[SOLVED] virtualbox windows guest cannnot ping
I am running Ubuntu 13.04 with windows 7 as a guest in virtualbox. I want to share folders but I can't. Windows cannot find the folder on Ubuntu and when I ping Ubuntu I get nothing. I am guessing it...
View ArticleVirtualbox stops responding after installation
Hey guys, hope you can help me, ive been having some problems with installing Ubuntu 13.10 through my virtualbox. Everything runs smoothly until the installation finishes and it asks for a reboot. If i...
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[ubuntu] High ping/latency on Xen box
I am having problems with my Xen box. Once in a while it has too high ping/latency and it is very annoying. It does not matter if I am pinging server from outer network (LAN0) or inner network (LAN1),...
View ArticleHow do I mount an entire hard drive image?
I have a drive image that I need to mount, boot sector and all. The common method of mount -o loop, -t ntfs offset=number image.img /mnt/drive doesn't apply to me, I need to do what it tells me I'm...
View Article[ubuntu] changing guestos colour bit from 24 to 32-bit
Hey I am using virtualbox and have windows server 2012 and redhat 6.3 as guest os how can i enable 32-bit colour mode so that i can use full screen resolution 1366x768 pixel supported my my laptop.
View Article[ubuntu] Processor Virtualization
Hello all! What is the suggestion on running Processor Virtualization, and does this help the system run better or is it useless unless your using a virtualization setup, where you running virtual...
View Article[SOLVED] can't find linux-headers-3.8.0-23-generic
I'm trying to use virtualbox 4.3 from their own ppa's (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads). When i install this, i get: Code: Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using...
View Article[ubuntu] Difference between the host and the guest OS kernel versions
I had installed Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit on my Laptop (host OS) when it was released (around April, 2012) and after applying all the patches (sudo apt-get update;sudo apt-get dist-upgrade), the version of...
View Article[ubuntu] virsh pool-create with nfs not working
I'm relatively new to KVM and libvirt and hoping someone can provide some assistance or guidance creating nfs pools for guest machines. I've tried to read up but am stumped. Any ideas or guidance would...
View Article[ubuntu] No connection via NAT in Virtualbox; bridged mode only?
Hello all, Been using Virtualbox for a while (from the Oracle repo) on my laptop, host OS of Ubuntu 13.10. Was running 4.2.18, upgraded to .20 and noticed that now my guest machines were no longer able...
View ArticleVirtualBox Update won't install
I'm been using VirtualBox for quite some time on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04, and have successfully updated it at least three times; currently I'm using 4.2.18 r88780. When I run VirtualBox now, it tells me...
View Article[ubuntu] Best way to transfer windows to a Virtual Environment
I currently have ubuntu in a dual boot with windows. I need some windows programs that are wine incompatible. I do not want to do some small tasks in windows, save, go to ubuntu, come back to windows,...
View Article[SOLVED] can't install virtualbox in ubuntu 13.04 x64
Hello, I am a beginner and I installed virtual box 4.3.6, i have read in other posts but i can't find the solution. After that i have installed "sudo apt-get install dkms" - and is all ok i use root...
View Article[ubuntu] Can install Host on SSD and VMs on magnet HD?
Hi all, The price of SSD is still quite expensive. Its booting speed is wonderful. I have an Intel SSD with 120G in capacity. Would it be possible installing the host on SSD and the VMs on WD Black...
View ArticleUbuntu on virtual machine in retina display
Hello folks, I recently bought a Macbook Pro 13''. This is my first mac, and well, it has a really good screen. I noticed it more after using it for a while and then coming back to my old computer....
View Article[ubuntu] VirtualBox Ubuntu guest- how to get higher resolution full screen?...
I'm setting up an Ubuntu VM in my Windows 7 installation. I have an i7 processor, a dedicated laptop graphics card with 256MB video memory, and 6 GB RAM. I've allocated 128 MB video memory to the VM....
View ArticleMass Effect
I am just starting out on Ubuntu and I have no idea if this is possible but what I want to do is make this image http://nightmaremode.net/wp-content/...minal_Icon.png is to make it clickable. The left...
View ArticleAbout export Virtual Appliance on VirtualBox
Hi all, Please help me to understand the function of "Write Manifest file" on exporting Virtual Appliance. I'm aware the other option "Write legacy OVF 0.9" which is to export the Virtual Appliance for...
View Articlelibvirt is being restarted with ABRT signal
Hi, After moving all VMs to hugepages and disabling KSM libvirtd is being restarted from time to time with ABRT signal: Code: [Tue Dec 24 10:44:38 2013] init: libvirt-bin main process (100286) killed...
View ArticleKVM Host/Guest folder sharing with virtio only in read-only mode
I followed these steps http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/9p_virtio and it works, but if I reopen an existing file (also with root) I get "Operation not permitted" so I can't save the new changes :( How to...
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