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Network configuration with 3 Oracle VirtualBox VMs
I have a requirement to create 3 VMs and configure the machines as below :
two machines with their distinct networks
third machine contains above two networks that my client can communicate to both ...
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Installing VirtualBox in linux via a script with also includes signing kernal modules
I have a linux VM (ubuntu 20.04) with secure boot settings active. Basically I need to install virtualBox and then create multiple VMs via virtual box via script only. No manual intervention should be ...
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Fedora Virtualbox VM machine when clicked, details UI not visible
I am in Fedora and I have installed virtualbox latest, earlier it was showing the UI of a VM when I click on it but later on , I initiated File manager and now I can only see below components on the ...
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VirtualBox Ubuntu webserver 404 error on one host but works fine on other hosts
I have prepared a VM webserver with Ubuntu server to allow a client to view his 2 retired websites on his PC.
The host is Windows, the VM is configured with port forwarding, and this all worked ...
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Garbage on screen
I have installed Ubuntu 23.10 VirtualBox virtual machine on Windows10 hosted computer. Sometimes screen starting is getting some garbage. Why and how to fix that?
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Can't drag-drop from Windows Ubuntu VirtualBox machine [duplicate]
Can't copy file from Windows11 host to Ubuntu 23.04 virtual machine running on VirtualBox 7.0.14. Got error "Drag and drop operation from host to guest failed"
I have installed Guest ...
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How to configure a traffic route from VM1 through Host to VM2
I'm using Virtualbox for VM's Ubuntu 20.04.
My task is to configure the network in such a way that traffic from VM1 passes through Host (Windows 10) and then to VM2, as well as in the opposite ...
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How to configure linux guest that will have dynamic space , did set 25.00 GB virtual size but it keep running out of space
Virtual box Version 7.0.8 r156879 (Qt5.15.2) on windows ,
i configured ubuntu as guest OS on windows VB , all working good , i was thinking that if i set
virtual size to 25g it will be enough .
But it ...
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How do I install WSL on a Windows guest inside VirtualBox
I am following the steps to install WSL on Windows 10 guest machine inside of VirtualBox. And currently I am facing this issue - it seems I cannot install Ubuntu Linux with WSL on a Windows 10 guest ...
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How to customize resolution on Ubuntu virtual machine (VirtualBox) that parasitizes a Windows host machine?
I don't know if Ubuntu detects the available resolutions but I know that VirtualBox can resize depending on machine resolution. The ideal resolution would be 1900x980 but I tried others too (like ...
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Unable to connect to postgres installed as docker image in ubuntu vm in virtualbox from host psAdmin
i installed postgres on ubuntu vm on using virtualbox the host is windows 10
umen@umen:~$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS ...
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"insert guest additions cd image..." does not do anything
I am using the latest version of VirtualBox (7.0.12) and the latest version of Ubuntu image (v22.04.3).
I installed the Ubuntu Virtual machine by checking the "skip unattended Installation" ...
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VirtualBox won't show the Virtual Machines Sidebar in the Manager Window
When attempting to create a new VM for a SEED lab using VirtualBox on a MacBook intel i7. I must have accidentally clicked something, because my VirtualBox window that should show me where my virtual ...
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VirtualBox 7 ubuntu - cannot configure two monitors
I have just upgraded to VirtualBox 7.0.10 from VirtualBox 6.1.
Host system is Ubuntu 22.04.
I am unable to configure two monitors for my Windows 10 virtual machine.
When I do so, I can see windows ...
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USB passthrough doesn't work in VirtualBox
I can't get USB passtrough to work in VirtualBox. Help would be appreciated.
Host system is Ubuntu 23.04. Guest VM is Windows XP SP3.
VirtualBox is version 7.10 ( newest ATM ), extension pack is also ...
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Vagrant/Virtual Box vm only works if Virtual Box GUI is open
Vagrant version 2.3.7 and Virtual Box 7 and Windows 10 Host. I'm trying to vagrant up the machine with Ubuntu/focal64 box, powering it off for the first time it, but it just doesn't work. It gets ...
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Can't connect to VM remotely
I have Virtual machine with Ubuntu server installed.
Trying to connect to that VM with domain name I have created thru external network.
Up until now I'm able to connect to my VM thru my LAN
What I ...
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Can I access Windows host details from inside a Virtual Box Ubuntu host?
I have an application running inside an Ubuntu VM and I need to validate that it's running on only a specific computer (Windows host). Can I somehow get info from it (such as a Mac Address or a unique ...
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Run both Docker and Virtualbox on Linux? Or Docker within VM?
Short version: I think I messed up wanting to run both Docker and Virtualbox on Linux at the same time and I'm thinking I should I migrate my docker setup into its own virtual machine?
System Summary (...
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VirtualBox 7.0.6 failed to open a session on host Windows 10 lacking WinVerifyTrust
I'm working on Windows 10 Home (version 22H2, OS build 19045). Shortly after another Windows update my Oracle VM VirtualBox (which I'm using with no extension packs) stopped launching virtual machines ...
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Unable to install Virtualbox Guest Additions in a Ubuntu VM
I am struggling to install guest additions in my Linux Virtual Box environment. The reason I'm using the older version of Vbox is because anything newer crashes on start-up on my Win7 machine and the ...
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How can Virtualbox and Multipass coexist on the same system?
I am running an Ubuntu 22.04 (KDE Neon) on an Intel Haswell i5-4570 CPU.
I installed Virtualbox (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) to be able to run the occasional Windows application, and I installed ...
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How to access GPU from Ubuntu 22 VM running in Virtual Box on Windows 10?
I have an HP ZBook 17 G6 with 2 GPUs:
GPU 0: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630
GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro T1000
It's running Win 10. I created an Ubuntu 22 VM in Virtualbox but I can't figure out how to get it to ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 VM on VirtualBox incompatible with "hardinfo" app
I already asked this Q on "Ask Ubuntu", but I think "Super User" community might help me too here.
Question:
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 VM on Oracle VirtualBox 7.0 (from Win10 host ...
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Which partitions do I need to convert Windows 10 installation into VM?
What I would like advice with: I have A PC that had previously dual booted Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 10. I have instead decided to use my Linux install as my main system and run Windows virtually from ...
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Windows 10 VM Virtualbox on host Ubuntu 22.04, opacity of menus, bars, etc is transparent and very difficult to see anything
How do I fix that? I also had a problem of typing in the magnifying glass hanging until I moved the taskbar to the right from the bottom.
I allocated 8GB ram out of 20GB total available and 150GB ...
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Enable virtualization on Lenovo AMD Ryzen 5 so I can install WSL2 on Windows VM on host Ubuntu 22.04
I have a Windows 10 VM on Virtualbox running on host Ubuntu 22.04.
I want WSL2 on the VM Windows just for the terminal as I don't like Cmd and Powershell compared to Bash.
I tried following WSL ...
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Ubuntu guest (running in VMware player) freezes on Windows Host
I am trying to run Osboxes Ubuntu 20.4 guest image on Windows 10 Home 22H2 (both 64 bit) host using VMware Workstation 17 Player. My host configuration is Core i7 1065G7, 16GB RAM and 1TB NVMe SSD.
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How to make a no-gui virtual machine on a server?
I've got this Ubuntu server I'm running, and it's really handy to take the load off of my laptop, but I'd like to know how to set up a virtual machine on it that I can ssh into. Obviously, this ...
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try to install ubuntu 22.04
my laptop:Dell inspirsion
OS: Windows 10
Ram:8GB
I try installing in VBOX.
I enable Hardware Virtualization in BIOS.
My problem is that I can't open ubuntu 22.04. The result shows in the image below. ...
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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
Problem
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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