PathPilot 2.x and PathPilot Simulator

[Fenichel]

@sharmstr:

I'm stuck.

I have

• dowloaded the latest version of VirtualBox
• running it, created a new PathPilot VM, following @rdsi's instructions from post #5, and using my PP 1.9.8 CDROM
• following your instructions 1 post ago, created a shared folder.

Now when I run the PathPilot VM, it looks & feels like PathPilot. If I pull down VB's Devices/SharedFolders\SharedFoldersSettings menu in the PathPilot VM, I see the shared folder.

That's all fine. But I don't know how to access that folder from within the simulated PP itself. I had expected that the shared folder would show up in the PP file system, perhaps under media (it is empty) or as a new top-level folder.

When you have this working, where do you see the shared folder?

[sharmstr]

The PP file explorer is hard coded to only look in one location. I recall seeing it the other day when I was adding new probing buttons to PP. Hold tight and let me see if I can sort out a hack.

In the meantime, you can bring up terminal by clicking crtl+alt+x. In terminal type in 'nautilus'. That will bring up a file explorer window and you should see your shares. Copy your files into Operator\gcode (that's where PP is looking)

[sharmstr]

I just checked and PP can see my shares. I'm on v1.9.13. I remember something changing in the last update with mounted drives so upgrade to v1.9.13

Edit: here's a screen grab. The first in the list is my usb attached to the host (you can enable that in vb manager), the second two are my shares.

[Fenichel]

I just checked and PP can see my shares. I'm on v1.9.13. I remember something changing in the last update with mounted drives so upgrade to v1.9.13

Easier said than done. The only way I know how to upgrade Pathpilot is through tgp files on USB devices, but my virtual PathPilot can't see any of my USB devices.

In the Devices/USB/USB Settings menu, I have a match-all USB filter, but it still doesn't see anything.

[sharmstr]

use the ctrl-alt-x method i outlined below. copy your upgrade file into Operator/updates. Go into PP, status, update. Click on previous versions. Its how I did it from 1.9.3

[Fenichel]

use the ctrl-alt-x method i outlined below. copy your upgrade file into Operator/updates. Go into PP, status, update. Click on previous versions. Its how I did it from 1.9.3

I can get into the nautilus file browser, but from it, I can't see the shared folder or, indeed, any folder of the Windows host. I know I'm close: In nautilus' operator/updates folder I can see various old tgp files, but I can't add to that population.

[sharmstr]

Did you install the latest version of guest additions when you installed the latest version of VB? Not really your issues, but I had to do a repair install of VB 5.2.0 to get networking working.

[Fenichel]

Yes, I did.

[sharmstr]

I'm about out of ideas. Do you have networking working? You can use dropbox or you can use firefox on the client to download the update from Tormach. Bring up terminal and type 'firefox'

Edit: If it were me, I'd delete the client, uninstall VB, reboot, reinstall VB. I had a fit trying to get networking to work. I think if you can get to the point of upgrading you're still going to have issues since the client cant even see your shares.

[Fenichel]

I'm about out of ideas. Do you have networking working?

No, I don't. I've tried all of the options under Devices/Network, but nothing works.

If it were me, I'd delete the client, uninstall VB, reboot, reinstall VB.

Right. That's what I did earlier today.

I had a fit trying to get networking to work.

OK, can you remember what finally worked?

[sharmstr]

Reinstalling. Did you make sure you installed all the other crap (network adapters, etc)? You can also check your services on your host network card to see if VB is listed. I'm using NAT

[Fenichel]

Did you make sure you installed all the other crap (network adapters, etc)?

I accepted all options, but are there special extra downloads in addition to VirtualBox-5.1.30-118389-Win.exe? I specifically was asked about extensions, and I agreed to install them all.

OTOH, I now notice that as part of my earlier installation, I acquired an Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.1.28-117968.vbox-extpack in addition to the VirtualBox-5.1.28-117968-Win.exe. This time my only explicit download was VirtualBox-5.1.30-118389-Win.exe

You can also check your services on your host network card to see if VB is listed.

I'm not sure what you are talking about here. Are you talking about VB as seen from Windows as a network presence (it isn't listed), or VB seen from the inside (from PP) as a sort of portal?
As I previously indicated, I've looked at all the choices under Devices/Network/Network Settings, and nothing seems to have any effect.

• Under NAT, everything is grayed out
• Under NAT Network, the only option is not selected
• And so on.

[sharmstr]

The latest version is 5.2 as I noted before. No extra downloads. Just install making sure you install everything it suggests, then mount the guest additions disc and install.

For background: Last week I installed 5.1x. Eariler this week it prompted me to upgrade so I did. This got me to 5.2. I had issues with networking so here's the steps I tool

Re-downloaded 5.2 (the file I downloaded is VirtualBox-5.2.0-118431-Win.exe)
Launched the installer, chose to "repair", installed everything it asked me to.
Rebooted
Launched VB manager
Selected my client and went into settings
Clicked on Network and changed my adapter type to PCnet-FastIII under Advanced ( you need to do this when the client is NOT running)
Clicked Ok
Launched the client
Went to "devices" and selected "insert guest additions", and installed
Cant remember if I restarted after guest additions but networking work after that.

Edit: Here's a video of how I set mine up. This assumes you have installed VB 5.2, created a client and have install PP on the client. There are a few reboots not shown but are necessary. The first reboot is after running the 'sudo usermod' command for the shared folder. The other reboot is after the v1.9.13 upgrade.

[Fenichel]

That video was just what I needed. Thank you. Shared files work, so the update worked, and all is well.

[sharmstr]

Fantastic! I should be getting the 2.0 beta soon. I'll update if there are changes.

[Steve303]

That video was just what I needed. Thank you. Shared files work, so the update worked, and all is well.

Glad you got it working. Your are going to find that it was well worth the effort. Don't forget to back it up so that you can make changes like upgrades without any worries about breaking your working copy.

Steve

[Steve303]

Fantastic! I should be getting the 2.0 beta soon. I'll update if there are changes.

Excellent video!

[Fenichel]

So does this mean I'm off the hook now ?

I suppose you are, but your contributions to this thread were certainly appreciated.

[sharmstr]

I suppose you are, but your contributions to this thread were certainly appreciated.

Indeed they are. Thank you!

[kstrauss]

Thanks +1!
Does this mean that PP 2.0 is close to release or broad beta or...?