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2,966 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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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"
and I tried:
Location mtype type state device hotpluggable ...
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