Java SE 6 runtime and your VirtualBox Windows will be up and running, just as it was prior to El Capitan.
jazzvaper Posted October 8, 2015 Report Posted October 8, 2015 Where do I find the "new USB enhanced package that you can install with it"? A link please, or, a PM. Thanks... ETA: I have tracked down the issue. It seems clear that USB between VB 5.0.6 and OS 10.11 (El Capitan) is acknowledged to be "broken". That is with and without the 5.0.6 Extension Pack installed. Three alternatives for anyone (like me) who made the leap to El Capitan: (1) Back out of 10.11 and reinstall Yosemite, relying on Time Machine to replace files; (2) Wait for the VirtualBox USB fix; (3) Limp along using Win XP, if you have a box like that. I do and will limp along, waiting for the USB fix...
iCGM Posted October 8, 2015 Report Posted October 8, 2015 Good to know why I couldn't get Virtualbox to work... Damn El Capitan.
onespeedbike Posted October 9, 2015 Report Posted October 9, 2015 My Virtual box 5.06 works fine on OS X el Capitan ( mac book pro 13" 2015 ).... but i've got a Windows 7 pro, not the 8 or 10 . The last version of Virtual Box and extend pack fix usb troubleshooting
blueridgedog Posted October 10, 2015 Author Report Posted October 10, 2015 I put El Capitan on two of my Macs. Not the one I have with me at the moment, but will give VB a shot when I am back at the office Monday. The USB fix referenced was in the latest add-on tools.
Conanthewarrior Posted October 12, 2015 Report Posted October 12, 2015 I am having trouble getting the 'all supported platforms' to install. It keeps coming up with an error, and the USB Driver is OHCI, which is usb 1.1, so I really need to get this package installed. I did have bootcamp installed, but it would not allow me to install a certain windows file needed for escribe, I only had it on there for my Xcube 2, this way is much easier so I shall do this, and don't have to actually boot into windows, I can run it in my mac environment. I have not even received the DNA 200 yet, but want to get set up. It should be shipping in 7 days, I ordered on saturday the Hotcig DNA200D and I can not wait to receive it. Got a great deal on it too .
hayseed6550 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Posted October 13, 2015 Great tutorial on how to get windows guest OS up and running on mac, but I think I am at the point of throwing in the towel. Host and guest os both see the DNA 200, but escribe continually gives me the error, "recieved no response from device". Anyone have any suggestions? This is just waaaayyy too much trouble to be going through to simply make a few adjustments.
digatel Posted October 13, 2015 Report Posted October 13, 2015 My MAC recognized the DNA 200 and in VB, it gives me the option to add the port, but when I run VB, it says "FATAL: No bootable medium found! system halted." and when I click the USB icon on the bottom the "Dimension Engineering Evolv DNA 200 USB" link is not in dark....I have no idea what I'm doing and it's so frustrating!
zeroflow Posted October 13, 2015 Report Posted October 13, 2015 @digatel: Sounds like you didn't install windows in VB?
hayseed6550 Posted October 14, 2015 Report Posted October 14, 2015 Yes sounds like you forgot to install windows, or if you did a zip download forgot to import the appliance.
digatel Posted October 14, 2015 Report Posted October 14, 2015 This is exactly what I'm doing...and then the outcome. Sorry for the crap pictures...
hayseed6550 Posted October 14, 2015 Report Posted October 14, 2015 Success! Had to abandon my desktop running El Capitan, and bust out the old MacBook running snow leopard. Created an XP machine in VB and it's running great. Loving the ability to play around with these theme pictures. Thanks for the step by step tutorial blueridgedog!
digatel Posted October 14, 2015 Report Posted October 14, 2015 Well, I finally got my running and getting ready to install new firmware and my mod went dead...figures.
blueridgedog Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Posted October 18, 2015 digatel said:Well, I finally got my running and getting ready to install new firmware and my mod went dead...figures.You can try a manual firmware install. Under "tools" and "update firmware".If that fails, then try it from a windows computer. I once got mine in such a state that I had to use a windows system to restore it. The key was having it plugged in at boot.
blueridgedog Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Posted October 18, 2015 digatel said:This is exactly what I'm doing...and then the outcome. Sorry for the crap pictures...Are you certain you have the disk space to install the image? It is a disk full error.
jazzvaper Posted October 20, 2015 Report Posted October 20, 2015 Just want to f/u on the El Capitan trouble; more exactly confirm it. I downgrade the Air to Yosemite leaving the MBP on El Capitan. No doubt El Capitan is broken, Started eScribe, reads the VS 200 (replaced?), works as eScribe USB should. So, we wait for a VirtualBox USB fix. Anyone seeing that update please PM. THANKS
iCGM Posted October 22, 2015 Report Posted October 22, 2015 So does anyone with El Capitan and Virtualbox able to connect to Escribe? I'm having no luck unfortunately.
blueridgedog Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Posted October 22, 2015 Even with the latest VB and tools? I have El Capitan on one of my Mac's but have not had a chance to test escribe on it as it is not typically one I goof off with. After putting it on that one I realized that it was not ready for prime time so to speak and have not upgraded my main systems.
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