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[ubuntu] Black bars instead of menus
I installed both 12.04 and 13.04 with VMWare Player and in both cases saw black bars instead of menus. Take a look at the screenshot. Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this? Actually, that random...
View Article[ubuntu] Help with virtualbox settings
I'm a complete Linux newbie and I've got a couple of questions about properly configuring Ubuntu 13.04 to run on my computer using Virtualbox. 1) How much Base Memory should I allocate to this virtual...
View Article[all variants] Xen pciback troubles
Hello all, I'm having a sporadic problem with Xen's PCI passthrough, but since I'm pretty confident that the problem lies within Ubuntu's boot sequence (that is my lack of understanding of the boot...
View Article[ubuntu] Problems installing virtualenv & virtualenvwrapper
I am trying to install virtualenv and wrapper and I get the following error: IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pymongo-2.4.2.egg-info/top_level.txt' I...
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[ubuntu] Ubuntu 13.04 VirtualBox error on launch.
I installed VirtualBox. This is what I get when I try to launch it: Screenshot from 2013-05-04 02:37:33.png Any ideas? Thanks. Attached Images Screenshot from 2013-05-04 02:37:33.png (23.7 KB)
View Article[ubuntu] Can't login to linux ubuntu 12.04 LTS runnin in wmware windows 7
Hi, I installed wmware in windows 7 and running ubuntu 12.04. For first time it works fine but if I shutdown the laptop and tried to use it does not allow me to login. It try to login but come back to...
View Article[ubuntu] 3D Acceleration with VirtualBox 4.2.x in Ubuntu 12.04 x64
Hallo Guys! I am trying to make 3D acceleration work on my machine with Ubuntu 12.04.2 guest. ALready a week sitting and cannot find anything useful Host: Windows 8 x64 Guest Ubuntu 12.04.2 x64 I...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu 12.04.2 and Virtualbox 4.2.x 3D accceleration configuration
This thread is dedicated to configuring Virtualbox v. 4.2.x with ubuntu 12.04.2 I am not interested in installation of the OS but more of the configuration and 3D acceleration specifically My...
View Article[ubuntu] VirtualBox will not run VM's
Hello all, I'm still new to Linux in general so please excuse my ignorance. I have taken the plunge and installed 12.04 LTS 64bit on my laptop and for the most part I am more than happy. However I am...
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[ubuntu] Installing Matlab with wine error code 9009
I am trying to install MATLABR2012a with wine and I came up with the error (see attached image). "Command line returend OS error code '9009' for command." When I install matlab it asks for a path for...
View Article[ubuntu] What form of VMware should I use for my new server?
Hi all, I'm going to make the leap from Windows 2008 to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server as I did some recent testing and there really is a dramatic improvement in web server response times when hosting on a...
View Article[ubuntu] Installing Ubuntu 12.10 in VirtualBox
I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 in VirtualBox. I am running VirtualBox on Windows 8. At the start of the installation process, I see that one of the options that Ubuntu presents is as follows: [ ]...
View Article[all variants] KVM server configuration issue with multiple NICs (network...
These days most servers have more than 1 network interface and thus it is common to route traffic from kvm guests through specific NICs. My server has 4 NICs and I plan to use eth0 as the default...
View Article[ubuntu] How can I virtualize existing physical machine?
Hello, I want to virtualize an existing Windows 7 laptop install into an image file which can be run with VirtualBox. What tools can I use to perform this action? I'm also satisfied with a reference to...
View Article[all variants] Root on USB flash: Performance issues?
Hi, I just installed a VMware ESXi free hypervisor on my box just to see what it's about, and now I'm replacing it with an Ubuntu for KVM. The thing is, the HOWTO I used for ESXi said to put the ESXi...
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[ubuntu] Xen with VGA passthrough
Not sure this is the right place to post, but if you are interested in trying Xen with VGA passthrough, have a look at this: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=112013. The how-to uses...
View Article[ubuntu] Windows XP with VBOX - desktop.u1conflict
My Ubuntu 12.04 recently did a software upgrade and afterwards I got an icon on my desktop that reads: Windows XP.desktop.u1conflict If I try to launch Windows XP in VBOX a window pops up that says...
View Article[ubuntu] Problem starting VirtualBox
Since I upgraded to 13.04 I cannot start my Windows 7 virtual box. All I use this for is to program a remote. Anyway the error messages in which I receive are as follows: Kernel driver not installed...
View Article[ubuntu] Help with virtualbox shared folder permissions for ldap users/groups
Really need some help to get the permissions sorted for ldap users on the guest OS to access the shared folders. Here's the scenario: Host: Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS 64 bit with Virtual box 4.2.6 Guest:...
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