AndroVM 20121106 release

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Dan

Hi all,

I’m pleased to announce a very important release for AndroVM, with many features and improvements that have been awaited for some time.

Here’s the feature list :

Hardware OpenGL is now fully supported on all AndroVM versions (t, p and tp) as well as on the three OS targets (Windows, Linux, Mac OS). To use it, you have to enable “Hardware OpenGL” in the “AndroVM setting” app and use the “AndroVM player” app on your host
ARM support (aka libhoudini) has been improved by getting ICS libs and also by adding support for “ARM native activity”, something which was missing and prevented some ARM apps to run on AndroVM with libhoudini support
Experimental support for VMWare : The AndroVM settings were previously only stored in the VirtualBox guest properties ; now, when AndroVM runs on non-VirtualBox virtual machine, it stores its settings in /data/.AndroVM_XXXX files. Setting resolution on VMWare is partially supported as I didn’t look yet how to make VMWare accept non-standard resolution, but you can activate “OpenGL Hardware” support on VMWare and enjoy it. Audio is also not yet supported in VMWare.
The “Always stay on” setting is back with this Jelly Bean release (it was a regression of the initial JB release)

The Hardware OpenGL performance seem to be very good, apart with some graphics chipset which seem to have a problem ; on one of my machine, I have an integrated Intel HD graphic adapter which runs with poor performance on Linux and runs OK on Windows but with flickering on the AndroVMplayer window… please report which configurations are working/not-working for you.

Download links are available here and installation instructions here.

I also want to welcome Sam (sam@androvm.org) who begun to work for the AndroVM project for some weeks now and who helped me to release this version. You should see him posting on this blog and answering your questions.

Enjoy this release !

Dan.

PS: These images still need a recent CPU (that is with MMX, SSE, SSE2 and SSE3 extensions) ; I’ll compile a specific version which doesn’t need these extensions but don’t want to remove this prerequisite from standard versions because it seems to break NDK compatibility.

82 thoughts on “AndroVM 20121106 release”

Grog on November 7, 2012 at 7:28 am said:

Hi,
In download section, houdini versions should be renamed ex.
from
androVM_vbox86tp_4.1.1_r4-gapps-houdini-20121106.ova
to
androVM_vbox86tp_4.1.1_r4-20121106-gapps-houdini.ova
- Dan on November 7, 2012 at 7:32 am said:
  
  Oops, thanks for the information.
  Corrected.
  
  Dan.
volker on November 7, 2012 at 7:53 am said:

virtualbox 4.2 or 4.1?
Which version of virtualbox do you recommend to use?
With all previous versions of androVM I had serious problems when using VB version 4.2 on linux (ubuntu 12.04) hosts.
volker
- Dan on November 7, 2012 at 7:58 am said:
  
  I’ve not yet looked at the 4.2 performance problem ; so 4.1.x is still my recommended version.
  
  Dan.
emux on November 7, 2012 at 8:30 am said:

Hi,
The androVM-gapps-jb-20120726.tgz at the AndroVM – Documentation does not work.
- Dan on November 7, 2012 at 9:06 am said:
  
  Hi
  thanks for the feedback.
  Corrected.
  
  Dan.
emux on November 7, 2012 at 9:16 am said:

Hi,
I have problems with hardware OpenGL.
I try androVM_vbox86p_4.1.1_r4-20121106-gapps-houdini at Win 7 64bit laptop with graphics card NVidia GeForce 9500M.
I first start AndroVMplayer with “AndroVMplayer.exe 480 800 240″
I set the 1st virtual network card to be connected to a “host only network” (I try also with “Bridged Adapter” since I have external dhcp router), then I start the vm and enable “hardware OpenGL” in the “AndroVM configuration” Android app. I restart the vm as instructed and the restart hangs with a message:
init: cannot find ‘/system/etc/install-recovery.sh’, disabling ‘flash_recovery’

Any advice, have I made the procedure wrong?
- Dan on November 7, 2012 at 9:24 am said:
  
  Hi,
  in fact the VM doesn’t hang.
  The “init: cannot find ‘/system/etc/install-recovery.sh’, disabling ‘flash_recovery’” message is just a warning and the VM continue to runs.
  You don’t have anything showing in the VirtualBox window because all output is supposed to be sent to the “AndroVM player” window.
  Could you please share with me the output of the “AndroVMplayer.exe 480 800 240″ from the command line ?
  
  Dan.
  - emux on November 7, 2012 at 9:30 am said:
    
    Window ID: 00060764
    – FrameBuffer::initialize
    – FrameBuffer::initialize – new FrameBuffer
    – FrameBuffer::initialize – eglGetDisplay
    – FrameBuffer::initialize – eglGetDisplay returns
    – FrameBuffer::initialize – eglInitialize
    – FrameBuffer::initialize – eglChooseConfig
    – FrameBuffer::initialize – eglCreateContext
    listen() returned 0, errno=34
    creating window 0 0 480 800
    creating vinput server on TCP port 22469 returns 576
    - Dan on November 7, 2012 at 9:34 am said:
      
      Great, that means the OpenGL part is well initialized.
      Now, to check if the network connection is OK between the VM and the host, could you please tell me what you have inside the VirtualBox Window.
      After the “Trying to mount /dev/block/sdc”, you should have something like “IP Management : 192.168.56.101″
      If you don’t have any IP after “IP management” then you have a problem with the first network card configuration.
      If you have the IP, could you please try to ping it from the host ?
      
      Could you please also give me the output of the “ipconfig” command ?
      
      Thanks
      Dan.
      - emux on November 7, 2012 at 9:52 am said:
        
        I have indeed:
        Trying to mount /dev/block/sdc
        IP Management : 192.168.56.101
        and after the “cannot find…..” statement
        Below that I see various:
        “init: untracked pid 89 exited”
        “init: untracked pid 274 exited”
        …..etc
        I ping the ip 192.168.56.101 and it answers.
        ipconfig output is:
        
        Windows IP Configuration
        
        Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
        
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2cf0:4421:374b:fab1%11
        IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        
        Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network:
        
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::29a7:461b:7a89:55e%24
        IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.56.1
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
        
        Tunnel adapter isatap.{0EDEFCBC-8253-4902-AA09-09F0C1B6EDC2}:
        
        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        
        Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
        
        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        
        Tunnel adapter isatap.{488A2B5B-D5DB-42A3-A4E7-280B02A0DBF2}:
        
        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        
        Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:
        
        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
      - Dan on November 7, 2012 at 9:57 am said:
        
        Everything seems OK.
        The last thing I can think of is that you have some firewall preventing the IP connection use for OpenGL from the VM to your host.
        Could you please check if you have some firewalling enabled on your host and try to disable it ?
        Then rerun the thing and check if you have something displayed in the AndroVMplayer window ?
        
        Thanks
        Dan.
      - ozan on November 13, 2012 at 5:43 pm said:
        
        I have the same problem. I am also stuck at the very exact point. Let me know if you find a solution to this. Window is initialized, first is black, then turns white and doesn’t go further.
Mark Shaw on November 7, 2012 at 10:27 am said:

Just had the same issue with the AndroVM Player “Hanging”. Using on my work PC, and as default Windows Firewall was turned on, and was blocking traffic on Public networks for AndroVm Player. Enabled the traffic, and can now see a nice Android Desktop.
- Dan on November 7, 2012 at 10:31 am said:
  
  Great. Thanks for the feedback.
Alex - Microsmeta on November 7, 2012 at 12:06 pm said:

Hi Dan!

Trying to start androVM_vbox86tp_4.1.1_r4-20121106-gapps-houdini.ova on a MacMini with Mountain Lion. Networks works out-of-the-box without Open GL acceleration, but when I enable it on the Buidroid App, the AndroVM player doesn’t work (I see only a white window, no text)
http://microsmeta.com/images/AndroVm11062012.png

I think it is related to the network configuralion (board 1 “not connected”, board 2 “only hosts”: Virtualbox says that configuration has problems (red dot)

I try again… Alex
- Dan on November 7, 2012 at 12:08 pm said:
  
  Hi Alex,
  you have to connect the 1st ethernet virtual card to a “host only network”.
  
  Dan.
  - Dan on November 7, 2012 at 12:47 pm said:
    
    To be complete you should have :
    - Adapter 1 : Host-only adapter
    - Adapter 2 : NAT (you can also have Bridged adapter to your local network but it’s more complex to setup as you have to select the right physical network card)
    
    Dan.
Alex - Microsmeta on November 7, 2012 at 1:43 pm said:

Hi Dan!

Here is my network configuration (not working with Open GL acceleration)

http://microsmeta.com/images/network1.png
http://microsmeta.com/images/network2.png

i don’t know why I cannot confirm settings (RED DOT) and ok button greyed
- Dan on November 7, 2012 at 1:48 pm said:
  
  Alex,
  Network 2 is OK.
  
  For network 1, you first have to create your “host only network”. To do so, go in the general VirtualBox menu -> Preferences -> Network and click on the “create network” icon (the one with a ‘+’). It should create something like a “vboxnet0″ host-only network. You can double click on the name to check the params but everything should be ok by default (anyway you can check that the DHCP server is enabled). After that, go in your VM settings, adapter 1, and choose “vboxnet0″ as the “host only adapter” network.
  
  Dan.
  - Alex - Microsmeta on November 7, 2012 at 2:03 pm said:
    
    OK, maybe there is also a problem with my virtualbox (extension not installed)I’m uPdating to VB 4.2.2 then i will try your settings If it will be too slow I will return to VB 4.1.x
    - Alex - Microsmeta on November 7, 2012 at 2:21 pm said:
      
      Solved network problems!
      
      Angry Birds runs very fast as a real tablet!!!
      ..But now I have MICRO icons and fonts, solving this, too
      - Dan on November 7, 2012 at 2:22 pm said:
        
        Icons and fonts size is due to the chosen DPI.
        Try to use a smaller DPI like 160.
        
        Dan.
      - Alex - Microsmeta on November 7, 2012 at 2:37 pm said:
        
        Hi Dan!
        
        Here is my desktop 1280 x 800 x 16, working but with micro icons..
        
        http://microsmeta.com/images/MICROicons.png
      - Dan on November 7, 2012 at 2:46 pm said:
        
        Alex,
        when using the AndroVMplayer the third parameter is not the color depth (something like 16) but the DPI (something like 120, 160, 240 or 320).
        So if you put 16 as the third param you should replace it by something like 160.
        
        Dan.
      - Alex - Microsmeta on November 7, 2012 at 2:46 pm said:
        
        Perfect!
        
        Now It seems my Nexus7!
        
        I can record the DEMO screencast
Petan on November 7, 2012 at 1:58 pm said:

Hi I have a problem, when I start virtualbox with android and VMplayer then in wmplayer I have a cycle.
creating vinput server on TCP port 22469 returns -1
accept(): No error
bind(): No error
What can I do with this?
Pe?an
- Dan on November 7, 2012 at 2:00 pm said:
  
  Hi,
  I think you might have a firewall which prevent the “AndroVMplayer” to listen on TCP ports 22468 (used for OpenGL display) and 22469 (used to inject input events i.e mouse and keyboard into the VM). You might want to disable your firewall to confirm that it’s the problem, and if so, reenable it and configure it to allow these connections.
  
  Dan.
  - Petan on November 7, 2012 at 2:18 pm said:
    
    I disabled my firewall, but problem haven’t been solved. It’s still be same.
    - Dan on November 7, 2012 at 2:20 pm said:
      
      What is your OS ?
      Could you please share the results of the “ipconfig” (if running Windows) or “ifconfig” (if running Linux or Mac OS) ?
      
      Thanks
      Dan.
      - Petan on November 7, 2012 at 2:31 pm said:
        
        I’m sorry, I created a new coment.
Petan on November 7, 2012 at 2:29 pm said:

I have windows 7 x64
IPconfig

Konfigurace protokolu IP systému Windows

Název hostitele . . . . . . . . . : Pe?an-PC
Primární p?ípona DNS. . . . . . . :
Typ uzlu . . . . . . . . . . . . : rovný s rovným
Povoleno sm?rování IP . . . . . . : Ne
WINS Proxy povoleno . . . . . . . : Ne
Prohledávací seznam p?ípon DNS. . : kolej.mff.cuni.cz

Adaptér sít? Ethernet P?ipojení k místní síti 2:

Stav média . . . . . . . . . . . : odpojeno
P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . :
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : TeamViewer VPN Adapter
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-F2-FB-6B-A4
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ano
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano

Adaptér bezdrátové sít? LAN Bezdrátové p?ipojení k síti 3:

Stav média . . . . . . . . . . . : odpojeno
P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . :
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter #
2
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 9C-4E-36-3B-FE-31
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ano
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano

Adaptér bezdrátové sít? LAN Bezdrátové p?ipojení k síti 2:

Stav média . . . . . . . . . . . : odpojeno
P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . :
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 9C-4E-36-3B-FE-31
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ano
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano

Adaptér bezdrátové sít? LAN Bezdrátové p?ipojení k síti:

Stav média . . . . . . . . . . . : odpojeno
P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . :
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2200
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 9C-4E-36-3B-FE-30
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ano
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano

Adaptér sít? Ethernet Sí?ové p?ipojení Bluetooth:

Stav média . . . . . . . . . . . : odpojeno
P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . :
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 08-ED-B9-D8-65-3F
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ano
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano

Adaptér sít? Ethernet P?ipojení k místní síti:

P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . : kolej.mff.cuni.cz
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Etherne
t Controller (NDIS 6.20)
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : DC-0E-A1-FD-76-7E
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ano
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano
Adresa IPv4 . . . . . . . . . . . : 78.128.198.2(Preferované)
Maska podsít? . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
Zap?j?eno . . . . . . . . . . . . : 7. listopadu 2012 13:57:35
Záp?j?ka vyprší . . . . . . . . . : 7. listopadu 2012 16:57:49
Výchozí brána . . . . . . . . . . : 78.128.192.1
Server DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . : 78.128.192.3
Servery DNS . . . . . . . . . . . : 78.128.192.1
78.128.192.4
NetBIOS nad TCP/IP. . . . . . . . : zakázáno

Adaptér sít? Ethernet VirtualBox Host-Only Network:

P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . :
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-00-58-70
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ne
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano
Místní IPv6 adresa v rámci propojení . . . : fe80::c5bf:504d:2b83:9c6a%53(Pre
ferované)
Adresa IPv4 . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.56.1(Preferované)
Maska podsít? . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Výchozí brána . . . . . . . . . . :
IAID DHCPv6 . . . . . . . . . . : 889716775
DUID klienta DHCPv6. . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-91-E8-5F-DC-0E-A1-FD-76-7E

Servery DNS . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
Rozhraní NetBios nad protokolem TCP/IP. . . . . . . . : Povoleno

Adaptér pro tunelové p?ipojení 6TO4 Adapter:

P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . : kolej.mff.cuni.cz
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ne
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano
IPv6 adresa. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:4e80:c602::4e80:c602(Preferované)
Výchozí brána . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
Servery DNS . . . . . . . . . . . : 78.128.192.1
78.128.192.4
NetBIOS nad TCP/IP. . . . . . . . : zakázáno

Adaptér pro tunelové p?ipojení isatap.{4339E46F-6738-4443-95BC-C1BA36E708A8}:

Stav média . . . . . . . . . . . : odpojeno
P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . :
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ne
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano

Adaptér pro tunelové p?ipojení isatap.{F2FB6BA4-9710-4DC9-A84B-4811A1862C51}:

Stav média . . . . . . . . . . . : odpojeno
P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . :
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ne
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano

Adaptér pro tunelové p?ipojení isatap.{EF41151D-E5D7-459D-8DA1-509CCBF02833}:

Stav média . . . . . . . . . . . : odpojeno
P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . :
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ne
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano

Adaptér pro tunelové p?ipojení isatap.kolej.mff.cuni.cz:

Stav média . . . . . . . . . . . : odpojeno
P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . : kolej.mff.cuni.cz
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ne
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano

Adaptér pro tunelové p?ipojení isatap.{718B13F9-F318-4914-A7FE-3E84D3560061}:

Stav média . . . . . . . . . . . : odpojeno
P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . :
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #6
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ne
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano

Adaptér pro tunelové p?ipojení isatap.{A05EF01F-1B2E-4D08-8362-ADFE011BE48B}:

Stav média . . . . . . . . . . . : odpojeno
P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . :
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #7
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ne
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano

Adaptér pro tunelové p?ipojení isatap.{D67A5C0A-FD22-485B-A5E1-43FB2B8E6BC3}:

Stav média . . . . . . . . . . . : odpojeno
P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . :
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #8
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ne
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano

Adaptér pro tunelové p?ipojení Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

P?ípona DNS podle p?ipojení . . . :
Popis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Fyzická Adresa. . . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Protokol DHCP povolen . . . . . . : Ne
Automatická konfigurace povolena : Ano
IPv6 adresa. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:5ef5:79fb:1069:139f:b17f:39fd(Prefe
rované)
Místní IPv6 adresa v rámci propojení . . . : fe80::1069:139f:b17f:39fd%18(Pre
ferované)
Výchozí brána . . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS nad TCP/IP. . . . . . . . : zakázáno
emux on November 7, 2012 at 3:10 pm said:

Sorry for the late answer.
Well indeed the problem was with the firewall, I fixed it and the hardware OpenGL now works, silly me!
Thanks!
emux on November 7, 2012 at 3:41 pm said:

About the Hardware OpenGL version:
- What’s the keyboard key for menu at OS or applications, it was F1, now it does not work
- The mouse scroll wheel was used for scrolling in windows with vertical scroll bar as the Settings menu. Now this also not works. It seems to behave as left mouse button.
- If I let the AndroidVMPlayer window behind other windows for some time, then when I put it on front, it does not respond and I have to restart it as well as the VM.
gordon on November 7, 2012 at 4:07 pm said:

Unfortunelly it HW accel doesnt work for me. I got

Window ID: 0x460000f
– FrameBuffer::initialize
– FrameBuffer::initialize – new FrameBuffer
– FrameBuffer::initialize – eglGetDisplay
– FrameBuffer::initialize – eglGetDisplay returns
– FrameBuffer::initialize – eglInitialize
– FrameBuffer::initialize – eglChooseConfig
– FrameBuffer::initialize – eglCreateContext
listen() returned 0, errno=11
creating vinput server on TCP port 22469 returns 16

and my first interface is pinned to Host-only adapted in virtualbox. How should I run it? Just run the script or run the script and virtual machine or run virtual machine and then script? Either of them doesn’t work. -> Arch linux x64
- gordon on November 7, 2012 at 4:09 pm said:
  
  I fogot, I turned on the HW accel in android machine and restarted it then. Now machine doesn’t start to the system but to the console and gives me output like:
  
  init: untracked pid 1113 exited
Alex - Microsmeta on November 7, 2012 at 4:52 pm said:

Hi Dan!
This release is very fast and stable, and almost all apps AND ACCELERATED GAMES work fine!

But I have some troubles with Internet Browser (TRYED Dolphin too..)

Pages are often “corrupted” with all areas mixed. Example:

http://microsmeta.com/images/browser_bug.png
- Dan on November 7, 2012 at 4:55 pm said:
  
  Alex,
  is the screenshot with the original internet browser or an alternative one ?
  
  Dan
  - Alex - Microsmeta on November 7, 2012 at 6:25 pm said:
    
    Both, the original one and Dolphin
- Alex - Microsmeta on November 7, 2012 at 5:02 pm said:
  
  Here there is another example, Google search page:
  
  http://microsmeta.com/images/Desktop/bug2.png
  - Alex - Microsmeta on November 7, 2012 at 5:03 pm said:
    
    REPOST: http://microsmeta.com/images//bug2.png
- Dan on November 7, 2012 at 5:29 pm said:
  
  Corruption problem on Internet pages reproduced on my side.
  Seem to happen only with Hardware OpenGL.
  Working on it…
  
  Dan.
  - Alex - Microsmeta on November 8, 2012 at 11:41 am said:
    
    Tried also Opera Mini/Mobile / Skyfire beta , Ninesky and Maxthon browsers, same issue when using Android Player for Open GL acceleration on Virtualbox 4.2.4 for OSX Mountain Lion.
volker on November 7, 2012 at 7:00 pm said:

androVM_vbox86t_4.1.1_r4-20121106-gapps-houdini.ova / VB 4.1.22 on linux host on dell e6500:

great work (checked only the Software OpenGL version, so far)!!!
Only problem discovered so far:Sound is not good.

How can I get the German version of the physical keyboard?
volker
- volker on November 7, 2012 at 10:29 pm said:
  
  @dan
  German version of the physical keyboard:
  
  found the way after a while.
  Maybe, you consider to add a sentence to the instructions.
  
  volker
  - Dan on November 8, 2012 at 6:43 am said:
    
    Hi
    Could you please give me the instructions so that I add them ?
    
    Thanks
    Dan.
    - volker on November 8, 2012 at 9:18 am said:
      
      @dan
      selection of german physical keyboard:
      
      settings -> languages + input -> language (german)
      
      -> keyboard and input methods -> no change / leave on default setting
      
      -> phys. keyboard -> AT Translated Set 2 keyboard -> choose keyboard layout -> configure layout -> german
      
      Please check again with other langs!
      volker
      - Dan on November 11, 2012 at 7:05 pm said:
        
        Thanks Volker for the procedure, I’ll include it into the Documentation.
        When you use “Opengl Hardware” (aka AndroVMplayer), you can use the same procedure but instead of changing the setting of “AT Translated Set 2 keyboard”, change the setting of “androVM Virtual Input”.
        
        Dan.
Louis on November 7, 2012 at 7:30 pm said:

My computer spec: Win7x64 , VirtualBox 4.2.2

Hardware OpenGL with AndroVM Player : Run very fast. Sound is okay.
( thank you Dan! )

1.) If an application rotates the screen, the mouse pointer will locate at wrong place.

2.) The mouse scroll has problem

3.) Youtube: work great
Google Map: work great
Google Street View: work great
(game) Angry Birds: work great
(game) Amazing Alex: work great
(game) Where’s my water: Hang!
(game) Where’s my Perry: Hang!
- Louis on November 7, 2012 at 7:33 pm said:
  
  The version is:
  androVM_vbox86tp_4.1.1_r4-20121106-gapps-houdini
  - Sam on November 8, 2012 at 7:15 am said:
    
    Hi Louis,
    
    Thanks for the feedback!
    We are aware of problems on a lot of games and we are working on it
    
    Sam
james.walken on November 7, 2012 at 8:38 pm said:

most of the apps i install “unfortunately stop”. everything is default, no acceleration or anything, i just import the ova and set up my google account.
Specs: Athlon 64 x2 5000+, 3.5 GB ram, Win7 32-bit, VirtualBox 4.1.22
- james.walken on November 7, 2012 at 8:38 pm said:
  
  sorry, i forgot to mention the version: androVM_vbox86tp_4.1.1_r4-20121106-gapps-houdini
  - Sam on November 8, 2012 at 7:08 am said:
    
    Hi James,
    
    Can you send us a logcat dump please ?
    
    Sam.
Alex - Microsmeta on November 10, 2012 at 11:10 am said:

HI Dan & all,
I have recorded a first screencast to show how to install AndroVM. You can fin it here:
I’m Italian, but the video has not vocal comments as it is self-explanatory
http://www.microsmeta.com/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=1155

The post will be update with all the new releases
kuato on November 10, 2012 at 8:16 pm said:

Thanks, this release is considerably faster.
PolPPol on November 12, 2012 at 2:29 am said:

2 issues for me
1. can’t install paid app : “Cannot install on USB storage or SD card”
2. can’t sent proxy server in WireSSID
- Dan on November 12, 2012 at 8:13 am said:
  
  Hi
  1st issue is solved in the release I’ll do today – everything compiled, has to upload them.
  2nd issue – I’ll check that
  
  Dan.
ga.quay on November 13, 2012 at 10:52 am said:

Hi, The AndroVmplayer gave me this error:
“Render error: failed to create / resize the pbuffer”

I used androVM_vbox86p_4.1.1_r4-20121106-gapps-houdini. My VirtualBox version is 4.2.4 r41684, and the OS is windows 7 x86
Syco on November 13, 2012 at 11:18 am said:

Can i run this on Core i5 3rd. gen,Dell Inspiron N5520,I already have win 7 64bit.Please,reply me back.Thankyou.
- Sam on November 13, 2012 at 11:30 am said:
  
  I run it on a Core 2 Duo, so you’ll have no performance problems !
  
  Sam.
  - Syco on November 13, 2012 at 11:40 am said:
    
    Shoud i download both OVA and andro vm player?
    Kindly can you give me step by step installation guide,Pleasae.
    I ran androvm Player and it got non responding.
    - Sam on November 13, 2012 at 12:00 pm said:
      
      Yes, you have to download both OVA and AndroVMplayer
      
      Here’s a step-by-step configuration for running hardware accelerated VM :
      - Import the OVA into VirtualBox
      - Set it’s Network Adapter 1 to an “Host Only Adapter”. If there’s no available, create one using VirtualBox parameters menu.
      - Run it normaly, as you run other VMs.
      - When the VM is ON, launch the AndroVM Config app.
      - Check “Hardware acceleration”. If you want to use a low-resolution VM, also check “Force Statubar”
      - Apply changes. The VM will restart.
      - The VM will show you something like “IP Management : 192.168.56.10x”
      - Now, start AndroVMplayer. It’s parameters are AndroVMplayer [width] [height] [density]
      - Normaly, it’s done !
      - Syco on November 13, 2012 at 1:38 pm said:
        
        So it would work with windows right? i would not have to delete my windows?
      - Sam on November 13, 2012 at 1:52 pm said:
        
        AndroVM is just… a VM So don’t worry about your native OS, it is just needed to run the VM and the player !
        
        Sam.
Syco on November 13, 2012 at 4:10 pm said:

Thanks a lot its working
But installed ggogle play and not working :/
ozan on November 13, 2012 at 4:52 pm said:

Hi! I installed the following version:

vbox86p version with gapps & houdini

Trying to get Legend of the Cryptids to work, but no avail. It installs correctly (giving a purchase error actually, don’t know why, core game is free). It also starts, showing the intro screen, but then gets stuck at the screen right after. I just wanted to tell about this as a feedback. Thanks for the effort. Very nice work!

Cheers!
ozan on November 13, 2012 at 5:14 pm said:

Trying to run in OpenGL mode. I have a problem with the network settings. I don’t have a host only adapter define, and when I try to define one at preferences, I get the warning: Failed to create the host-only network interface. How can I solve this?

I tried NAT instead, with port forwarding. Now I see an IP being assigned, but can’t ping it from the host.

Any ideas are welcome. Thanks in advance.
- ozan on November 13, 2012 at 5:15 pm said:
  
  By the way, I am using portable virtual box 4.1.22.
  - Sam on November 13, 2012 at 5:36 pm said:
    
    To create an Host Only Interface : VirtualBox -> File -> Parameters -> Network
  - ozan on November 13, 2012 at 5:37 pm said:
    
    Managed to add the host only adapter. Need to do the following:
    
    Control Panel > Add New Hardware > (New network adapter)
    Have Disk > (point it to C:\Program Files\Sun\VirtualBox\drivers\network\netadp\VBoxNetAdp.inf)
    Select > VirtualBox Host-only Ethernet Adapter > (Say OK to install the unsigned driver)
    
    And in Windows 7, to run the add new hardware wizard:
    
    Okay, you can invoke the Add new hardware wizard once again from device manager. Click on one of the listed hardware items, after that click on ‘Actions’ menu and select ‘Add legacy hardware’
Syco on November 13, 2012 at 5:47 pm said:

After enabling open gl hardware i cant open machine…what is the soluttion????
- Dan on November 13, 2012 at 5:53 pm said:
  
  You have to unset a virtualbox parameter using “VBoxManage”.
  Here’s the command line : VBoxManage guestproperty set “VM-Name” hardware_opengl
  You have to change VM-Name by the real name of your VM.
  
  For example : VBoxManage guestproperty set “androVM_vbox86tp_4.1.1_r4-20121111-gapps-houdini” hardware_opengl
  
  Dan.
Syco on November 13, 2012 at 6:28 pm said:

I still get..
some values init: Untracked pid value exited..

and this continues..
- Sam on November 13, 2012 at 6:44 pm said:
  
  Try and launch AndroVMplayer.
  If it doesn’t work, then your network adapter 1 is not configured.
  If your network adapter 1 is configured and it still doesn’t work, retry with your firewall turned-off.
Pradeep on November 14, 2012 at 5:22 pm said:

AndroVM player is hanging on my win 8 desktop.
- Pradeep on November 15, 2012 at 6:19 am said:
  
  Okay, so i’ve got the vmplayer working but touch input is not working on some games like Bad piggies and Temple run.
  - Sam on November 15, 2012 at 7:13 am said:
    
    Hi,
    
    We are aware of the problem, this will be fixed soon !
    Thanks for the feedback !
    
    Sam.
    - Pradeep Vij on November 15, 2012 at 3:14 pm said:
      
      Should i try the tablet version of this VM?
Natasha on November 16, 2012 at 11:23 pm said:

Installed androVM_vbox86p_4.1.1_r4-20121106-gapps-houdini today, trying to run Ingress, but get the ‘unfortunately this app has stopped’ error. Fresh install, running on mac osx 7 Lion. Help, please?
- Sam on November 17, 2012 at 8:29 am said:
  
  Hi Natasha,
  
  Could you please provide us a logcat ? You can post it on the Google Group.
  You can also try the last debug release of the OVA (links are on the google group too)
  Thanks,
  
  Sam.
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