Questions tagged [virtualbox]
VirtualBox is a platform-independent open-source virtualization software available for Linux, OS X, Solaris and Windows hosts. Guest additions need to be installed to automatically adjust the guest screen resolution. USB is supported through a proprietary extension.
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best ubuntu version for a new learner [closed]
a new linux user says HI !
i just started learning linux few days ago but apparently i installed an outdated version of ubuntu (22.10). Thus, i would kindly like to know from you what is the best ...
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my VM does not work and it give me a weird message (i use virtualbox)
This is the original error
l'instruction a 0x00007FF9DA63EDB4 emploie l'adresse memoire 0x00000238F5CA9414.L'etat de la memoire ne peut pas etre written.
and this is the error after transilalte
the ...
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Netplan Configuration Isssue: Unable to obtain ip address for ethernet configured with dhcp4
Goal: Determine why configuring an interface with only dhcp4 fails.
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I am working on configuring netplan for a Virtualbox VM.
The VM has 1 bridged adapter connected to my machines wlo1 and 2 ...
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VirtualBox vs Qemu/KVM performance - Ubuntu 22.04 guest on top of Ubuntu 22.04 host
I'm currently using Virtualbox in Ubuntu 22.04 for VMs running also Ubuntu 22.04. I'm not using it for games, so no need for PCI passthrough. Only web browsing or some P2P network transfers. My ...
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Shard-Folder in Virtualbox is not displayed on the VM
I installed the guest extension for virtualbox and created a folder in the started vm (Windows 11) via --> Devices --> Shared Folder -->. The Shared folder is /home/i-M/desk/my_shard_folder ...
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Cannot run Virtualbox 6.1.38_Ubuntu r153438 on Ubuntu 22.04
I cannot not run a virtual machine in Virtubalbox anymore. I already made an apt purge virtualbox* and removed all virtualbox files in the HD. Reinstall it, create a new VM but keeps giving the error:
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Ubuntu 22.04>Virtual Box>Kali 2023.3-amd64 grub rescue error [closed]
I am unable to locate the normal.mod file within hd0 and hd0,msdos1.
Not sure what to do next
Screenshot of my steps:
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virtualbox: using existing virtual hard disk file for new vm
I had an ubuntu 18.04 VM that I created using virtual box on windows 11 host.
Due to some hardware issues my laptop needed some repair. But repair caused VM to have adapter issues and VM stopped ...
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Problem with installing guest addtions on VirtualBox on Ubuntu Server 22.04
I installed VirtualBox on Windows 11 , version 7.12 r159484 Qt5.15.2
I run in VirtualBox an Ubuntu server 22.04. I downloaded guest additions with command wget from VirtualBox on downloads.
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How do I get OracleVM VirtualBox to work on Ubuntu 22.04?
I am new to linux and do not have much experience. I already tried to fix this twice and ended up going into emergency boot mode and had to reinstall the operating system. I really need some help so I ...
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Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) Error
I have a problem with Ubuntu 22 and virtualbox and I can't fix it, would you do me a favor if you help me, thank you.
Image of the error
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Where does the space go? (VirtualBox VM)
Sorry, I am not a professional. I need to use a virtual machine with Linux and a lot of disk space. When I created a VM in VirtualBox, I set virtual hard drive size to 80GB. But the system in the VM ...
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Ubuntu 22.04: Able to ping the host but no internet access on browser
I am new to ubuntu. I have VM Virtual box installed on Windows system which launches the Ubuntu 22.04.
My system is connected to Ethernet and is able to access the internet (with Windows 10). When i ...
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Headless VirtualBox VM / phpvirtualbox cant add iso to VM
I have installed a Headless VirtualBox VM Host on my Ubuntu Server.
Install finished but then I test the software. It's a fresh install Ubuntu Server 22.04. However, nothing happens when I try to ...
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Why is my Ubuntu not working on the virtualbox?
Here is the image right here about now
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Can I eject Guest Additions CD image after installation?
To enable fullscreen on my guest VM (Ubuntu 22.04.1), I inserted Guest Addition CD image and ran the appropriate executable file (VBoxLinuxAdditions.run) which solved the fullscreen problem but now in ...
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VMWare unable to enumerate USB Devices
I have a laptop running Ubuntu 23.10 running VirtualBox Graphical User Interface Version 7.0.10_Ubuntu r158379
When I boot the Virtual Box interface up, it immediately pops up the error:
Failed to ...
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Need help while installing virtual box{i am a newbee} This is what I've got as errors list
virtualbox-7.0 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.15.1) but 5.12.8+dfsg-0ubuntu2.1 is to be installed
Depends: libqt5dbus5 (>= 5.14.1) but 5.12.8+dfsg-0ubuntu2.1 is to be installed
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How to fix "Failed to start System Login Service"?
I recently expanded the virtual hard drive of my virtual machine running ubuntu. I then saw that before that storage was available to me, I needed to expand the partition of the hard drive. First, I ...
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How can I access all the Free Space on my drive? I get an error while trying to expand the partition
I'm running ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS on a virtual machine, to which I originally alocated 60 GB of storage. I then realized I needed more space, so I expanded the size of the virtual drive, but once inside ...
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Download virtual box and run windows in it [duplicate]
I want to download VirtualBox on Ubuntu 22.04 and run Windows on it. I just installed Ubuntu and I'm new to it so I don't know much about it. While installing VirtualBox via apt get install virtual... ...
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I can't start a Virtual Machine from a VDI file obtained by VBoxManage convertdd [duplicate]
I have followed instructions showed by this post and in particular I started with the following dd command:
sudo dd if=/dev/sde of=/path/to/file/img/my-bootable-lubuntu.img
The source for the dd ...
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Ubuntu 23.10, no VirtualBox available. What can be done?
VirtualBox is key for me right now as I want to have Cursor IDE in a Windows VM because the Linux AppImage doesn't work.
Also for some of my security learning running Kali and my VM's from school.
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Not seeing files in VM shared folder
I created a shared folder in the VM shared folder in my Windows C:\Users\sfox\documents\images with Access Full AutoMount Yes at /srv/tftp
I put 2 or 3 files in the images folder on my windows pc but ...
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How can I solve: Error installing linux-image-6.2.0-36-generic
How can I solve this?
Ubuntu version is 22.04 and virtual box version is 7.0
I have already installed one Ubuntu vm on this virtual box.
Is it the reason why this new one not getting installed?
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Unable to share a folder with VM. Folder within a partition of type NTFS. Ubuntu 23.10 as base OS, with a Windows virtual machine. Can you help?
I am currently working with an IBM Linux server in which I have installed Ubuntu, version 23.10.
In this Linux OS, I recently installed Virtual Box virtual machine, version 7.0. I am a ...
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trouble connecting a linux server to a windows client
How can I connect a Linux server to a Windows client. I've both operating systems already installed on VirtualBox — Ubuntu Server 22.04 and Windows 10 Enterprise. For the Linux server, I kept the ...
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USRP N210 Connection Issues on Ubuntu 22.04 VirtualBox VM
I am running into consistent connection issues when trying to run a USRP N210 on a VirtualBox Ubuntu 22.04 VM. I built uhd from source on the ettus page, configured a static IP address in Ubuntu, ...
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Failed to Send Host log on ERROR
I know that there are similiar questions , but none of them seems to resolve the Issue. Basically, a quite few days back, there was this notification coming on my ubuntu VM that there is a little root ...
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What's taking up the disk-space on my Ubuntu Desktop VM (virtualbox)?
I have an Ubuntu VM (virtualbox). I'm regularly getting the 'filesystem nearly full message', which seems odd, as there's not much on there.
Querying this by looking at the discs, I can see I have 3 ...
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Receiving an "unable to resolve host address" error when using wget [closed]
New to using Linux systems and I recently bought a book with incorporated labs to teach me to use Kali Linux through Virtualbox. However, when I attempt to use wget, I receive this error:
Resolving ...
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WIN11 VM Does Not Start
I recently installed win11 vm using the method shown here https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/how-to-install-a-windows-11-vm-using-lxd#1-overview.
I finished the installation up to end of step 3 where ...
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Fail install minikube
Getting the following error message, using Windows+VirtualBox
C:\Users\x>multipass launch minikube --name minikube -vvvv
[2023-10-25T11:08:20.164] [trace] [k8s1] Got VMState: running
[2023-10-...
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Unable to see files in Ubuntu VM shared folder
I am using Try Ubuntu on a VM, I have not installed it yet as I'm not sure it will work for me.
I created a shared folder in the VM shared folder- in my windows C:\Users\sfox\documents\images with ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 in VirtualBox doesn't run
I've been using Ubuntu 20.04 in VirtualBox with these specs for months.
Today when I started the computer, I saw that it was not working and it was stuck at a black screen. First these boot messages ...
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download the img file of Ubuntu touch
I want to download the img file of Ubuntu touch to convert it to vdi and use it on virtual box or directly use it with limbo on android.
Also I checked some answers and websites and all of them said ...
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ALFA AWUS036AXM usb wifi adapter generating xhci_hcd transfer error
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Ubuntu 22.04 (kernel 6.3.5) guest running on VirtualBox VM
MacOS (Big Sur) Host
ALFA AWUS036AXM connected via USB (Mediatek MT7921aun chipset). it is recommended for Linux
The VM detects the ...
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Vagrant error when running vagrant up
I am getting the following error when I run vagrant up. I'm using Ubuntu 23.04 running on VMware. The host computer is Windows.
ubuntu@ubuntu2304:~/DevOps/ansibleintro$ vagrant up
Bringing machine '...
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internet unreachable on 22.04 post adding static ip configuration
I boot up a new virtual box ubuntu server instance - 22.04.3 lts from its iso image.
At this point I am able to run commands such as sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade, etc and they run as expected.
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Help detecting a USB plotter device to pass through on VirtualBox
I am using Ubuntu, but have a USB plotter I need to use occasionally that works best with software that only runs in Windows. I thought a good solution would be to use Windows as a guest in ...
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Mouse stopped working on Ubuntu VM
I've been using Ubuntu 22.04.3 virtual machine on Windows 10 with VirtualBox 7.0.10 for some time and everything was good. But suddenly, the mouse stopped working properly. I can use the icons in the ...
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virtualbox Second monitor on Ubuntu guest disappears after black screen timeout
I have an Ubuntu 22.04 as host and an Ubuntu 20.04 as guest on it using virtualbox both with two monitors.
When I am not around for a while and the screen turns black, I need to click or press a key ...
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VirtualBox icon not showing on launcher. Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
I googled it and asked ChatGPT but can't solve this.
The issue that I'm trying to fix is that I can't see the virtual machine icon when a VM is running. The VirtualBox icon is working, but the ...
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Making Ubuntu host allocate same DHCP IP address to same guest VM all the time
I have an Ubuntu 22.04 and I have Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.0.4 on it. I have created several VMs (all Linux VMs) on VirtualBox. I need DHCP to allocate same IP address to a particular VM. I installed ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 (and 22.04.3) stuck on purple loading screen using VirtualBox 7 on MacOS (Catalina)
I am trying to install Ubuntu 64-bit through Vitrualbox on my MacBook Pro (16 inch, 2019 running MacOS 10.15.2 Catalina). I have downloaded Virtualbox and followed the online tutorials to install ...
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npm install fails with ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE on win11 host in ubruntu VirtualBox generic/ubuntu2204
Environment:
Win 11
Vagrant box: VirtualBox generic/ubuntu2204
"../gloss-translation" is repo root directory on host machine.
Vagrantfile:
vb.customize ["setextradata", :id, &...
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VPN configuration box is grayed out, Xubuntu Desktop
I am facing a issue where when I try to add a VPN connection, the VPN configuration Box is grayed out and unclickable (attach in image).
This is a fresh install of Ubuntu server and overthat I had ...
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Trouble getting virtualbox to work on Ubuntu 22.04. vxboxdrv kernel module is not loaded
I am very new to Linux and recently started using it (dual boot with Windows). I am trying to run Ansible which does not support Windows and thus here I am!
Currently using:
Ubuntu 22.04
VirtualBox 7....
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Creating a VirtualBox image from a physical Ubuntu Machine
I am trying to create a virtualbox image from a physical ununtu machine. I already have a raw image of the physical disk that I got using:
dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/mnt/f/disk.raw bs=1024
Then converted ...
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Allow internet access for ubuntu
I am seeking solution to allow internet access at NIC 1 bridged adapter in VirtualBox.
I tested Ubuntu VirtualBox with static and dhcp setting seems not working on NIC 1 adapter primary and secondary ...
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