Virtualbox Guest

I have VirtualBox up and running on my headless Centos 6 machine, am using http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpvirtualbox/ as a GUI, and created a virtual machine and installed Windows 7 on it.

I can access it using the VirtualBox console (via phpvirtualbox interface), however, only can see part of the screen and the mouse doesn't work properly. I can also access it using Windows Remote Desktop Connection using IP 192.168.1.200:9000 (why port 9000?), but again the mouse doesn't work.

I have the following ext packs installed on the server.
Code:

login as: Michael
Michael@192.168.1.201's password:
Last login: Sat May 23 10:06:04 2015 from 192.168.1.10
[Michael@devserver ~]$ VBoxManage list extpacks
Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0:   Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Version:      4.3.10
Revision:     93012
Edition:
Description:  USB 2.0 Host Controller, Host Webcam, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM with                                                                                                                                                              E1000 support.
VRDE Module:  VBoxVRDP
Usable:       true
Why unusable:
[Michael@devserver ~]$

Do I need additional extensions to better interact with the guest? How are they installed? Thank you

hi guys,

just a quick one on virtualbox...

could i have centos 7 running virtual box...then host another 3 vm's on it that are running live at the same time?
or is this best for vmware?

i would like centos 7
then another centos7 vm
debian vm
slackware vm (headless)

its a i5 with 8gb RAM...the vm's wont be doing much work,prob ssh into each to setup things and experiment
maybe run a couple of small wordpress web sites...nothing drastic...

any advice on the best way to get this result?

I am running Antergos Linux 64 bit on virtual box. when I try to do full system upgrade I get a error:

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: virtualbox-guest-modules: requires linux<4.0


I am using Ubuntu as my host OS and it's kernel version is 3.13.0-49-generic and in Antergos is using 3.19.3-3-ARCH. I guess both are less than linux 4.0

I don't know how to solve this.

I just download the below files and tried to install it to virtualbox .

CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-DVD
CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-Everything


When it is booted to the DVD , it pop the below messages .

============================================
Install CentOS 7
Test this media & install CentOS 7
Troubeshooting

Press Tab ...
============================================

I tried to select any option , but the screen become dark , it seems the installation process is stopped ,

I tried Centos 5.x , it works fine , but Centos 7 not work.

would advise what is wrong ? thanks

Hi there everybody,

I am getting really frustrated on a far to trivial problem. I am running ubuntu in virtual box on a windows 7 64bit machine. By default the screen has a resolution of 640x480 and thus only shows the upper left corner of the actual screen, meaning I can't see the entire screen. I was able to figure out, that I have to install guest additions but as soon as I go to devices -> install guest additions I get an error, that the medium couldn't be placed into the drive. It further asks me whether I want to force it to be mounted but if I say "yes" nothing else happens.

Any chance there is a simple way to solve this problem or is this really such a complicated issue?

Furthermore I would prevent linux from going into standby. Actually the settings say, that it will never go to suspend but it does so after it wasn't used for approx=. 5minutes or so.

Thank you guys very much for helping me getting rid of my newbeness :P

hi guys,

i have virtualbox running on centos 7
i want to install another centos7 vm
i googled and found a few sites that show setup
but none show your initial setup in virtualbox
when i want to create a new vm i am offered:
linux 2.2
linux 2.4 (32 bit)
etc etc

all look 32bit...i thought centos7 was 64bit...or is it just emulated?
the only logical choice i can see is either:
red hat (32 bit)
or linux 2.6 / 3.x (32 bit)

i know its only a vm and i can experiment without breaking things (only the vm install) but i have a bit of a time restraint...

Hi All

I'm trying to bring virtual guest from headless mode to gui mode in VirtualBox. But I don't know how to do it. I really appreciate if someone help me on this.

I usually run linux virtual machines in headless mode and connect to it through ssh. I have setup tigervnc-server on linux virtual machine, so that i can connect through vncviewer whenever i want to work on gui.

But recently, one of my friend said, I can also start virtual machine in headless mode in VirtualBox window by holding <SHIFT> key and press Start. Sure it did, it started in headless mode. But, now I don't know how to bring back window again.

Thanks you.

I have written a script to start a virtual machine through pass through mode and port number.

I start the guest linux through Run command from windows
telnet <baseIP> <portNUm>

Then after connecting to that guest machine,

each enter taking twice.

Any help will be greatful

I have download Centos 6.5 and 6.5 and then install it on Virtualbox , but it is wonder that it do not prompt to ask to select what package need to be install during the installation process .

I checked that only 700M HD space is used to insall , therefore , it should be only minimal installation .

what I have download is CentOS-6.5-i386-bin-DVD1 and CentOS-6.6-i386-bin-DVD1 , the file size is 3.8G .

would advise how can I select package to install or run full install ?

thanks.

Hi guys,

Need help configuring my samba file server, i have 3 folders

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = Samba Server Version %v
map to guest = Bad User

hosts allow = 127. 192.

log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50

security = share

load printers = no
cups options = raw
printing = bsd
printcap name = /dev/null
disable spoolss = yes

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes
valid users = %S
; valid users = MYDOMAIN\%S

;[printers]
; comment = All Printers
; path = /var/spool/samba
; browseable = no
; guest ok = no
; writable = no
; printable = yes

[BIP]
path = /home/BIP
writable = yes
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
create mode = 0777
directory mode = 0777
share modes = yes

[Surya Kapuas Perkasa]
path = /home/suryakapuasperkasa
writable = yes
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
create mode = 0777
directory mode = 0777
share modes = yes

[Misc]
path = /home/Miscelaneous
writable = yes
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
create mode = 0777
directory mode = 0777
share modes = yes
read only = no

The BIP and Surya Kapuas Perkasa can be accessed by windows users, but the Misc, cannot, can somebody help me with solution pls, thanks