Mint 9 and VirtualBox
If you intend to run Mint 9 inside VirtualBox on Windows, and if you are also willing to use the Guest Additions, I recommend that you use the latest VirtualBox version. On VirtualBox 3.1.2, I tried this and after I had installed the Guest Additions and rebooted the virtual machine, X wouldn’t come up because it couldn’t find any working configuration. I upgraded to the latest VirtualBox, reinstalled the newest Guest Additions inside the virtualized Mint, and everything runs just fine. Nice work again, Mint team! :)
I’m slightly disappointed by the VirtualBox “upgrade” process though. The installer would simply hang at the point where it configures the network interfaces – I had to first uninstall the old VirtualBox, reboot, then install the new version. This is not really (and never has been) an “update” or “upgrade”, it’s a complete reinstall. Being the lucky guy that I am, I could at least use the existing VMs without any problems after the “upgrade”. This needs to be improved, no matter what the company behind the product is called. >:)