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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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