Questions about Virtualizing Ubuntu or virtualizing other operating systems within Ubuntu.
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Installing Guest Addition on 12.10 Server
I am encountering a lot of problem trying to install guest additions on Ubuntu 12.10 Server. I have tried many solutions provided in the internet but none of them are working. After mounting the guest ...
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What to do if Installation in virtual machine says “no detected operating systems”?
I'm installing Ubuntu 12.10 in a virtual machine using Virtualbox with Windows 7 as the host OS.
One of the steps is to follow the regular installation procedure, but then I encountered a problem ...
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How to Install Ubuntu Server and64 12.0.4.1 in Windows 2008 Hyper-V?
I would like to install Ubuntu Server 12.0.4.1 LTS in Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. However when I run the Ubuntu installation from the CDROM ISO, I get stopped by the error "Your installation CD-ROM ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS does not recognise wireless ethernet card
Setup Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS as a VM on windows 8 host PC. But the wireless card is not recognised though the virtual switch comprising of the wireless card (intel centrino) has been added as network ...
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Why isn't VirtualBox working for me?
Why isn't VirtualBox running virtual machines for me?
I have tried Microsoft XP, Vista, 7, 8 and Mac OS X all of which have failed to run for me. That is they 'start' when I send the command to ...
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Windows 8 guest, ubuntu 12.10 host - sound will only play through front headphone jack
I've had a search but couldn't find a solution for my issue.
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 with VMWare Player 5.0.1 build-894247.
Unbuntu is recognising my sound card as a "Creative Labs CA0106 ...
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VirtualBox errors out when trying to install Ubuntu (failed to open ISO)
Whenever I try to install Ubuntu 12.10/12.04 using the regular ISO in a VirtualBox VM, it does not work and produces the following error:
Failed to open the CD/DVD image
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Ubuntu in VMware : VT-x not supported?
When I open Ubuntu VMs, (Including other ones)Ialways get this if I enable VT-x.
Virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT is not supported on this platform.
Continue without virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT?
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VirtualBox install
I am using Win 7 Ultimate. I have the current version of Virtualbox. I downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 from the Ubuntu website and the install as disc image.
Ubuntu probably goes thru about 75% of the ...
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Ubuntu display hitches after logging in
I have installed ubuntu 12.10 in VMware player. Before i log in the display is good but after logging in then the display changes.
a screenshot of my desktop
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How to change the IP address on my Ubuntu virtual NIC
I have a physical windows system, on which I run VMware Workstation. On a VMware virtual machine I run Ubuntu 12.10 and a LAMP webserver.
Problem:
Now my local IP address for my virtual NIC (the one ...
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virt-manager not installing
I am trying to install virt-manager on 11.10 on 64 bit machine
sudo aptitude install virt-manager
here is where it stopped the install
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Errors were ...
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Unable to see GUI
Hey I have Installed UBUNTU 12.04 on vmware work station on Windows 7 but when I start it up in vmware I get a message on black screen of ubuntu i.e.
[ 7.3326] pixx4_smbus 0000:00:07.3: Host SMBus ...
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Windows Server 2008 in KVM
I've been working on getting a Windows Server 2008 KVM in my linux box running Ubuntu Server 12.04. I've got virt-install and virt-manager installed, got the install up and running via
virt-install ...
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How to run boot loader in VMWare?
I am using Ubuntu as a virtual machine in VMWare.
I have used this code to write a boot loader which would write Hello world on the screen.
[BITS 16]
[ORG 0x7C00]
MOV SI, HelloString
CALL ...
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VM screen resolution not supported?
Every time I attempt installing Ubuntu on my VM it goes flawlessly until the initial startup of the OS, but I can't seem to fit the machine inside my screen resolution.
I installed a pre-made VM for ...
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VirtualBox: VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT
I'm using virtualbox on ubuntu 12.10.
When I start virtualbox, it shows that VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT.
I find that here is a solution. He used sudo chown root Applications. However, I do not find ...
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Video driver under lxc container?
Since LXC (Linux Containers) is a kernel level super-chroot, I've been wondering what sort of video driver the containers have:
My host is Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit machine with ATI gpu. Will the LXC ...
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Virtualbox: verr not supported [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Virtual Box Won’t Accept .ISO To Install OS
I'm installing windows XP on UBuntu 12.10 by virtual box.
When I import iso file, it shows:
What should I check?
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Problem with uninstalling virtualbox
I am using Ubuntu 12.10.
I downloaded from virtualbox.org the virtualbox package 4.2.4*.deb.
I wanted to install it with dpkg -i and terminal requested me to use command alien instead.
So I did ...
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Use Webcam in 12.10 from Hyper-V
I just installed 12.10 on Windows 8 Hyper-V because I have a task which needs Windows and Ubuntu simultaneously (even though I have Ubuntu dual-booted).
I need to use the webcam from Hyper-V and am ...
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virtualization issues ( Vmware, virtual box and ram recognition)
I have 3 issues:
1 - VirtualBox is now failing after I have done a PAE change this are the errors:
Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
Machine
Interface:
IMachine ...
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How can i make an all-in-one Ubuntu VM for windows? Stick drive to Desktop in minutes
So What I want to do is make something that is essentially one file, for a "here try it" kinda deal. But I am not sure where to even begin. Im willing to read whatever anyone points me to.
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Having trouble using Ubuntu 12.04 ISO in Virtual Box
I followed step-by-step from this site :
Installing Ubuntu inside Windows using VirtualBox
This is my system info:
System Information
-———————-
Time of this ...
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What is the difference between vagrant and juju?
Are they both solving the same problem? Or are they for two different sets of problems? If so for what i it better to use vagrant, and for what better to use juju?
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Debootstrap chroot Installation Error
During initial installation (using both Network installation and CD ISO) of Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS (64-bit) as a guest VM on XenServer 6.1 I'm getting this error:
Debootstrap warning
Warning: ...
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Kvm: 'kvmvapic.bin': No such file or directory
I'm trying to set up virtual machines with kvm and spice. Every time I start a virtual machine it outputs an error and runs extremely slow.
max@TuxServer:~$ kvm-spice -hda vdisk.img -cdrom ...
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Should I install drivers within a virtual machine created using GNOME Boxes?
I've installed Windows 7 Pro 64 bits in a virtual machine using GNOME Boxes. I've never used a virtual machine before and I'm wondering...
Should I install some drivers within a virtual machine ?
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Get information from virtual machine manager using php
Is it possible to retrieve information from virtual machine manager using a php code? i tried through exec commands but couldn't get anything in browser as result. Please any help to complete this ...
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Why does linux-image-virtual depend on a generic kernel now?
The linux-image-virtual metapackage has historically provided a kernel that is specifically designed for use in virtual machines:
Ubuntu 8.04: linux-image-2.6.24-32-virtual
Ubuntu 10.04: ...
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IP Alias to Virtual Machine
Thank you in advance for any help you can give. I have searched and searched and have not found an answer to my issue. I'm not sure if this should be in virtualisation or networking - since it's ...
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Accessing my “Real” Ubuntu from inside Windows with VMware?
Is it possible to access and modify my "real" Ubuntu which is on a different partition from a program such as VMware?
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VM running across multiple hardware
Is it possible to deploy a single Virtual Machine instance to run across multiple physical hardware using Ubuntu's virtualization solution, namely KVM, MAAS, JUJU, etc?
Imagine the following ...
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Virtualbox vnc options
I have been looking for a way to connect to my virtualbox vm guest by a vnc client.
By that I mean, not installing a vnc client/server on the vm, but as an addition to virtualbox; The same way as vps ...
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12.04 on VirtualBox -No internet access on Guest OS
I have Windows 7 as my Host OS which has wired Ethernet working. My guest OS on VirtualBox is Ubuntu 12.04. The problem is that I cannot browse.
I have:
Enabled sharing on Windows;
Have used NAT, ...
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virt-manager in php
can anybody help me to display details about the VM using PHP code. am using Ubuntu server and used KVM as hypervisor. Am trying to display cores, ram, memory alloted each VM.
i have tried all the ...
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Is it better to run Linux distros live or installed on VirtualBox?
I want to run and install some applications on my Linux distributions on the VirtualBox. So what is better 'live' versions or full installs on the VirtualBox? What is the difference between the two ...
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Another Error in migration
i got error when vm migration "Unable to migrate guest: operation failed: migration job: unexpectedly failed " Please Help me
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What to do to install Ubuntu 12.10 in Virtual PC?
After starting the VPC with the ISO captured it gets to the loading screen, everything seems ok and then the loading screen turns green. That is, after some seconds it changes to a screen covered by ...
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How can I assign a domain created on Windows 2003 on PCs that recieve an IP address from my Ubuntu DHCP?
I have three virtual machines:
1 Windows XP, 3 NICs, internal network
1 Windows 2003, 1 NIC, internal network
1 Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, 1 NIC, internal network with three aliases (192.168.21.0, ...
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I want to use Windows 8 from within Ubuntu
I have Windows 8 CD.
I bought a laptop which has a Windows 7 OS but I removed it to use Ubuntu 12.04 but for some of the programs I need Windows 8 without separate partitions.
I heard about VMware ...
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Why does ubuntu server switch to standby when using the xen kernel?
Question: I have a Linux server, which runs Ubuntu 12.04.
I installed Xen-server and paravirtualized an Ubuntu 12.10 as guest machine.
Bridged the network, and so far, it worked fine (after much ...
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VirtualBox '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' issue
So I installed VirtualBox through the software centre, but when I try to start a vm, I get the following error:
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver ...
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i7 Turbo Mode not recognized in VirtualBox
Recently I made the switch to Ubuntu 12.10 as my main OS for my laptop. For the longest time, I've been running Windows 7 with Ubuntu 12.04 inside VirtualBox. As I found myself more and more inside ...
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Virtualize Ubuntu 11.04 from my USB stick
I need to be able to virtualize Ubuntu 11.04 from my USB stick, which will enable to save files on it and when I boot my USB stick on other computers I can still be able to open up the same files. ...
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Kernel error on VMWare after upgrading to 12.10 from 12.04
I upgraded to 12.10 from 12.04. I have removed the old kernel 3.2.21 in 12.04.
On start up, I get an error before login, such as vmware ....
In 12.04, I have installed VMware 9.0 and now in 12.10, ...
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How to do a full installation of Ubuntu 11.04 on USB
I am trying to do a full installation of Ubuntu 11.04 on my USB stick, which can be virtualized on vmwares or virtualboxes when I plugged my USB stick. The Ubuntu must be able to save my files on the ...
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libvirt with SPICE on 12.04 amd64
I'm using 12.04 LTS amd64 as a KVM host + desktop. I have a Windows 7 ultimate 64bit guest on this host. The installation worked perfect with the default (VNC display) settings. Everything also works ...
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Ubuntu Server Virtualization on Redhat Linux
Will Ubuntu Server 12.04 supports virtualization on Redhat Enterprise Linux.
I am facing a problem in Ubuntu Server 12.04. Ubuntu is not allowing me to get into admin rights.
Can you please help us.
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How to manage Juju's LXC containers using virsh?
I use the lxc driver for juju and I have created a local environment; actually the well-known Wordpress from https://juju.ubuntu.com/docs/getting-started.html.
I then tried
export ...
