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No USB devices available in VirtualBox
Oracle VirtualBox is unable to list/filter the USB devices attached to my system. As a result, the guest OS is not able to see any USB device either.
This is my configuration:
Host: VirtualBox 5.0.0 ...
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Ubuntu Server VM: copy paste?
I've installed Ubuntu Server under Virtualbox just to get a nice little shell. I've also installed the VirtualBox "Guest Additions" and set "Shared Clipboard: Bidirectional".
I still can't seem to ...
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Cannot resize screen for Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox
I installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS amd64 desktop on VirtualBox 4.3.26 which is running on OSX10.10 (amd64) and the only option for screen resolution is 640x480. This resolution is found under the System ...
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Is it possible to "virtualize" an existing PC?
I'm running Ubuntu Desktop 12.04, and I was wondering if it was possible to somehow take my whole filesystem (everything under /) and create an ISO from it. Then, perhaps, use that ISO as the file ...
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How can virtual machines consume so little RAM on the physical host machine?
I'm running VirtualBox on a Windows XP machine with 2GB RAM. I've created a virtual Ubuntu machine and allocated it a base memory of 750MB.
Just to put it to a test, I ran 20 things at once on the ...
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VirtualBox/Ubuntu full screen mode resolution
I created an Ubuntu 14.04 desktop VM using VirtualBox, and installed guest additions. By default, at startup, VBox wants to present the guest's GUI in a parrticular size that is smaller than my actual ...
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Creating an Ubuntu VM to distribute
I'm a TA for a programming course and tasked with creating a virtual machine image based off Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with all necessary software (for C++ and Python development) preinstalled such that the ...
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virtual box stuck at "starting virtual machine" 0%
After upgrading to virtualbox 4.2.16 all of my VMs get stuck at launch.
I tried downgrading to 4.1.26, but I still get the same problem.
Screenshots:
(not enough rep to post images)
When I ...
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Use host CUDA from VirtualBox?
Problem
I would like to use my host dGPU to train some neural networks using its CUDA cores via my Ubuntu 16.04 guest in Oracle VM VirtualBox version 5.2.22. Would it be possible to do this?
Host ...
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Windows 10 guest OS stuck booting in Virtualbox on Ubuntu 16.04 host
Microsoft offers these downloadable virtual machine images for cross-browser testing (IE8-IE11 and Edge). My host OS is Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) and I'm running Virtualbox 5.0.40_Ubuntu r115130.
The ...
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How to (legally) get Windows virtual machine on linux via VirtualBox without buying Windows
My goal is to install Windows 7 on a virtual machine running on Ubuntu. The Lenovo machine came with Windows 7 installed, but did not come with a boot disk.
What are my options? Should I ask Lenovo ...
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VirtualBox/Ubuntu mouse disappears
I just created an Ubuntu 14.04 VM in VirtualBox (the host is Windows 7) and have noticed a strange "bug" occurring with the mouse. And yes I installed guest additions.
About 50% of the time, when I ...
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Restoring a VirtualBox VM to a clean/default state?
I am playing around with Virtual Box and installed an Ubuntu 12.04 ISO on a my first VM. Now I want to "wipe" that VM clean and undo all the software I had installed on it. My co-worker said the ...
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VirtualBox shared folder write permission - Ubuntu 12.04
I'm using the following command to mount my folder in VirtualBox:
sudo \mount -t vboxsf -o rw -o uid=1000 -o gid=1000 Dropbox ~/Dropbox/
However, the folder is read-only. I re-installed Guest ...
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VirtualBox host-only network, ping works only from guest to host
I have a Windows 7 VM running on a Ubuntu 15.04 host using the latest Virtual Box 5 release.
I've configured a host-only network.
The configuration of the host-only adapter is:
Adapter IP 192.168.56....
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virtualbox port forwarding does not work
My Ubuntu is the guest OS running on a windows host. NAT is used and port forwarding has been added. All access to host on port 3000 should be forwarded to guest on the same port.
But that port can ...
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Can't find the right Ubuntu Server ISO for VirtualBox
I have been trying all morning to find the right Ubuntu Server (12.04) ISO to use for installing an Ubuntu guest OS on my VBox VM.
Here are the relevant stats:
Host Machine: AMD 64-bit
Host OS: ...
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Ubuntu virtualbox stuck at initializing screen
So my Ubuntu VirtualBox was working fine.. until I decided to try to up its performance by changing a couple of settings.
Things I changed:
Base memory: 1468Mb ---> 2048Mb
Processors used: 1 ---> 2
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How can I cause a VirtualBox VM (running Ubuntu) to run a command upon resuming its state?
I am running a few Ubuntu VMs on a MacBook Pro host.
Whenever I pause a VM or save its state to disk, the next time I restart it, the system clock goes out of sync.
Is there a way for the VM to know ...
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Virtual Box ssh not working on Virtual Box Ubuntu machine
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed, and 12.04 Server set up in my virtual machine.
My VM has internet access, and I can ping it from my host.
ping symfony.dev # points to 192.168.56.101, and successful ...
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How to access vmware's virtual machine from host windows
I am using Ubuntu Server as virtual machine using VMWare inside Windows 7 as host. I can access Windows 7 folders from Ubuntu machine through sharing settings. I'm developing a website on localhost in ...
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GuestAdditions seems to be installed (6.0.2) correctly, but not running
after upgrading VirtualBox to V.6.0.2, Vagrant V2.2.3 and homestead to release 8.0.0 each time I run vagrant up I get:
GuestAdditions seems to be installed (6.0.2) correctly, but not running
I ...
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Virtualbox bridged network is unreachable
I'm trying use a network bridge adapter for my VM (fresh Ubuntu server 16.04 LTS install) within the latest version of Virtualbox (v5.0.20). Running ifconfig -a gives the following output:
As you can ...
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Win Key in VirtualBox Guest is also captured by Host
I have a fresh install of Windows 10 Home x64. This machine is used as a host for a VirtualBox VM (Ubuntu 16.04.1 x64).
All nice and good until I realized that when I press the win key on guest (...
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Ubuntu 16.04 on VirtualBox cannot copy/paste
I cannot copy and paste to or from my ubuntu VM. Here are the steps I have taken to no avail.
In Settings:
Storage > Advanced > Shared Clipboard = Bidirectional
Storage > Advanced > Drag'n'Drop = ...
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VirtualBox raw drive using UUID instead of device name
I want to attach an actual drive to a VirtualBox VM, so I followed the instructions here, which says to do this:
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /path/to/file.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/...
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Emacs does not redraw properly inside VirtualBox
I am running Emacs inside a virtual machine, and are experiencing redrawing problems when scrolling or adding/removing lines of text. It seems only a small portion of the window is being redrawn, ...
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VirtualBox crashes Ubuntu 16.04 vm's
Host: xubuntu 16.04 amd64
Guests: xubuntu 16.04 and lubuntu 16.04
The vm crash right away when booting for the very first time from the desktop iso's. The screen gets garbled. And that's it. The ...
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VirtualBox suddenly eats gigabytes of memory
EDIT
The original question had lots of speculation but it is all much simpler. See my own answer and this reported bug.
I leave the original question in case someone is having similar issues and ...
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