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What are practical advantages of using linux-image-virtual kernel?

Ubuntu provides an alternative kernel package - linux-image-virtual, that is supposed to be optimized for use in virtual machines. What are actual optimizations and how much faster/smaller/better is it compared to the generic kernel when running on…
Septagram
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Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop under Windows 8.1 Hyper-V

Is it possibly to speed up the graphics of Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop under Windows 8.1 Hyper-V anyhow? I've already decreased the screen resolution and disabled the COMPIZ video effects, but it's still very laggy. It used to work with almost native…
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How to get Ubuntu guest VM to recognize second VirtualBox monitor?

Now that VirtualBox supports multiple monitors for guests, I decided to try it out with Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha3 (i386) as a guest. Unfortunately, the second screen stays black and I can't even get xrandr to see the other display. Is there some way of…
Nathan Osman
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Using Webcam and Microphone in Virt-Manager

I have a Kubuntu 20.04.1 LTS as my Host OS, and I have a Fedora installed as guest using Virt-Manager. Is it possible to use the built-in Webcam and Microphone of my laptop in the Guest-OS using Virt-Manager? If yes, then how?
Atul Gopinathan
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Graphics glitches in VirtualBox Ubuntu guest when 3D acceleration is enabled

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 as a VirtualBox guest on a Windows 10 host machine, I've installed and re-installed guest additions by following the instruction on this page. The drivers appear to be configured fine. /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p…
Saurabh Yadav
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Enabling multiple screens on KVM/spice Ubuntu guest

I have installed Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 with KVM in a bare metal server. Then, using virt-manager, I have created a brand new Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 guest with a single QXL Video device and a Spice server. I'm accessing this VM using virt-viewer…
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VirtualBox: Start Firefox in Ubuntu via a Windows script?

I am using VirtualBox to run Ubuntu 12.04 as a guest in a Windows 7 host. I would like execute a command in Windows that will launch Ubuntu's Firefox. I tried VirtualBox's VBoxManage guestcontrol function. The command seems to do something, but…
SpaceRook
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Want to install Windows 10 Pro as VitrtualBox guest system under Ubuntu

I will soon be receiving a "new" (refurbished) notebook. It comes with Windows 10 Pro. I plan to run Ubuntu, but instead of throwing Windows away, I wonder if I might be able to install it as a guest system in VirtualBox. The problem, as I see…
Larry Bristol
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Lubuntu as VBox Guest - Bad display

I am trying out lubuntu desktop 16.10 on Virtualbox and following the "Try Lubuntu without installing" option and the VM boots but when it loads, the display is garbled and not usable: Maximizing, changing display size does not help. I'm using the…
Timothy C. Quinn
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Can I run virtual machines with CUDA GPU?

Is it possible? I have nVidia CUDA GT555M 2GB and I'd like to have its power in guest OSs (mainly Windows, for games). I found few topics or questions about this, but they were kinda old, so I'm not sure whether it works now or not. Ubuntu 14.04.4…
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Virtualbox guest additions installation fails for shared folder support!

I am trying to setup Ubuntu guest OS on a Windows host system.After creating the new virtual machine, I am trying to install the guest additions and I am running sudo sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run but running that I am getting the following error, The…
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vmware tools does not work in ubuntu 12.04 guest

I just installed ubuntu 12.04 on vmware workstation 8.0.4. I am trying to install vmware tools, but I got stuck on this step: The filesystem driver (vmhgfs module) is used only for the shared folder feature. The rest of the software provided by…
FurtiveFelon
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What will happen if i select the Erase disk and install Ubuntu option in VMware?

I am trying to install Ubuntu on VMware that already has a Kali Linux guest OS installed in it. When I am prompted to erase disk and install Ubuntu, if I go ahead with it will it delete the Kali Linux guest OS too?
G Modibbo
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Ubuntu (guest OS in Vmware) shows a blank screen if CTRL+ALT+DEL key is pressed

I'm not an expert of Ubuntu but I'm learning it while using it for everyday tasks. my experience has been good so far. just that I face a few glitches sometimes. I have this weird problem from the very beginning, usually I restart but that's not…
Simple Fellow
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Is this rendering because of VM, or do i need to install something else? unity, 18.04

In an attempt to avoid the gnome desktop completely, I installed Ubuntu from the minimal installer and installed Unity after with the command sudo apt install ubuntu-unity-desktop. This in VirtualBox. For some reason nothing seems to move smoothly.…
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