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Where are the bells & whistles for Linux?
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I uninstalled them and then reinstalled in safe mode for the win2k machine.
For the Win7 machine I installed normal.
Both ways give the option for the 3d support in the installer, but no direct3d either way.
*shrug*
The options shown are exactly the same as that page showed, so I would assume it is supposed to work in the OSE version (otherwise I would think the 3d accel option in the vm settings wouldn't be there).
AFAIK the non-free version >=Virtualbox 3.0 has 'experimental' support for Direct3D, but not officialy supported.
Like Bob suggests it's in section 4.6 of the manual.
Like Bob suggests it's in section 4.6 of the manual.
> Both ways give the option for the 3d support in the installer, but no direct3d either way.
*shrug*
Yeah. I get the same screen shots he shows, and DirectX installs and tests OK, but the two games I tried (Pirates and The Sims 2) say DirectX isn't there. :(
I'll try out a couple of other games when I have time and see how they do.
> The options shown are exactly the same as that page showed, so I would assume it is supposed to work in the OSE version...
No idea, but I agree that you'd think the option wouldn't be there if it wasn't actually present.
Yeah. I get the same screen shots he shows, and DirectX installs and tests OK, but the two games I tried (Pirates and The Sims 2) say DirectX isn't there. :(
I'll try out a couple of other games when I have time and see how they do.
> The options shown are exactly the same as that page showed, so I would assume it is supposed to work in the OSE version...
No idea, but I agree that you'd think the option wouldn't be there if it wasn't actually present.
I found a forum thread last night (don't have the link on me here at work) listing people's experiences with it, and many were running OSE.
So apparently it does work in OSE...for some people/windows versions.
lol.
@jdixon: Did you try installing DirectX? Perhaps VB just has the possibility to support DirectX but doesn't install it itself.
> Did you try installing DirectX?
Yes. DirectX 9 installed with no problems, but the games say it's not there.
Yes. DirectX 9 installed with no problems, but the games say it's not there.
Perhaps you could try an older version like DirectX 8? I can't imagine Dora being so graphics intensive that it requires DX9-specific features :-)
> I can't imagine Dora being so graphics intensive that it requires DX9-specific features :-)
I'm not the one trying to run Dora. That's Bob.
I'm not the one trying to run Dora. That's Bob.
See Bob make Dora run.
Sorry.
Sorry.
Even the Dora games are DirectX9, sorry.
And, as mentioned, DirectX installs under VB without errors, but then doesn't work.
> See Bob make Dora run.
Run, Bob, Run. Caitlyn has an axe.
And, as mentioned, DirectX installs under VB without errors, but then doesn't work.
> See Bob make Dora run.
Run, Bob, Run. Caitlyn has an axe.
cry havoc and let slip the ferrets of war!
When you hear a squeak you know you are in trouble. When a ferret is really upset it lets loose with a very non-threatening (except to other ferrets), high pitched squeak. I've heard it all of two or three times in 13 years as a ferret owner. It's actually funny.
One time we bought a toy called a "treat tumbler". It was shaped like a plastic bear and rocked back and forth and had a small hole where a treat could fall out. Once Ker Avon discovered his favorite treat was inside if any other ferret approached it he would squeak and make clear he would defend it with his life. Since poor Avon was low ferret in the pecking order and he couldn't wrestle to save his life all this meant was that he got agitated while other ferrets got the treat. Once we understood what was going on and looked up the "viscous attack squeak" of the ferret we did away with that toy -- that same evening.
So much for the ferrets of war. Mine are so domesticated that they are more likely to lick you to death to say how happy they are to have a new playmate than to ever lay a tooth on you.
One time we bought a toy called a "treat tumbler". It was shaped like a plastic bear and rocked back and forth and had a small hole where a treat could fall out. Once Ker Avon discovered his favorite treat was inside if any other ferret approached it he would squeak and make clear he would defend it with his life. Since poor Avon was low ferret in the pecking order and he couldn't wrestle to save his life all this meant was that he got agitated while other ferrets got the treat. Once we understood what was going on and looked up the "viscous attack squeak" of the ferret we did away with that toy -- that same evening.
So much for the ferrets of war. Mine are so domesticated that they are more likely to lick you to death to say how happy they are to have a new playmate than to ever lay a tooth on you.
> So much for the ferrets of war.
I remember the big to do in the DC area when some kid stuck his fingers in a ferret cage at a pet store and got bitten. You'd have thought they were ferrets of war.
I remember the big to do in the DC area when some kid stuck his fingers in a ferret cage at a pet store and got bitten. You'd have thought they were ferrets of war.
@jdixon: Some kits (young ferrets) do need to be nip trained. Ferrets are used to wrestle and play with other ferrets who have tough skins. When you nip train a ferret you don't teach them not to use their teeth: that's part of how they communicate. You teach them not to bite down. Anyway, a kid sticks a finger in the face of a caged animal and startles the animal. What on earth do you expect?
I had a ferret named Pertwee. The pet store couldn't sell him because he was a "terrible biter". I took him home and nip training took exactly one weekend. The problem at the pet store? Pertwee was deaf. They didn't know it. Grab a deaf ferret from behind, perhaps not so gently, and startle him. Guess what happens? Pertwee was a great pet and once he got used to us we could grab him from behind and rather than get a fearful reaction he took it as as invitation to play. Much better.
We even trained Pertwee to come when called. We'd tap the floor three times, he'd look at where he vibration came from, we'd wave him over and he'd come running.
Oh, and yeah, Pertwee did bite someone later and even drew blood. He was the most medically challenged ferret I've ever had and he spent way too much time at the vet's office where he was poked and prodded. He came to associate the vet and white lab coats with pain. The only place he ever lashed out was at the vet's office and, thankfully, our vet was a ferret specialist who understood exactly what was going on. Anywhere else Pertwee was fine with people, strangers, kids, you name it... Everybody was his friend so long as it wasn't the vet's office.
Any animal that feels threatened will bite.
I had a ferret named Pertwee. The pet store couldn't sell him because he was a "terrible biter". I took him home and nip training took exactly one weekend. The problem at the pet store? Pertwee was deaf. They didn't know it. Grab a deaf ferret from behind, perhaps not so gently, and startle him. Guess what happens? Pertwee was a great pet and once he got used to us we could grab him from behind and rather than get a fearful reaction he took it as as invitation to play. Much better.
We even trained Pertwee to come when called. We'd tap the floor three times, he'd look at where he vibration came from, we'd wave him over and he'd come running.
Oh, and yeah, Pertwee did bite someone later and even drew blood. He was the most medically challenged ferret I've ever had and he spent way too much time at the vet's office where he was poked and prodded. He came to associate the vet and white lab coats with pain. The only place he ever lashed out was at the vet's office and, thankfully, our vet was a ferret specialist who understood exactly what was going on. Anywhere else Pertwee was fine with people, strangers, kids, you name it... Everybody was his friend so long as it wasn't the vet's office.
Any animal that feels threatened will bite.
> Anyway, a kid sticks a finger in the face of a caged animal and startles the animal. What on earth do you expect?
Exactly what happened. The store even had a sign up warning folks that the ferrets might bite. You'd have thought it was the worst thing to ever happen though. The parents wanted to have the ferret killed and tested for rabies. They even went to court and had the a store employee thrown in jail for refusing to turn over the ferret (which was by then safely in other, unknown, hands). They wound up getting rabies shots for the kid.
Exactly what happened. The store even had a sign up warning folks that the ferrets might bite. You'd have thought it was the worst thing to ever happen though. The parents wanted to have the ferret killed and tested for rabies. They even went to court and had the a store employee thrown in jail for refusing to turn over the ferret (which was by then safely in other, unknown, hands). They wound up getting rabies shots for the kid.
Poor kid being put through that for nothing. All the major ferret breeders vaccinate for rabies and give the first distemper vaccine as well. The store almost certainly had a certificate of vaccination because it's normally given to the new owners.
Parents do tend to get hysterical when it comes to their kids, often understandably so.
Parents do tend to get hysterical when it comes to their kids, often understandably so.
Anyone remember the story of the Australian tourist in Alaska who bypassed all the safeguards so she could get a closer picture of the polar bear. Binky carried her red shoe around for a rather long time. Everyone in the state was all for charging her for the medical care for the bear too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binky_(polar_bear)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binky_(polar_bear)
> ...often understandably so
Not in this case though. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the ferret. The kid simply stuck his fingers where he wasn't supposed to. Well, maybe the experience taught the whole family a lesson about reading signs, but I doubt it.
Not in this case though. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the ferret. The kid simply stuck his fingers where he wasn't supposed to. Well, maybe the experience taught the whole family a lesson about reading signs, but I doubt it.
azernoth,
Sounds like payback for this incident with a US tourist in Australia:
http://www.finefishing.com/1freshfish/aawhereto/australianew...
Ghoulishly referred to as "A touch of ginger"
Sounds like payback for this incident with a US tourist in Australia:
http://www.finefishing.com/1freshfish/aawhereto/australianew...
Ghoulishly referred to as "A touch of ginger"
I remember walking along a wooden overpass above a swamp in SC one time and watching the gators below. I couldn't help but think that at least one of them was thinking, "sooner or later, that railing has to break". :)
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