Questions tagged [virtualbox]
VirtualBox is a free, open source virtualization program from Oracle for the x86/x86_64 architectures.
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Create a serial port between two VMs both running Ubuntu 18.04 while using a Windows OS
I am trying to debug a kernel that was complied on one of my VMs and that is now waiting for kgdb as I am now trying to socat the other VM, but it is not working. I know both VMs are talking to each ...
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Host (Win10) disk-size reported wrong after docker builds in VirtualBox on guest (Ubuntu)
My issue is reproducible in a rather specific setup, so let's first give some context:
Host OS: Windows 10
Virtual Box 6.0.14 (latest)
Guest OS: Ubuntu 19.10 x86_64 (kernel: 5.3.0-24-generic)
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DNS/DHCP server in multi-machine private-network Vagrant setup
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Is it possible to configure vagrant, using a multi-machine Vagrantfile, to have one of the VMs act as the DNS server and DHCP server (i.e. using dnsmasq) for a private network used by all ...
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How to Properly Import .ovf and .vmdk from VMware into VirtualBox
The .ovf and .vmdk don't seem to work with VirtualBox, giving me an error saying that the .vmdk has not been created yet, even when I point the program to the file in the .ovf import screen. It doesn'...
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Does VirtualBox's .ova appliance creator preserve port forwarding?
If I create a virtual machine in VirtualBox, set software on the machine to listen to port 1234, and configure VirtualBox to forward traffic on port 1234 to the guest, and then export it as an ...
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Firefox is slow to resolve localhost domains on MacOS, Chrome is not
I am developing a website on localhost with the following entry in my hosts file:
192.168.10.10 mysite.local
That IP is coming from a Vagrant provisioned VM hosted in Virtualbox.
Whenever I try ...
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Oracle Virtual Box: How to access USB 2.0 device without using extension pack in windows
Is there any way to access an USB 2.0 device in Oracle virtual box without extension pack installed?
I have USB2.0 device in host machine, can I access that device in Guest machine as USB1.1?
I am ...
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Virtualbox error (NS_ERROR_FACTORY_NOT_REGISTERED ) after Linux 4.20 and VBOX 6.0 update (Arch Linux)
After upgrading my Arch Linux system (Linux 4.20) and rebooting it, it fails to start VBox (now Vbox 6.0) Error message is: NS_ERROR_FACTORY_NOT_REGISTERED.
Vbox kernel modules are loaded (see below)....
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Run one installation of Windows 10 in VirtualBox and on a real machine
I use Linux as the main OS on my computer and Windows 10 in VirtualBox. I would like to switch to dual-boot, but in some special form. I would like to be able not to reboot every time I need Windows ...
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Unable to install guest additions in Kali 2018
I've installed Kali 2018 in VirtualBox on a Windows 10 Host.
Attempted to install guest additions, following instructions in Kali doc.
https://docs.kali.org/general-use/kali-linux-virtual-box-guest
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Cannot install VirtualBox on a Mac running macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)
I don't have much experience with Mac's and am having trouble getting Virtual Box installed.
I have a MacBook Pro (Late 2011) running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 and am trying to install Virtual Box 5.2....
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Black screen with static cursor on Kali Linux 2018.3 on VirtualBox
After importing the .ova file of the latest Linux Kali release (found here) into VirtualBox, and successfully booting into the OS from GRUB, I'm greeted with a black screen and a static (non-blinking) ...
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Virtual Box window size and position freezes after a while
I have just installed Virtual Box version 5.2.14 r123301 (Qt5.6.2), including the VirtualBox Extension Pack, on my Windows 10 Pro machine.
The guest OS is Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Guest Additions ...
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No internet connection with bridge adapter
I had internet connection inside my virtual box but after not using it for over a week I am not having internet connection. (Similar question to the question posted on ask ubuntu)
The things that ...
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How Virtualbox "VBoxmanage mediumproperty <set|get|delete> <uuid|filename> <property> [value]" works?
I trued to just read some properties with get like this:
VBoxManage mediumproperty get c783a12e-d735-4b02-866c-3ce39e55ac6d "Capacity"
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Location mtype type state device hotpluggable ...
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vagrant up hanging on “Sending SSH keep-alive…”
This issue happened when there are 2 NIC on centos7, 1st is default NAT enp0s3, 2nd is hostonly private network interface enp0s8.
vagrant did "service network restart" via ssh before enable enp0s8, ...
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Ubuntu VM won't run when assigned more than one CPU in Oracle VirtualBox
I've got a 64-bit ubuntu 16.04 VM running in Oracle VirtualBox 5.2.0 on a Windows 7 Pro host. The host has 12 physical cores (24 logical) so naturally I want to run my VM with more than one core!
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Installation of Windows 10 in Virtualbox stalls at logo
I'm trying to install Windows 10 in Virtualbox on a Ubuntu host. I've downloaded the ISO from the Windows website. After starting up the new VM, I see the blue Windows logo on a black background, and ...
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Using Docker and Virtualbox together on an Ubuntu Host?
So I set up Docker on a Ubuntu 16.04 Host and then installed Virtualbox on the same host to have some Virtual Machines. but after working for a while, I found out that I can only install 32-bit OS on ...
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I have a very weird Virtualbox error and I don't know what it means
Basically, I have OS X in a VM on Virtualbox and when I put the screen in scaled mode (old 1366x768 laptop), I get the following error that doesn't seem to affect performance, since it has always been ...
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Mouse and Keyboard not working on VirtualBox guest
I set up an Ubuntu virtual machine through virtualbox. Everything was fine until I troubleshooted copy/paste issues I was having. I solved those issues by running VBoxClient --clipboard in the ...
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Emulate Raspberry Pi architecture on a personal computer
Is there a way to create a virtual ARM architecture machine so that I could create Raspberry Pi images on my PC?
For instance, I would like to create an Ubuntu Server 17.04 image that I could burn to ...
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virtualbox employ deduplication between multiple vdi on the same host
I am using virtualbox to test software on various linux distributions. The base Application (10-20GB CAE Suite) is stored on separate vdi, so I can have one vdi per Version of the Application and ...
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Failed to connect to Internet when using an OpenWRT VM as gateway
I have set up an OpenWRT x86-64 virtual machine with VirtualBox. The VM has two network interface, one for LAN and the other for WAN, all bridged to Wi-Fi interface of the host (Macbook). I want the ...
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How to change number of cpu cores in VirtualBox virtual machine?
I have changed number of cpu cores with following command:
VBoxManage modifyvm "Ubuntu_16_04" --cpus 4
When I check with
vboxmanage showvminfo Ubuntu_16_04 --details
I get:
Number of CPUs: 4
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Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) just won't turn on
I set the VT-x = enabled in BIOS and still Intel Processor Identification Utility reports that VT is not available. VirtualBox refuses to show options for 64-bit OS as well. My processor clearly ...
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Virtualbox machine cannot ping its own public IP
I have a strange problem. I have a bridged network adapter on my virtualbox machine (Kali Linux) - with assigned IP address with my local LAN pool (192.168.0.22) and I can ping e.g google.com (DNS ...
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Focus on Window After Three Finger Swipe to a Full Screen App in Mac OSX
I have an app in full screen mode in Mac OSX (click on the green circle). I can three finger swipe to my desktop or back to the application. However, the issue is if I'm in my desktop and three ...
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virtual box create vmdk of a partition creates a vmdk of entire harddrive
I am attempting to create a VMDK of my Windows Partition (Win 10 x64 Pro - insider preview) on disk /dev/sda, where my Windows partition is /dev/sda1.
Virtual Box has the option of creating a vmdk ...
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Protocol Error when writing to vbox shared folder
So to begin I am running a server where a vbox vm is running that has a shared folder mounted to transfer items in and out of the vm. This shared folder goes to multiple vms on the server. Recently ...
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