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[Notice: Only programming-related questions are on-topic] Oracle VM VirtualBox is an x86 virtualization software package, now developed by Oracle Corporation

Oracle VM VirtualBox

Oracle VM VirtualBox is an x86 virtualization software package. It was created by software company innotek GmbH, purchased by Sun Microsystems, and is now developed by Oracle Corporation as part of its family of virtualization products.

VirtualBox is installed on an existing host operating system; within this application, additional guest operating systems can be loaded and run. Each guest OS operates within its own virtual environment.

Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Solaris hosts. It supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to:

  • Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7)
  • DOS/Windows 3.x,
  • Linux (2.4 and 2.6)
  • Solaris and OpenSolaris
  • OS/2
  • OpenBSD

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Switch android x86 screen resolution

I would like to use Android-x86 2.2 as an emulator on my Windows 7. I have downloaded VirtualBox and the ISO, and I've made a virtual machine with it, but I can't set the resolution to 320x480 or something similar. The following tutorial "Using…
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Detect virtualized OS from an application?

I need to detect whether my application is running within a virtualized OS instance or not. I've found an article with some useful information on the topic. The same article appears in multiple places, I'm unsure of the original source. VMware…
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How do I delete a virtualbox machine in the GURU_MEDITATION error state?

How do I delete a VirtualBox machine in the GURU_MEDITATION error state? Is it enough just to delete the directory while VirtualBox is not running? EDIT: After posting, I deleted the entire directory that "Show in File Manager" navigates to. It…
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How to ping ubuntu guest on VirtualBox

I have an VM (VirtualBox) with Ubuntu. Host machine is Windows 7. How can I ping my Ubuntu from host and vice versa? Trying to set "Bridged" connection type in VM settings but there is no effect, I only lose my internet connection in Ubuntu.
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Share folders from the host Mac OS to a guest Linux system in VirtualBox

How do I go about sharing a folder between the host (Mac) and the guest OS (Ubuntu) in Virtual Box?
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Virtual Box UUID {07c3.........} does not match the value {2c1b...} stored in the media registry

I had to delete my virtual box .vhd files. I'm now trying to restore them from another machine but getting: Virtual Box UUID {07c3.........} does not match the value {2c1b...} stored in the media registry…
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How can I easily add storage to a VirtualBox machine with XP installed?

When I installed Windows XP on a VirtualBox machine, I made the hard drive only 10 GB since and assumed it would expand in size (as do hard drives in VMWare as far as I can remember, isn't this true?). In any case, I'm trying to install Visual…
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Unable to vagrant up - how to set "providers"

I am trying run vagrant but after vagrant up error appears: No usable default provider could be found for your system. Vagrant relies on interactions with 3rd party systems, known as "providers", to provide Vagrant with resources to run…
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How to upgrade to VirtualBox Guest Additions on VM box?

I've got the latest version of VirtualBox installed on my desktop (4.3.4). I'm using Vagrant to run a VM based on the example 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS box at: http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box Everytime I run vagrant up, I get the following…
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Vagrant/VirtualBox/Apache2 Strange Cache Behaviour

I'm using Vagrant to run an Ubuntu powered VirtualBox with Apache2. The webserver, among others, serves static files from my /vagrant directory. This works well most of the time. But when I change an image on my shared folder and reload the website,…
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Genymotion does not start Android virtual device

How to resolve Genymotion/VirtualBox issue, when can't start Android virtual device? Bellow message is received: Unable to start the Genymotion virtual device. The VirtualBox software returned an error: "incompatible state". Please, run the…
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Can I bring up the GUI for a Vagrant managed Virtual box while the box is running?

I know that I can configure my Vagrantfile to boot my machine with a GUI according to http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/virtualbox/configuration.html with: config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v| v.gui = true end But if I've started a box headless, is…
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Internet Access in Ubuntu on VirtualBox

I recently installed Ubuntu on a VirtualBox VM it installed just fine (much easier than on VirtualPC). However I'm unable to get internet access from the guest OS (ie. Ubuntu). Can anyone give me any pointers on how I might enable this? The Host…
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Oracle virtual box inaccessible

I am using Oracle Virtual Box version 4.2.16 r86992. Everything was fine until yesterday shutdown. Today, it shows inaccessible and throws this error: Runtime error opening C:\Users\xxxxxx\VirtualBox VMs\vBoxxxxXubuntu_Beta\vBoxxxxXubuntu_Beta.vbox…
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How to copy virtual devices downloaded by Genymotion to another machine?

I have installed Genymotion for Android in one machine (windows PC) and downloaded a Nexus virtual device. How can I copy the virtual device to another development machine? or do I have to download again for each dev machine? Genymotion is storing…
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