eBay Sniping plugin for FreeNAS?

[TheWoo]

It would be really cool if someone could code or compile an eBay Sniping plugin for FreeNAS, something similar to jBidwatcher (source code available).

 

[zambanini]

virtualbox, windows, bidwatcher.... you can doit yourself

 

[TheWoo]

Sorry, FreeNAS NOOB here. Based on your reply I've searched for virtualbox and came across this thread. At least from that thread (which ends July 2014) it looks very experimental to me. Do you know of any other finalized/approved, foolproof, step-by-step instruction on how to set this up?

 

[TheWoo]

Guess I found it and this is it.

 

[zambanini]

great that you could help yourself. if my solution helped you, feel free to like my previous post

 

[Ericloewe]

This sets a new low for plugin suggestions.

 

[TheWoo]

@Ericloewe: Not if FreeNAS is your only server which can or does run 24/7. IMHO it can't get any lower than that comic strip download plugin. If you’ve ever used an eBay sniping tool, then you have to admit that this has a value. Anyhow, I'm trying to get this done now with jBidwatcher under Mac OS X in a VirtualBox in a jail. Looks as if it could work...

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

why would you need virtualbox to run a java app? Just install java in a jail and run this strange piece of software.

 

[TheWoo]

Actually that was my very first thought, but I couldn’t find any (foolproof) instruction on how to install Java in a jail. For instance I came across this thread, which doesn’t sound very promising to me. Can you point me at an How-to?

Alternatively I have now Ubuntu running under VirtualBox inside a jail (Hackintosh Mac OS X just didn’t work well), the problem though is that I can’t get any screen res higher than 640x480 in Ubuntu respectively the VNC screen, despite having installed the VirtualBox Guest Additions in Ubuntu 14.04.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

Actually that was my very first thought, but I couldn’t find any (foolproof) instruction on how to install Java in a jail. For instance I came across this thread, which doesn’t sound very promising to me. Can you point me at an How-to?

Alternatively I have now Ubuntu running under VirtualBox inside a jail (Hackintosh Mac OS X just didn’t work well), the problem though is that I can’t get any screen res higher than 640x480 in Ubuntu respectively the VNC screen, despite having installed the VirtualBox Guest Additions in Ubuntu 14.04.

'pkg install openjdk7'

But looking at it more, this might require a GUI, and isn't a headless java application like subsonic or minecraft server. So, virtualbox might be your way to go, but I have no idea. I only deal with headless applications.

 

[TheWoo]

GUI indeed. So my Ubuntu thingy is the way to go. Lightweight, compared to Windows and Mac OS X. If only I could figure out how to solve the screen res issue...

 

[TheWoo]

VirtualBox Ubuntu Screen res issue solved. Spent almost an entire day, just to figure out that the VirtualBox Guest Additions as provided by the VirtualBox FreeNAS Jail don’t work no matterwhat you try. The method described in here is the only one which works.

 

[maglin]

It has to do with the version you installed being newer than the guest additions support.


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