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Not able to connect from Windows 11 to VMWare Linux VM
I am using windows 11 ( Host OS).
I have VMWare Workstation Pro where Ubuntu VM was created.
In that Ubuntu VM, there is web application which is running on port 19000.
Inside VM(Ubuntu), the below ...
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VBoxVGA works, but VBoxSVGA for VirtualBox
I am trying to run Windows 7 as a guest in a VirtualBox on my Kubuntu 20.04 host. When I use VBoxVGA as graphic controller, this works. However, I would like to use 3d acceleration; thus, I need ...
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VirtualBox VM (Ubuntu 20.04) stays black after booting
I just resized my Ubuntu VM Disk space cause it was running low on it. I did it in the VirtualBox GUI but after resizing I couldn´t fully boot ubuntu anymore. A blackscreen stays after the loading ...
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Ubuntu VM hangs in VirtualBox under Window 10: "watchdog BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s"
This is Windows 10 with VirtualBox installed and Ubuntu virtual machine with Apache server.
Often CPU hangs on the Ubuntu virtual machine, taking up to 50% host CPU usage with no response at all, when ...
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Virtualbox: Why does login screen freeze for Ubuntu desktop guest?
I maintain an Ubuntu VirtualBox server that hosts Ubuntu guest VMs. When I recently upgraded a VM from Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 to 22.04, I was unable to login to the VM. The server is headless (no ...
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Does changing eth0 settings in a vm virtualbox affects the host?
I'm reading a Linux book. I'm on a part about the 'ifconfig' command and how to change ip address, mask and mac address. There are examples in the book running the commands. I'm using a virtual ...
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vagrant up and vagrant halt does not work fine. it shows the command failed using the windows 11 OS and vagrant 2.3.0 and virtual box 6.1.36
I have created my own box file and tried running but i am getting the below error. please help on this.
vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Importing ...
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Virutalbox USB Linux Host Windows 10 Guest
For the life of me I can't access USB from a Windows 10 guest, hosted on Pop OS 22.04.
Virtual Box 6.1.36_Ubuntu r152435
Host Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Guest Windows 10 21H1
I am in vboxusers group:
$ ...
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VirtualBox 6.1x: How enable 'Enable Nested VT-x/AMD-V' to enable 'KVM virtualization'?
Using VirtualBox 6.1.36 - in 2 different laptops with Windows 7 and 10 Home - the guest is Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 - I have the following situation about Docker:
Docker Desktop remains stopped on Ubuntu ...
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VirtualBox Ubuntu screen not achieving 1920x1080 while window achieves 1920x1080
This is an instance of a newly-installed Ubuntu on VirtualBox.
The window resized successfully. The desktop background did not follow suit. An image of the situation is below. Any ideas for a fix? ...
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Virtualbox CPU limit lower than actual number of CPUs available on system
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I am trying to set up a virtual insatnce of ubuntu on my windows PC. I want to allocate 14/16 CPUs to the virtual machine. However I get the following error message in Virtualbox:
It warns me ...
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Can't create new ubuntu machine in virtualbox
For some reason, I suddenly can not create a new Ubuntu machine in VirtualBox. It just gets stuck at this step during OS installation:
This has never occurred before, not to mention the fact that I ...
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Having VMs running on a host identified as seperate machines (UBUNTU)
I currently run several virtual machines ( with virtual box) on an ubuntu system.
My goal is to configure a network so as it looks like the internet communication doesn't come from the same one and ...
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Mobile WiFi hotspot does not allow access to Ubuntu Server VM via Putty
I have a Ubuntu 20.04 Server Virtual Machine, it has a static IP address set and I am able to access the VM via Putty using my normal WiFi.
However, if I connect my host machine(Windows) to my mobile'...
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VirtualBox guest doesn't boot up. I only get a black screen
I have a problem with my Virtual box. When I try to start a guest OS, it doesn't start and I get a black screen. I tried to disable Hardware Virtualization an 3D acelaration but the only thing that ...
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How to determine VirtualBox vm has finished snapshot restore
I have a ubuntu host and a windows 10 guest using virtualbox.
And I have written a bash script to control my vm.
I want to shutdown my vm and restore snapshot, then restart it.
But here is a question.
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Expand Ubuntu drive on VirtualBox
I will preface my question by saying I don't have a lot of experience with VirtualBox or Ubuntu, but did my best to read the information relevant to my problem and can't figure out why the solutions ...
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I'm wondering how a virtual machine saves files on hardware
I recently used a virtual machine (Oracle vm virtualbox) to use Ubuntu on my Windows laptop. I wrote helloworld.c for testing my new OS, and saved it. I wondered "Can I see the file's directory (...
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Create a Stable Virtualized Windows OS on Ubuntu
How can I create a virtualized windows (preferably W10) OS on Ubuntu? I want to just purchase a license and have a VM that I can keep indefinitely.
Basically, I just want to have a full Windows OS ...
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Running Both Virtualbox and Android Virtual Device Manager on Ubuntu
Both Virtualbox and Android Studio's Android Virtual Device Manager (AVD) needs to be able to run on my Ubuntu 20.04 machine containing AMD Ryzen 3950X.
If KVM is disabled (such as by adding kvm_amd ...
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Using Ubuntu VM on remote windows computer. Choosing VboxVGA gives me an offset cursor, Choosing VmsVGA won't autoresize window
I have a problem running Ubuntu 14.x (no choice) in a VM on a client's computer which I access via RDP:
When I select "VboxVGA", my mouse cursor is display to the right and lower of the ...
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Virtualbox: Pass SD card slot from Linux (Host) to Windows (Guest)
I am working with a Windows 10 guest OS and Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS as the host OS with Virtualbox. I need Windows to be able to access my SD card.
I have been using Google for hours and most guides I find ...
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How do I open a flash drive but only inside a virtual machine?
I recently discovered a stash of old flash drives, and I'm not sure what they contain or if they're even safe to open. I also recently learned about Oracle VM Virtualbox and how they are completely ...
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Ubuntu Server Font Anti Aliasing
I have looked every where for this but couldn't find a fix,
I installed ubuntu server 20.04 x86 on VirtualBox
Specs
But I noticed that the text looks extremely sharp (Aliased) in the terminal
I know I ...
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Ubuntu virtual machine shows black screen before login
I have recently started fiddling with virtual machines. I have set up one with Ubuntu 64bit and it unexpectedly stopped working. I used VirtualBox to create it.
I can no longer turn it on as I ...
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Running Ubuntu in VirtualBox on a 4k monitor feels extremely laggy
Specs:
Host OS: Windows 10
Guest OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 (of course, I've installed the VirtualBox guest package in the guest OS)
3D acceleration enabled in VirtualBox, 128MB (max) video RAM
Host specs: ...
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With mouse integration turned off, both my mouse and touchpad get randomly stuck on invisible randomly placed lines while in a guest OS?
I've had this issue with the same Windows 7 VM on two different host machines. Without any apparent rhyme or reason, regardless of whether I'm using my mouse or touchpad, the child-OS's cursor will ...
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Booting a copied / imported VBox VM fails with error "System file could not be recovered"
I have installed Ubuntu 21.4 Desktop in my PC in a VirtualBox and copied the VM files to another PC. When I added the VM and I select the copied VM file then when booting the system starts to boot but ...
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Auto-resize guest display greyed out. Insert Guest Additions fails... Virtual Box VM (Guest: Ubuntu Budgie, Host: Windows 10)
I've searched all over the internet for a solution to this and cannot find anything that works.
Here's what I've tried:
installing guest additions via terminal in vm.
Swapping video adapter VMSVGA to ...
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Unable to resize the window in virtual box
I have the following issue when I try to install the OVA file the window pops up, however, I am unable to resize the window to actually process with the next part in virtual box. I tried to change ...
