Ubuntu 14.04 / Xen 4.4 improved VGA passthrough for AMD cards
I did some tests with Ubuntu 14.04 / Xen 4.4 regarding VGA passthrough. Here the hardware: CPU: Intel i7 3930K (supporting VT-d) M/B: Asus Sabertooth X79 with latest BIOS dom0 graphics: AMD / ATI 7770...
View ArticleVirtualisation - experience of KVM vs Virtualbox using Command Line
Hi, So I'm installing Ubuntu server minimal as a base server and then want to run seperate virtual machines on top of it for media server, file server, test box etc. Does anyone have any experience...
View Article[lubuntu] VirtualBox and full screen mode
I just downloaded Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit Desktop and donated money to the project (something I hope everyone does). I want to try it out in a VurtualBox session running on Ubuntu 13.10. Everything...
View Article[SOLVED] Qemu issues with grub2 on a pendrive
I am having some issues while using qemu to test my bootable pendrive (used to boot various live isos) : Qemu remembers my /boot/grub.cfg file between reboots of the vm (either by killing the window or...
View Article14.04 on VirtualBox is slow
I currently run 12.04 LTS in VirtualBox and then menus respond rather quickly. But, after installing 14.04 yesterday the menu is quite a bit slower to respond to clicks. It works, but man it's slow. I...
View Article[UbuntuGnome] can't start vmware workstation 9 after installing it
Hello, I get an error message when I start vmware workstation 9 after installing. I think it complains about the network. any ideas ?
View ArticleInstalled VM PLayer 6.0.1 ok, but error "Unable to start service" when...
Installed on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64 bit. Have included the last few lines of log file. Any thoughts? 2014-04-18T17:43:25.674+10:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256....
View Article[ubuntu] 3D Acceleration didn't work after changing kernel on 14.04 (under...
I'm using Ubuntu under VMWare and right after upgrading to 14.04, 3D acceleration seems to work perfectly. Everything was smooth and fast. However, I then tried to switch the kernel and then back to...
View ArticleUbuntu 14.04 & VMware Workstation 10.01
I installed VMware Workstation 10.01 and it installed fine, but will not run, due to kernel issues. Does Ubuntu have a fix for this?
View ArticleOption for 64-Bit Gone
Hello, I am using Oracle VM Virtualbox Manager to try and install Fedora 20. My host machine is a 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. When I try to set up the machine, it asks me what OS I want (normal so far)....
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Error on startup
Ubuntu 13 LTS Is this an error? I am running a virtual machine, but I would like to know why the SMbus is not being initialized, some incompatibility perhaps?
View ArticleDifference between libvirt and uvtool
I am trying to understand what the difference is between libvirt and uvtool. After having read the documentation for both, it seems like both serve the same purpose. Is this the case? If so, how do you...
View Article[ubuntu] Windos 7 VirtualBox Blue Screens after 14.04 Upgrade
I recently upgraded to Trusty - now my Windows 7 VM blue screens, (it ran fine on Saucy). I've tried to create new Windows VM's - Windows 8 and Windows 7 and they blue screen before the setup launches....
View ArticleSavestate virtualbox VM on shutdown host
What I'm trying to do is automatically save state the virtualbox VM's on shutdown of my Ubuntu 13.10 host. I always forget that I have multiple VM's open. So when I shutdown my host, the VM's shutdown...
View Article[ubuntu] Cannot connect from Ubuntu system to other Ubuntu system in VM using...
Hello, I am trying to transfer files from my Ubuntu system 12.04 to my other Ubuntu system 12.10 which is running in VirtualBox. I try: sftp linux@192.168.1.13 when linux is the name of my system in...
View Article[lubuntu] Virtualbox - lubuntu guest
I'm trying to get full screen for a lubunu 14.04 guest on a ubuntu 14.04 host. No luck with the normal process so I'm trying sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-utils virtualbox-ose-guest-x11...
View ArticleMonitoring VM
Hi, As a part of my master thesis, my mentor wants me to measure energy consumption of different monitoring tools for a single virtual machine, so I have Ubuntu 12.04 running on VMware Player on...
View ArticleRunning multiple instances of one virtual machine remotely
Hi I have been using Ubuntu Server from time to time, so I know a little bit, but not a lot. We are going to create a Server at work for backup and centralized storage (samba etc.) But we also need a...
View Article[ubuntu] PuTTy Fatal Error when accessing VMware
I installed VMware Player on my Ubuntu 12.04 machine, and installed CentOs on it. Then I installed PuTTY SSH Client and trying to access with the IP address of CentOS from Ubuntu. But I'm unable to...
View Article[ubuntu] How do I use CTRL keys in Virtualbox (I've tried the 'solution' and...
This has been asked before but the solutions do not work for me. I am using Ubuntu 12.10 in VirtualBox. In the terminal, none of the CRTL keys work e.g. CTRL C provides a 'c'; CTRL V provides a 'v'....
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