Oracle Virtual Box is a platform independent open source virtualization software available for Linux, Solaris, OSX, and Windows hosts.
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Use resources of high end servers to run lubuntu in low end hardware
In our home there is one high end computer with lots of RAM and other low end old computer running lubuntu , the lubuntu itself has become slow so we were thinking of making the lubuntu machine a ...
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Virtualbox 4.1.12 Unable to connect to network
I'm trying to create a Vagrant Basebox for Debian Lenny.
The first step in this process is creating a VM Guest in Virtualbox. I've created a new VM image and begun installation of Debian Lenny using ...
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How to run unity next on a virtualbox? [closed]
I have 12.04 running as my main OS. I only have Ubuntu, so I can not afford to screw it up. I installed 13.04 on a virtualbox and compiled and install unity-next to try it. When I ran it from inside ...
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Managing windows virtual machines remotely
I have a very abstract and possibly naive question, nevertheless I am putting it up -
I want to develop a Ubuntu lab in an institute, using a client server model. I want the individual clients to ...
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Can't Load Ubuntu on VirtualBox [duplicate]
I am new to VirtualBox and to Ubuntu. I have a PC running Vista and am trying to install Ubuntu and then run NASA LINUX software.
In my first try I installed VirtualBox and set up a virtual computer ...
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I fail load my ubuntu 12.04 after install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 and its dependencies
Proc: intel core i3
RAM: 3GB
Hi guys, i got trouble in my ubuntu 12.04 after install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 and its dependencies; I also set my both OS guest video memory into 12.04, check "3D ...
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Kernel & DKMS Virtualbox error
I've been trying for weeks now. I can't run my Windows XP virtual machine because of the error:
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not ...
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I uninstalled virtualbox, do I get the allocated storage I gave it back?
I installed virtualbox as I needed a quick way to use iTunes so I didn't have to keep shutting down my laptop to use it and then restart it again to go back to linux. I think the installation failed ...
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How I can properly update VirtualBox to the latest version?
I'm new in Ubuntu and I don't know how to properly update VirtualBox on Ubuntu 12.10.
How I can update properly virtualbox 4.2.8 r83876 to virtualbox 4.2.10 on Ubuntu 12.10. I dont have a virtual ...
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VirtualBox client OS (using NAT) is able to access host's LAN - How come?
My network is somewhat simple: all PCs in my LAN (Ubuntu desktop, Win7 desktop, XP netbook) connected to a dlink home router, which is connected to ISP's cable modem. LAN has IP subnet 10.10.10.0/24, ...
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Tracking a Kernel Error
I have a 12.10 ubuntu server, 64 bit.
I am constantly getting this error after I start one of my virtual machines.
Any help would be appreciated.
[ 1813.176046] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 Desktop i386 32-bit on Windows 7 VirtualBox
I have two USB sticks, one with Ubuntu 12.04.1 and another with Ubuntu 12.04.2.
I also have two CDROMS one with ubuntu 12.04.1 and another with 12.04.1.
The former installs on virtualbox from USB ...
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fullscreen virtualbox: ubuntu version of virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 fails to install on 12.04.02
I tried to get virtualbox to run an Ubuntu 12.04.02 64-bit on fullscreen in my Windows 7 host machine, and read that I require a virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 for it. When I try to install it on the guest ...
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How to install VBox Guest Additions in Ubuntu 12.10
Unable to install VBox Guest Additions in Ubuntu. It shows some problem woth Linux Header.
PS: I am using ubuntu 12.10 guest on Windows8 Host. When I tried installing it I got following:-
Verifying ...
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Virtualization on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
We plan to introduce virtualization on our 64bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server so that we can run, in different VMs, a file server for our staff and some development machines for our IT team (code ...
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How do I set up internet connection in VirtualBox? [duplicate]
This question is not duplicate of this, because in my case, internet connection doesn't work on any version of Ubuntu as host (11.04, 12.04,.12.10), and the solution is different too, mine needed ...
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How do I get my VirtualBox to load into the system I already installed?
I am trying to install Ubuntu on VirtualBox on my Mac OS X. I got through the whole installation process with out any problems. But, when it asked to restart the computer and it rebooted, it keeps ...
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Virtualbox ubuntu 1204 guest - guest additions installed, but graphics driver unknown
I have an ubuntu 12.04 LTS guest in VBOX inside my native Windows 7. The graphics suddenly "stop drawing" or something, it stops updating the screen. I have tried adjusting the video memory (from ...
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Ubuntu 12.04: Can not accecss internet (ppp0) from Virtualbox guest windows 7
I have Windows 7 as guest OS on my Ubuntu 12.04 host through Virtualbox. I use dial-up connection (ppp0) through a USB dongle on host machine to access Internet. However, when my host is connected to ...
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Can I move a virtualbox machine from windows to ubuntu?
Does it work by moving VDI from windows to ubuntu VirtualBox folder?
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Problem with my VirtualBox Server
Today I increased the size of my virtualbox server (Centos Server.vdi).
after I increased the size, i joined the server.
At first, I got the following error message:
I followed tutorials that ...
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Missed to Enable 3D acceleration on virtualbox
I had installed ubuntu 11.10 on virtualbox 4.1.8 over windows 7(64-bit, graphics card ATI Radeon HD 5470) as the host. I was trying to run opengl es programs on ubuntu wherein I faced an error during ...
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How to run Ubuntu without GUI in Virtual Box?
I have a Windows XP laptop, in which I run VirtualBox with the latest Ubuntu, my hardware is little old, so running the latest version of Ubuntu inside Virtual box is kind of a hassle, very slow ...
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How do I migrate currently installed Ubuntu to a Virtual Machine?
I'm finding that my graphics drivers (ATI Radeon HD 4200) run MUCH better in a native windows system, I can't even get the closed-source drivers working in Ubuntu, thus leading me to want to run ...
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access shared folders on an Ubuntu host and a Windows XP guest
I have installed virtualbox 4.1.18 on ubuntu 12.10 and I hosted windows xp.
I want to share a folder between Ubuntu and Windows XP.
I have installed guest additions on the guest machine, and then ...
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I can't find Install Guest additions option for virtualbox
I have installed virtualbox 4.1.18 on Ubuntu 12.10 and I hosted windows XP.
I want to share a folder between Ubuntu and Windows XP, so I have read about it in this external tread.
The problem is ...
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How to install Virtual box on Ubuntu
Can someone help me install Virtual box on my Ubuntu machine? (12.10). I know you can install it from the software centre but I read somewhere that their are more files to add or something? Can ...
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Virtualbox seamless mode: don't display part of the Windows 7 desktop around Visual Studio 2012 window borders
I'm using virtualbox 4.2 on an Ubuntu 12.04 host. When I run Visual Studio 2012 in a Windows 7 guest in seamless mode, the desktop background of the guest is visible around the very thin window ...
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Ubuntu on Oracle VM VirtualBox running SLOWLY
So I am super new, not only to ubuntu, but also to VirtualBox. I have Linux/Unix experience, though I would not call it particularly strong experience. I have recently installed ubuntu using ...
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Virtualbox Guest Additions Installation error
I am having a lot of troubles to have my virtualbox guest additions installed, I got this message:
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.2.10 Guest Additions for ...
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Easiest way to assign a static IP address for a LAMP server / VBox snapshot
I want to create a basic Ubuntu 12.04 LAMP server under VBox. Once I have it configured with a base Data set I want to Snapshot that and be able to hand it off to my development partners to use. ...
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Using Integrated Webcam on Guest Ubuntu on VIrtualBox
How to use HP Laptop Integrated Webcam in Ubuntu as VirtualBox Guest? I am using Windows7 as Host installed on HP EliteBook 8470p (which has integrated Webcam). I want to use Ubuntu as a VirtualBox ...
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Windows only refresh if click on title bar (12.04-VirtualBox)
I am trying to install ubuntu 12.04 LTS in a VirtualBox running on Windows 7 Pro. I have followed the instruction posted in Why does an Ubuntu 12.10 guest in VirtualBox run very, very slowly?
Unity ...
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installing ubuntu 12.10 VM on a win 7 host
I attempted to install Ubuntu 12.10 on Oracle Virtual Box and I had difficulties.
I am using a Windows 7 64-bit host machine. I set the VDI disk size to dynamic at 8GB
and the Base memory at 644MB.
I ...
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Proxy problem with Virtual Machines
Everything below relates to a Ubuntu Server 12.04 OS.
So, I created a VM at work (which needed a proxy).
I went and edited the /etc/environment file, and added in the proxy information.
This worked ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 in VMware Player pointer problems
Ubuntu 12.10 works flawlessly in VMware Player 5.0.2 except for one major issue - cursor is rendered in the wrong location (a pixel, or so, to the left and to the top; same thing observed in ...
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virtualbox in Ubuntu host no internet connection
My hair is in fire trying to make Internet connection work in guest OS.
I have Ubuntu 12.10 machine with VirtualBox 4.1.18 installed from Ubuntu Software Center
I set PC-BSD and FreeBSD to work as ...
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Improving virtual Ubuntu hdd performance running on Windows host
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server with:
1 x 80GB SCSI, partitioned:
100MB reserved
79GB NTFS windows
2 x 1TB SCSI HDD running in a hardware RAID 0 striped configuration, partitioned:
7GB RAW (left ...
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Ubuntu MaaS Region and Cluster Controller in One Box
We would like to try Ubuntu with Maas. For our local network,
we plan to put up few Ubuntu node with it. But before we purchase a box,
I am trying it in virtual box with no success.
Following the ...
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Problems runnung VirtualBox in Ubuntu 12.10
I am trying to start a VM using VirtualBox, however I get the following errors.
I have read many pages on this error (some on this forum) but none of the suggested fixes I have found seem to ...
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Connection Disconnected Every Now and Then
Using Ubuntu 12.10 32 Bit inside Virtualbox (on Mac OSX 10.7)
I am using host only connection between host and guest ..
Every now and then I keep seeing popups that connection is disconnection ..
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Access NTFS partition from Virtualbox running windows 7 [duplicate]
I have ubuntu installed on an ext4 partition and all my data stored on a NTFS partition. I would like to access the data from the virtual machine (Windows 7). How can I do it?
Regards!
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Virtual Box Ubuntu 12.10 how to access Windows host drives/folders? [duplicate]
Since I'm quite new to Ubuntu I have a little issue with accessing the internal disks from the PC when running Ubuntu on my Windows 7 on VBox. Now I don't know other than trying to select the network ...
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how to network in ubuntu client on windows host?
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed on my windows7 on Vbox. Is it possible to access disks and folders from the windows host like system C drive or D drive? Or maybe networking between both machines to ...
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How to remove Kernel/LTS Enablement Stack?
this question regarding the LTS Enablement Stack has actually two parts:
I installed Linux 3.5.0-x on Precise 64bit via sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-quantal xserver-xorg-lts-quantal . As ...
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Only wallpaper is shown after log in [duplicate]
I have installed ubuntu on Virtual Box. Once I run it and log in, wallpaper appears with nothing on it, menu bar, icons etc. nothing. Only cursor is available but right click is unresponsive.
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VM Installation [closed]
I'm an absolute beginner. I recently built a new machine and decided to jump feet first into the Ubuntu realm. I installed 12.04 LTS and have been learning my way around. Reading posts and watching a ...
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How do I load an embedded image onto a microSD flash card with Ubuntu inside of Virtual Box?
I need to load an embedded image onto a microSD flash card.
How do I get a version of Ubuntu to run on my PC inside Oracle Virtual Box so I can do this? I have loaded Oracle Virtual Box on my ...
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Screen / Graphics lag on ubuntu 12.10 on alienware M14x r2
I'm new to ubuntu so please forgive my ignorance.
I recently bought an alienware M14x R2 with a '1GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M' vide card. I followed this tutorial to installed Ubuntu 12.10 ...
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fstab doesn't work properly [closed]
mis@hell:/var$ ls -la | grep www
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Mar 6 01:22 www
mis@hell:/var$ ls -la www
total 8
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Mar 6 01:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Mar 6 ...
