Questions about Virtualizing Ubuntu or virtualizing other operating systems within Ubuntu.
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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 ...
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How to fix a failing grub-pc package installation in Hyper-V virtual machine?
I am trying to install Ubuntu Server 12.04 64 bit on a Windows Hyper-V virtual machine. I am having issues with the following error:
the grub-pc package failed to install into /target/
I have tried ...
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Startup script sometimes fails - rc.local virtual machine
I've added simple line:
python <path-to-my-script> &
to /etc/rc.local, but I've noticed that after migration from one host to the other one, the script sometimes fails.
I'm using KVM, ...
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Ubuntu, Windows 7 and virtualization
I have a Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 installed on my machine.
I'd like to know if it's possible to start my Windows 7 from WITHIN an opened Ubuntu session.
The same way I would open a virtual machine ...
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Ubuntu 12.4.1 failing in vm both Vbox and Vmware on new HP Envy 4t-1000
Brand new to Linux, getting frustrated trying to get an environment up with Ubuntu. My primary goal is to learn Linux and Apache/PHP development. I need to keep my Windows OS as main on my machine for ...
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How to make NetworkManager NOT manage libvirtd's virtbr0 and vnet0 interfaces?
The libvirt-bin daemon libvirtd creates virtual bridge(s) and interface(s) for the virtual machines it controls. NetworkManager kills these connections. I know that it is possible to uninstall or ...
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How do I scroll-back in a virt-manager virtual machine console?
I have been using virt-manager to manage a few KVM guests fruitfully on my computer so far. It's simple and quite viable.
Nevertheless, up to now, I haven't found a way to scroll back lines ...
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I want to install Xen to run Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 at the same time but I can't find any good tutorials
I'm wanting to use Xen Hypervisor to be able to run both Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 at the same time using virtualization. I can find plenty of XCP tutorials but I'm not looking to install the cloud ...
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Setting up a GUI-based libvirt VM
I am attempting to create a virtual machine using libvirt that will have a GNOME GUI and remote accessibility. I have successfully set up the VM to run, but I am unable to access it remotely.
The ...
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What are the IOMMU Groups that come with the kernel 3.6? [closed]
kernel 3.6 comes with a new feature called IOMMU Groups. So what are these groups and how it will serve virtualizarion
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on VirtualBox 4.1.18 reverts to last snapshot [closed]
Somehow, my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS running in VirtualBox 4.1.18 (W7 Host) got stuck.. and I closed the machine.
Now when I start up the VM again, it reverts back to my last snapshot which is more than 20 ...
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Is there a free trusted vmware image with Ubuntu preinstalled?
Since the vmware virtual machine drivers are pretty standard I don't see any technical reason for a preinstalled image not to be portable.
Although the above situation is obvious, I didn't find any ...
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Can I use ISO image to install Win 7 in VirtualBox running on Ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install Windows 7 inside Oracle Virtualbox
Attempting to install Win 7 from ISO image in VirtualBox installed on Ubuntu 12.0.4 LTS.
The image boots but fails to ...
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virt-manager USB 2.0 problem
I have an Ubuntu 12.04 64bit with QEMU/KVM & virt-manager 0.9.4 (latest compiled from source) installed
my problem is that all guest windows machines does not recognize usb2.0 ports:
windows xp ...
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Windows virtual machince asks for a CD on boot
I have a Ubuntu Server 11.04 and I have created three virtual machines on separate PC with:
Ubuntu Desktop
Windows XP
Windows 7
After completing the installation process, when I restart my server ...
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Ubuntu server on VM, outgoing network working, but incoming is not
I have recently installed Ubuntu server with LAMP, OpenSSH and mail on Oracle's VM, it's incoming networking was working, apache's default message could be seen when opening 127.0.0.1:8080. But now ...
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How do I disable unwanted iPXE boot attempt in Libvirt/qemu-kvm?
Somehow after upgrading to 12.04, my virtual machines always boot with an attempt to boot from the network first. See this:
while I don't have any PXE configuration set:
I've tried:
to disable ...
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how can I disable ssh prompt from kvm remote
when I upgraded my KVM virtual machine manager to the latest version
I got a question prompt every time I try to connect remotely to my machines:
The authenticity of host 'kvm.local (ip address)' ...
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How do I improve the performance of my VirtualBox guest?
I run a guest ubuntu 12.04 on a host ubuntu 12.04, with VirtualBox, and the guest is much, much slower than the host (ALT+TAB takes 4-5 secs). I had a look around and I found contradicting opinions on ...
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How to access guest VMs from outside network?
My problem is how to access guest VM from outside network.
I am going to describe my problem in details.
I have single machine with Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS contains two NICs. One NIC is connected to ...
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Stuck in command prompt while installing 12.04 in VM Player
The full installation happens and the VM reboots and comes to a command prompt. When I log in, I get into the system but again get stuck there.
When I viewed a tutorial, it says after booting, a GUI ...
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How to move vm manually from one host to another host without shared storage [closed]
How to move guest OS manually from one Ubuntu server host to another Ubuntu server host without shared storage using Qemu/kvm
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How to share/access partitions from ubuntu VMware?
I am a beginner at Ubuntu. Here is my problem.
I have Ubuntu installed on my external HDD and I am running XP through VMware on Ubuntu, because my internal disk is dead at the moment. External HDD ...
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Connecting KVM Virtual Machines to internet
So I finally ponied up the money, and bought a server that can actually handle virtualization. On my host machine, I have two static IP addresses, I installed Ubuntu, and followed the guide on ...
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KVM guest disk performance
My KVM guest does max. 200MB/s although the host does easily > 700MB/s (Raid 0 with 4 SSDs).
Configuration: File-based storage (raw), cache none.
Host 24 cores, 96GB ram, Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS and ...
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How do I get write access to ubuntu files from Windows?
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 on my Virtual Machine as a web server. I've mounted the W:/ drive in Win 7 to my /www folder in Ubuntu.
I can read the files, but I'm not able to write to the files.
In ...
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Very slow KVM in Ubuntu 12.04
I use Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit and KVM, my CPU is Core i5 3.3 GHz and I have 8 GB of DDR3 RAM. I run Windows 7 in KVM and it's extremely slow. My co-worker use Debian on the same PC configuration and can ...
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CompizConfig Settings Manager won't work
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on a virtual machine.
I just downloaded CompizConfig and I tried changing the sizes of the desktop icons and it did not work. I tried to change other setting but they also ...
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Is it possible to lose some directories when upgrading from 11.10 to 12.04?
Last day I upgraded my Ubuntu 11.10 desktop to Ubuntu 12.04. I was running a KVM virtual about 7 machines and managed by virt-manage software.
Anyway when I finished upgrading I found that ...
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How to fix 3D Acceleration for Vmware Workstation 9?
I have recently installed Vmware workstation 9 on Ubuntu 12.04 & i have migrated my VM's from windows to Ubuntu 12.04 . Now i am getting openGL error & it says no 3D acceleration as shown in ...
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How do I enable sound with the “linux-virtual” kernel?
I've been trying to enable sound for the linux-virtual kernel as I want to run an ultra slim Ubuntu server under VirtualBox but need audio. The resource usage difference between virtual and ...
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VirtualBox Hardware Virtualization in Ubuntu as Guest OS
I have a Windows 7 64 bit and my CPU supports virtualization and I have enabled it. As a guest OS I have installed Ubuntu 64 Bit and I checked Hardware virtualization in VirtualBox but after running ...
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Why isn't Gnome 3 working on 12.04 in VMWare Player?
After I installed Gnome 3, restarted, and logged back in with "Gnome" as the chosen interface. My desktop looks like this. Any solution?
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What are the differences between linux-generic, linux-server and linux-virtual kernel packages?
I'm getting new VMs built for development and staging environments, and was wondering whether there are compelling reasons for or against using the linux-virtual package on all of these images.
Do ...
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Is there any way to boot Windows 7 partition in virtual machine?
I have a dual boot machine with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Some time I need Windows 7 during my work. For that I reboot to Windows. It's not a way that I won't access NTFS partition. I need my ...
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Virtualization solution with decent graphical capabilities?
I've been using VirtualBox for a really, really long time and enjoyed it but now I need to run Unity3D (dev tool, not the ubuntu shell) and this seemingly simple task turned out to be too much for ...
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Ubuntu with Xen or VirtaulBox - VM able to see HDDs?
I was wondering if it is possible to set up a Ubuntu machine, with a CentOS command line virtual machine within (either with VirtualBox or Xen) that can run sas2ircu to link with host-bus-adapters to ...
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ubuntu vm cannot find new network cards
After copying the virtual hard disk of a vm I made to a new machine, ubuntu no longer recognises the network cards and spews out errors like:
failed to bring up eth0 ..... no such device
I'm ...
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Unable to Boot Live CD to resize disk partition
I have a working version of 11.10 installed on VMware but I need to increase my disk space.
I tried to boot from iso (on windows drive), but neither F2, F12 or ESC seem to work. I wanted to boot from ...
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high performance with xen, vmware or virtualbox
I was wondering which is the best method to go about if I want to play win based games.
I do not want to go with the dual boot method as this will cost me time to restart, login and run a os to do my ...
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how to use ubuntu server virtualization feature?
I have downloaded and installed ubuntu 11.10 server on a high end dell power edge server.
i have another desktop for my development which is windows 7
How do I create VM's etc on ubuntu 11.10 server ...
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Portable virtual machine with preinstalled Ubuntu for Windows?
I download "Damn Small Linux (DSL)" distribution from (http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/damnsmalllinux/current/dsl-4.4.10-embedded.zip) and this distribution has a very interesting version called ...
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Sharing VMware Ubuntu guest Internet connection to win 7 host
I have read a lot from the forum and question about sharing host Internet connection to Ubuntu guest, but not other way round. I wonder if somebody know how to share VMware Ubuntu guest Internet ...
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Specifying a local iso to vmbuilder for KVM
I am trying to specify a local .iso image of the Ubuntu OS I would like to use to create a virtual machine of. According to vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --help, (and this post) you are allowed to specify an ...
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running windows on a virtual machine for portability in case my laptop goes bellyup [closed]
I work as a software consultant who works primarily in the windows environment. My laptop is my lifeline and I can ill-afford any downtime if it goes belly up. Somebody suggested running windows in a ...
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How to install Windows 7 inside Oracle Virtualbox [closed]
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (32-bit) on a 64-bit machine.
I want to install Windows 7 64-bit inside virtualbox. I have
enabled virtualization in the bios. I have installed oracle
virtualbox with the ...
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What is the “/dev/xvda1” device?
When I type mount on the root of my Ubuntu system I get the output
/dev/xvdal on / type ext4 (rw,noatime)
I want to know what is the meaning of /dev/xvdal in this?
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KVM with VT-x and 64-bit machine
I recently got my hands on a new laptop with an i3-2310M which supports the VT-x extension. I want to guest install Windows 7.
How do I use VT-x on KVM?
How will the guest OS benefit/what more can ...
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virt-install says name is in use, but virsh list --all is empty. Where is virt-install finding this name?
virt-install says name is in use, but virsh list --all says there is nothing.
jrwren@delays:{%22}~ $ virt-install -d -n android -r 512 --disk android.qcow2 -s 4 -c /d/cd\ ...
