Questions tagged [virtualization]
Questions about Virtualizing Ubuntu or virtualizing other operating systems within Ubuntu.
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How to use microphone in KVM, virt-manager based Virtual Machine?
I am using Ubuntu 20.04.2 (64-bit) as host and Q4OS(32-bit) as guest. I have added camera from USB host devices and hence it works now on using google meet in virtual machine.
But I am still unable to ...
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Convert Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS iso to lxc container or download somewhere
Where can I find LXC version of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? I can find only .iso version at: https://ubuntu.com/download/server
Or how can I convert .iso image it to LXC?
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How do you install a VM with GUI via ssh on Ubuntu Server
I'm trying to install Windows 10 with virt-install on my Ubuntu Server LTS 20.04. I'm not really an expert on virtualization, but I try installing with:
$ virt-install --name=windows10 --vcpus=4 --...
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QEMU/libvirt: guest VM does not properly shutdown
Since my recent upgrade from ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, my guest VMs won't properly shutdown. Previously using ubuntu 18.04, I did not experience these problems.
I have two guest VMs - one "standard&...
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Multipass accessing localhost
I am finding this very difficult to work with.
I have installed multipass on Ubuntu 20.04. Inside multipass I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 like this.
multipass launch -n ubuntu
Not inside multipass ...
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Unable to Validate XML for KVM/QEMU Snapshot in 20.10
When trying to take a KVM snapshot using virsh snapshot-create-as --domain vm --name vm-snap --disk-only --diskspec "sdc,snapshot=internal,file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/vm.qcow2,,new", I get ...
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LXD - Assign public IP to a container
I have several static public IP addresses on my host machine. I want to assign that IP to a certain container, but I cannot really find any updated info about that. I tried to create a new network, ...
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Virt-Manager and iPhone USB redirection
I have a Mac virtual machine installed using QEMU/KVM and I can't redirect my phone to the virtual OS.
It keeps saying:
spice-client-error-quark: Could not redirect ... at 1-13: Device is in use by ...
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How to assign disk unallocated space to ubuntu partition using terminal? [duplicate]
I recently installed ubuntu-server on a VM and later on increased the virtual hard disk size from 10Gb to 70Gb.
Here is the result of lsblk.
user@ubuntuserver:/$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:...
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socket to '/var/run/libvirt/virtxend-sock': File o directory not found
I'm running xen on ubuntu 20.04 and I'm trying to create a new xen connection with virt-manager,but it does not work,because the error : "failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/-virtxend-...
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How to disable exit full screen popup in virt-manager
I'm using virt-manager with kvm, however I've found that in fullscreen mode (with spice), the exit fullscreen popup gets in my way often.
Is there a way to disable this popup from showing whenever I ...
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How do I save a virtual interface?
Say I create a virtual bridge interface and configure it as follows:
ip link add type bridge name br1
ip link addr add 10.10.10.1/24 dev br1
How do I make it so that this configuration persists ...
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Enhanced session with Lubuntu guest in Hyper-V
Did anybody find a way to make Enhanced session work in Hyper-V (Windows 10) with an Lubuntu 18.04 LTS guest?
After creating a new VM with a fresh Lubuntu 'minimal' installation, the Basic session ...
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Can't install Ubuntu Server 18.04.3 in KVM with minimal disk size
I am trying to install Ubuntu Server 18.04.3 in KVM with minimal resources. When I checked the official Ubuntu System Requirements, it says for live server (which I am using) it needs 1.5 gigabyte and ...
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GPU passthrough: windows guest recognizes GTX 1060 but I can't use it. Passing GTX audio makes VM ultra slow
I'm trying to do GPU passthrough for GTX 1060 on Ryzen 7 2700x.
I followed https://mathiashueber.com/windows-virtual-machine-gpu-passthrough-ubuntu/ but I couldn't blacklist the nvidia driver as the ...
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19.10 Ubuntu host entirely freezes during Windows 10 qemu install
On Ubuntu 19.10 as a host, I'm trying to do GPU passthrough to Windows 10 as guest. I successfully isolated my GTX 1060 and passed to the insides of a VM in virt-manager (libvirt doc) (home page).
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Ubuntu Core as Hyper-V virtual machine image
As Ubuntu Core can be installed on an Intel® NUC, is there any possbility to make it run as Hyper-V virtual machine to play around with it?
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Upgrade qemu/KVM ( 16.04)
I'm working on 16.04 LTS, but would like to try the kvm/qemu/virsh version running on 18.04.
Since it takes still some time for 20.04 I wonder if it is possible to add a ppa of a later, saying ...
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Is it possible to run qemu-system-x86_64 virtual machine from raw disk image located on external flash drive?
For some project I need to have QEMU/KVM virtual machine with raw disk image.
So I have created this raw disk image as simple as
dd if=/dev/zero of=~/disk.img bs=1M count=3092
and got 3 Gb of space ...
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blacklist xhci_hcd
I need to passtrough a USB 3.0 controller for a VM under qemu.
My lspci -nnk is :
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02:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Renesas Technology Corp. uPD720201 USB 3.0 Host Controller [1912:0014] (rev 03)
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Can't Connect to Vbox Virtual Machine on my Ubuntu server via windows RDP
I have an ubuntu 18.x server. I installed virtualbox on the server and configured a new VM using these instructions. When I try the last step I get an error window
I also noticed that when I run ...
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Libvirt doesn’t recognize the network interfaces
so im using Virtual Machine Manager, and the sad part is that it doesn't list my interfaces.
see screenshot here
also if i run the iface command i get this :(
$ virsh iface-list
Name State MAC ...
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Can I boot already installed Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine on Windows?
I use my computer on dual boot: partition A under Ubuntu 18.04 and partition B under Windows 10. For several reasons, I now think booting into Windows 10 and running Ubuntu in a virtual machine is ...
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Unable to run Windows 10 using VMware 15 pro on Ubuntu 19.04
I am trying to use Windows 10 on Ubuntu 19.04.
When I click the Start button, I get the following error:
Unable to change virtual machine power state: This host supports Intel VT-x, but Intel VT-x ...
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Fullscreen enabled in Ubuntu Virtualbox VM without Guest Additions
Trying to delve into web application hacking, I installed a dedicated Virtual Lab set up by the academic SEED project. The pre-built VM (based on Ubuntu 16.04) was already configured with everything ...
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QEMU warning SDL 1.2 is deprecated
Starting QEMU in a terminal with
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 6G -smp cores=3 -cpu host -drive file=...
produces the following warning:
Running QEMU with SDL 1.2 is deprecated, and will ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Guest on proxmox host cannot utilise "VirtIO (paravirtualized)" network adapters
Hi we have a proxmox host (the host is Ubuntu too) and on it is a VM Ubuntu 18.04 Guest. For reasons I do not understand the command
# cat "/boot/config-`uname -r`" | grep -i vir`
shows (in the ...
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scp directory from remote ubuntu desktop to virtual machine
I want to transfer my project to a virtual machine. I have mac book, so I logged in to my Ubuntu 18.04 remote desktop. Still, I can't transfer my project directory to the virtual machine. I have moved ...
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Manually upgraded QEMU 3.1 does not support qxl video device
I want to use the latest version of QEMU (3.1) with my installation of Ubuntu Server 18.04.2. I have managed to install it, but it seems that the new installation is not correctly connected to all the ...
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Internet access not functioning in Ubuntu 18.04 VM
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS in a VirtualBox VM instance. I am building an internal network in accordance with an article on setting up a non-internet accessible, isolated virtual network environment ...
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Gnome boxes wouldn't start Ubuntu 18.04
Freshly installed gnome boxes 3.28.1-1 from ubuntu app store and created box with Ubuntu 18.04.
It fails to start and this is the Troubleshooting log
Broker URL: qemu+unix:///session
Domain: boxes-...
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Whats the difference between virsh destroy and virsh undefine
I am new to servers and vms wanted to know the difference between
virsh destroy
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virsh undefine
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How can I force a consistent Partition UUID across virtualised/native boot or somehow get the new one
Im running 1804 with win 10 in a dual boot setup. both installs are on the same physical disk, on different partitions.
Now I recently managed to get my ubuntu partition booting from the windows host ...
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Reinstalling Windows in a virtual machine
I have an old computer (from 2012) with lots of RAM, which works fine. I bought it with a Windows 8 license, which has since been upgraded to Windows 10. In the last couple of years it went for too ...
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Migrating an Ubuntu 1804 (MBR/GPT) qcow2 image to a physical partition (GPT)
Is it possible to migrate an Ubuntu Mate 1804 from a qcow2 image to a physical partition? My approach was-
$ sudo apt install libguestfs-tools
$ sudo guestmount -a /media/user/images/mate1804.qcow2 -...
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U Core hosted on OSX [closed]
id like to start experimenting with snaps on ubuntu core. Ideally start with a Docker image or Virtual Box container. Eventually I want to remotely deploy goLang apps, on rasspi's... but I am ...
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E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [Related to KVM]
I tried to install KVM on ubuntu 17.10 and got this error:
**anuragabhi@abhishek-Notebook:~$** sudo aptitude install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils
[sudo] password for ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 is not booting due to hard disk being full of recovered files
I'm new to Ubuntu.
Yesterday I accidentally deleted my Virtual Machine Windows 7 (32 bit) in VirtualBox on host Ubuntu 17.10. After that I tried to recover using Testdisk. It's not recovered and ...
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QEMU won't boot anything on GPU passthrough VM
I have been attempting to setup a Windows 7 VM with GPU passthrough on Ubuntu 17.10 and have not had any success getting anything to boot, from hard drives, to ISOs, to even actual DVDs. I get the ...
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How can I apply the packaging for libvirt to build a package out of a git version?
I've been trying to work on a patch to libvirt to enable Ceph/RBD storage volumes.
I would like to test my code now. I would like to do this as a package (or even a Launchpad PPA), so that I can ...
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How to develop in Android Studio inside VM, but launch parallel VM with Android?
I'm in a situation where I need to develop in Android Studio inside a KVM running Ubuntu. I know I can redirect the USB of my phone inside this VM and upload the apks to my phone. But how can I launch ...
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VmWare issue - can run machine only once per reboot... 'Not enough physical memory'
I have strange issue with VMWare Player on Ubuntu as a host.
I can run Windows guest only once per system boot.
After I close or suspend virtual machine, I can't run it again any way because of the ...
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Virtualbox Ubuntu switching to virtual terminal problem [duplicate]
I am running Ubuntu within Ubuntu using VirtualBox. I want to switch to virtual terminal on guest system. When I press Ctrl+Alt+F4 within guest system, host system switches to virtual terminal instead ...
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VirtualBox GPU Passthrough from Linux Host to Windows Guest
I'm trying to use my dedicated GPU (Nvidia GTX970M) in my guest system (Windows 7). I used the following command:
vboxmanage modifyvm "Windows 7" --pciattach 01:00.0@07:01.0
The GPU is successfully ...
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Error while installing Ubuntu (X86-64 CPU expected) [duplicate]
While installing Ubuntu in VirtualBox, I got error messages:
This kernel requires X86-64 CPU,but only detected an i686 CPU. Unable to boot- please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.
How do I ...
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Using a bridge br0 while using eth0 and eth0:1
My Situation:
I have a Server with Ubuntu 16.04 running on it.
This Server has 2 IP Adresses.
Now I wanted to install a Brige to give a VM (KVM) acces to the Network so i dont have to write endless ...
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QEMU internet through bridged interface?
I've recently setup QEMU on my server for learning/experimenting with virtualization.
I decided to use a bridge network setup so that the VM would appear on the local network and be visible from ...
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unable to start libvirt
and I may have made things worse with rm -rf /var/run/libvirtd.pid
root@ts:/home/t# libvirtd
2017-05-28 07:48:19.090+0000: 5473: info : libvirt version: 2.5.0, package: 3ubuntu5 (Christian Ehrhardt &...
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There was an error talking to Libvirt: Call to virDomainCreateWithFlags failed: Unable to get index for interface eth0: No such device
My computer is Ubuntu Desktop 16.
I am using Vagrant and KVM libvirt to create virtual machines.
However, I want my machines to connect to the Wi-Fi of my home and have IP addresses of the Wi-Fi ...
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Does my PCI card have shared interrupts?
I'm trying to get VGA passthrough working on VirtualBox with a Windows guest. Per the VirtualBox manual:
Limitations:
1. Only PCI cards with non-shared interrupts (such as using MSI on host) are ...
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