Eric

Thanks, Andy. Much appreciate all of your efforts. I have done almost all of that (all except pavucontrol, CW, wsjt-x, and flrig), the USB connections are well proven and I do get a waterfall with individual received signals showing, it just doesn't look right and won't decode. I can run fldigi native on MacOSX using the same hardware and get a solid decode on PSK31, then switch over to the VM on the same hardware and same received signal and get garbage. I haven't tried CW, will try that. Rick ...

Note that this problem isn't unique to AHRL. I just figured that AHRL, being optimized for this stuff, will work better, and if I can get it to work on AHRL maybe I can get it to work on my Windows VMs.

Understood, Andy, sorry about that. I thought my first message in this thread had enough detail. I don't know what to add beyond what is there. Digital modes via fldigi work native MacOSX, but trying to run them in any virtual machine on VirtualBox results in corrupted text and the waterfall that doesn't look very close to the waterfall when running fldigi native. This is using a SignaLink USB via the Mac's USB port. I've tried all available USB settings in VirtualBox with no difference. I don't...

Anybody have any idea what can be done about this? Digital modes are completely unuseable in a VirtualBox VM, yet work fine as native (on MacOSX).

I figured out how to add desktop icons using idesk. Works pretty well although limited... haven't found an easy way to sort the icons alphabetically by name or anything like that, for example. If anyone is interested, follow up on this thread and I'll summarize what I've done. Rick WA1RKT

I reverted back to the default "ubuntu" account in case I had messed something up in my own space, and it's still stuck on 1600x834 unless I set full screen.

Hmmm... still a little weird. Somehow, when I'm NOT in full-screen mode, the VM's display gets stuck on 1600x834. I right click on the desktop and select System->Screen Resolution, then select 1400x1050 then Apply and Save, and it re-sizes to 1400x1050 like I asked.. I then go back to Full Screen mode (Host-F) and I get the full screen just like it should. Another Host-F to get back out of Full Screen mode and it goes back to 1600x834, and not 1400-1050. It's not a big deal, I'll almost always be...

Thanks, Andy. Adding icons to the toolbar works as described. I have a vague preference for having them on the desktop but it's not a strong desire and the toolbar is OK. So far icewm is working well. Memory on my Macbook Air is limited and so I much prefer if I can restrict the VM memory to 1 GB (can't do that on Win7 or Win10, need 2GB for those). So, happy to stick with whatever desktop manager will allow that. Rick WA1RKT