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Kali linux does not update and does not upgrade
Kali Linux has some problems, can you help me in detail to solve these problems? I am using Kali Linux version 2020.2.
I write sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade, it doesn't update and doesn't ...
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How to properly create a useable disk image for Virtual box?
I can create the disk image of a bootable Linux HDD by using sudo, but then it fails to boot in VirtualBox. My steps are as follows:
dd if=/dev/sde of=sda.img bs=1024 conv=noerror,sync
VBoxManage ...
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OpenVPN bridged setup: Unable to reach hosts
Disclaimer
This was originally posted on the Game of Active Directory repository:
https://github.com/Orange-Cyberdefense/GOAD/issues/233
Descriptions
I've setup a tap/bridged VPN using this guide to ...
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Is it possible to install/use K8s safely in a personal laptop?
I am new in K8s and I was listening to a presentation where the person said that his preferred driver is Virtual Box because it is less probable to mess up your laptop if something goes wrong.
I was ...
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Error trying to install S.u.S.E. Linux 5.2 in VirtualBox 7.0.16
Trying to install S.u.S.E. Linux 5.2 under VirtualBox 7.0.16 I get an error when installing the selected packages: "package aaa_base-98.5.20-0 is for a different architecture... ABORTED":
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Not able to access VM from host
I have kali linux in Virtual box and windows 10 as my main OS but when I try to access Kali linux from any external host through IP address of Kali linux then Kali linux cannot respond and when I used ...
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Unable to Connect to VirtualBox Guest OS (Rocky Linux 8) from Host (Windows 11) Terminal and No Internet Connectivity
I am currently using Oracle VirtualBox
7 with Windows 11 as the host OS. Within VirtualBox, I have Rocky Linux 8 installed as a guest OS. Initially, I had configured the network settings to bridge ...
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USB disk on a VBox on RAID was repartitioned
I have an Ubuntu on a VBox on Windows 10 Pro. The Ubuntu had a Raid 1+0 with 2 external USB disks. Suddenly, when I restarted the server, both disks got repartitioned with these: PARTLABEL="...
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VirtualBox 7.0 on Ubuntu 22.04 do not see FortiClient interface
I'm running a Windows10 virtual machine with VirtualBox 7.0 on Ubuntu 22.04.
I'm connected to a VPN thanks FortiClient with my Ubuntu and it's works well.
A new "fctvpn42f76226" interface is ...
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Clipboard Bi-Directional Not Working Properly in Debian Guest on VirtualBox
I'm facing a problem with the bidirectional clipboard and drag-and-drop functionality in my VirtualBox Debian guest. Despite configuring bidirectional settings, copying from the host OS to the guest ...
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Does Virtual Box Support Guest Suspend/Hibernate?
I set up a Debian VM using Virtual Box to experiment with suspend/hibernation when LUKS is enabled. But I don't seem to be able to sleep the guest. My question is not about setting up hibernation.
I ...
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Linux VirtualBox - Machine group conflicts with a virtual machine name
Machine group '/Linux/New Group' conflicts with a virtual machine name.
I'm trying to import a virtual machine that my University provided me with. I don't have any groups made in VB, and I have no ...
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Installing VirtualBox on Debian 12 Testing
Either running dpkg -i virtualbox-7.0_7.0.14-161095~Debian~bookworm_amd64 or apt install virtualbox-7.0 on my Debian 12 testing, i get a dependecy issue with libvpx
virtualbox-7.0 : Depends: libvpx7 (...
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The state of the guest machines mismatched in virtualbox
Running guest machines show as powered off in Virtualbox
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I have many VMs in virtualbox, some VMs were created by Vagrant, others created manually via GUI. But whenever I start VMs using ...
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Stuck at Vagrant connect to SSH
I am using Vagrant 2.3.4 and Virtual Box 7.0.8 to setup VM box eurolinux-vagrant/centos-stream-9 9.0.37 on Windows 10.
After using vagrant up, I have faced the SSH issue with this log:
Net::SSH::...
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VirtualBox Linux Guest Mac Host runs really slow
I have performance issues in VirtualBox, the quest operating system runs really slow and laggy.
The configuration:
Host: MBP 2019, 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9, 16 GB RAM, MacOS Sonoma 14.2
Guest: ...
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My wireless adapter is seen in terminal but I cannot connect to wifi in VirtualBox Linux
I have a problem where my VirtualBox does not scan wifi through my wireless adapter but is connected to the ethernet of host machine.
When I do ifconfig then my wireless adapter is shown.
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How do I get dark mode on VirtualBox, with Arch Linux as the host OS?
The white background in the VirtualBox manager hurts my eyes and I'd like to make it dark themed.
I'm using Arch Linux with i3, I've tried enabling dark theme in both qt5ct and lxappearance, ...
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VirtualBox installation fails on Ubuntu
I'm trying to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 22.04.
I downloaded the right .deb from the official site and installed with sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-7.0_7.0.12-159484\~Ubuntu\~jammy_amd64.deb which gave ...
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Issues installing whonix on top of kicksecure
I do not know anything about linux however I have been working on this problem for about 20 hours.
I have a Lenovo thinkpad T430s i installed Debian 12, and I am quite certain I have installed ...
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Kali Linux VM stuck on installation
I am trying to set up Kali Linux on VirtualBox but it is stuck in the 'Select and Install Software' step. The progress bar shows that it is nearly completed, but it has been stuck on 'Unpacking ...
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Linux guest in VirtualBox restarts session after Win11 host wakes from sleep
I've recently transferred my VM from an old Win10 laptop to a new Win11 one and encountered very annoying issue: If I close my laptop, making it go to sleep, and when wake it up after some time, my ...
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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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Iptables redirect outside requests to 127.0.0.1 (VirtualBox)
I have a virtual machine installed with the output:
ifconfig:
enp0s3: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.0.2.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.2.255
inet6 fe80::...
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Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Been trying to install virtualbox on my Debian machine.
I'm running Debian bookworm.
I get this message when launching in terminal:
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no ...
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Can guest access host clipboard despite sharing turned off?
Host: Win10
Guest: Linux
Software: VirtualBox
Clipboard information might not seem important, but it could very well contain a copied password or other useful data. On the host, clipboard history is ...
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How to compact VirtualBox VDI file with free space at the end of the disk?
I've a Debian 8.5 guest in Ubuntu 22.04 Host, and a while ago i expanded space from host terminal stopping guest with VBoxManage modifyhd --resize option in a direct way, booting guest and expanding ...
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How to change vboxmanage Default machine folder for root user
Ahoj, I have user bobot which is able to use vboxmanage controlvm in linux cli and this user works well for switching off and on virtual machines. For testing reasons I want to do the same with root ...
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Can I configure an OpenSUSE VM application then trigger the OOBE?
I'd like to be able to configure (e.g. install applications, provision files, perhaps configure some settings for) an OpenSUSE virtual machine, but then "reset" some aspects so that when I ...
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Ubuntu Server keep logging me as root after mount
I keep logging in as root@mymachinename and not as my user mmg@mymachinename I'm not sure why.
Backstory:
I tried to mount a shared folder following [this guide] (https://gist.github.com/estorgio/...
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Do forward, but deny direct incoming connections
VM = Virtual Machine.
WS = Workstation VM.
GW = Gateway VM.
Virtualization software: Oracle VirtualBox.
Host/Guest OSes: all Debian 12.
Firewall software: nftables
Goal
Whonix-like setup. WS sits ...
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VBoxNetFlt does not build on Fedora 38
I have removed and re-installed VirtualBox from my Fedora 38 (6.4.11 kernel), but it still cannot build one of the modules:
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gcc -Wp,-MMD,/tmp/vbox.0/linux/.SUPR0IdcClient-linux.o.d -nostdinc -...
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Running OpenWRT in linux via VirtualBox: resize vdi step
I am trying to run OpenWRT in Ubuntu using VirtualBox and I am following this tutorial. I don't have access to a Window computer so I can't run vboxmanage.exe.
I was able to use this to convert .img ...
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Can't find a way to make my usb pen Realtek 8811CU work on kali linux
I've been trying the whole afternoon to make it work . I followed many guides but nothing seems to work . I'm kinda new to kali linux. I'm using it on virtualbox and first thing i've done was to set ...
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When exactly do VMs receive the shared clipboard data in VMware/VirtualBox?
For many years, I have been running untrusted programs in VMs.
I have used both Windows and Linux as the host OS, and both (many versions of) VMware Workstation Player and VirtualBox on both OSes. The ...
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Virtualbox Client hangs (mouse) in fullscreen only
Host machine: Debian 12.0 (x86_64)
Guest machine: Linux Mint 21.1 (x86_64)
VirtualBox version: 7.0.10
Guest Additions installed (7.0.10)
Extension Pack installed (7.0.10)
Everything works fine using ...
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Getting HP dragonfly G4 to work under linux : virtualbox
I just got a "HP Dragonfly 13.5 inch G4 Notebook PC" without operating system hoping to run some flavor of GNU/Linux on it. I've tried Ubuntu 22.04 and Manjaro but both seem to have similar ...
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virtualbox guest display resolution reset to 800x600
I have installed the virtualbox 7.0.10 on host with windows 10 pro. Over virtualbox i am running the RockyLinux 9. The issue i have observed is that the display resolution of guest OS set to 800x600 ...
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Run Microsoft Office apps in guest VM from host with VirtualBox
Main goal
I'm using VirtualBox to use Microsoft Office apps in a Windows 10 virtual machine. My host OS is Ubuntu 23.04. I've made a few scripts that allows to launch Microsoft Office apps from the ...
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Connect VM present in KVM to Mininet switch
So, I'm working on a project that requires Linux host running different programs, and a BMv2 P4 switch in Mininet.
I thought a topology as running VM in KMV with my applications running on them and ...
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VirtualBox Won't Respond After Killing Task
I tried to load a Debian OS, it was trying to start the VM but it took forever. I decided to kill VirtualBox processes, now whenever I start VirtualBox it won't open, it's just on my taskbar, if I ...
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How to install Mercusys wifi adapter?
I am running Kali Linux as a virtual machine in VirtualBox. I have a wifi adapter from Mercusys which I would like to install, but I don't really know how to go about this. The model of wifi adapter I ...
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Weird mix of using the Barrier KVM and VirtualBox breaks a Keyboard layout
I'm having an oddly specific problem where:
I have two computers, one with Windows 10, the other with EndeavourOS Linux. I use both of them through the VKVM software Barrier so that I can use the ...
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Convert Vultr (cloud) VM to Virtual Box VM
I recently transferred a DD image of my Vultr VPS to my home computer. I used a Debian VirtualBox VM to make a new virtual disk, mount the DD image, rsync all the files from DD image to new virtual ...
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Trouble with ARP Spoofing with a Virtual Machine in my real Network
I'm currently facing an issue while trying to test my Python-based ARP spoofing program in a Kali Linux virtual machine running on VirtualBox on my PC. The VM is connected to my network using a ...
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Taskhost Process has high CPU when using VirtualBox
I am running a Ubuntu VirtualBox-VM on my Windows 10 host machine.
After the VM is running for some time (not at the beginning), the process taskhostw.exe uses much of the CPU. I normaly use ssh to ...
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The repository 'http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease' is not signed [duplicate]
I'm new to kali operating system I need to update my kali linux version to new edition. I tried to do it by "sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade" But It gave me some error like this.
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parrot sec version 5.3 .ova file for virtualbox default password is NOT toor. what is it?
I properly imported the Parrot Security version .ova file into virtualbox, but when I sudo for an update, and it asks me for the password, default password root does not work. WHY? Has it changed? ...
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Outgoing UDP packets don't reach the host from VM after certain time
I am trying to connect to my WireGuard VPN server that is inside a VirtualBox VM. I normally can connect without any problem. But when there isn't any connectivity for a certain time, I can't connect ...
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An error occures everytime I duplicate my Rocky Linux vmdk
I have recently studied Rocky Linux (the really basics) and sometimes I "mess" with the OS (doing some experiments to learn about it and how it works). In order to not install it on an ...
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