virtualbox

Python API for VirtualBox

I have made a command-line interface for virtualbox such that the virtualbox can be controlled from a remote machine. now I am trying to implement the commmand-line interface using python virtualbox api. For that I have downloaded the pyvb package (python api documentation shows functions that can be used for implementing this under pyvb...

Python Virtualbox API

http://enomalism.com/api/pyvb/ here we have def _init_(self,**kw): what parameter(s) should be passed when we create an instance for pyvb.vm.vbVM ??? ...

Controlling VirtualBox from commandline with python

We are using python virtualbox API for controlling the virtualbox. For that we are using the "pyvb" package(as given in python API documentation). al=pyvb.vb.VB() m=pyvb.vm.vbVM() al.startVM(m) we have executed using the python interpreter. No error is shown but the virtualbox doesnt start. Could you please tell us what could be wrong...

How can I convert Solaris Containers to something VMWare or VirtualBox can use?

I have a number of application environments based in Solaris containers. Is there some method to take those environments and port them to something usable by either VMWare Workstation or Sun VirtualBox? Both the source and target hardware is x86, if that helps. ...

Permenently mount shared folder in Mint Linux running on Virtual Box

Hi All I have installed mint Linux 8.0 on Virtual box. I have created a shared folder in virtual box and i have mounted on linux using mount command. The problem here is as soon as i shut down and restart linux the mounted folder will not available and (i need to re mount it again). So how i can mount the shared folder permenently on...

Testing in IE6 from OSX: VirtualBox settings or good alternative

I'm needing to test web applications in IE6,7 from my OSX workstation. I develop and run test servers locally on my OSX system. Currently have VirtualBox running Windows XP. Question: How do I view pages in IE (the guest os) that are hosted from OSX (the host os)? From Firefox on the host (OSX) the page can be viewed at localhost:808...

Visual Studio slow in Virtualbox

Like really really slow. I've got a 64 bit, 8 cores, 12 gig ram windows 7 host. I gave 4 cores and 4 gigs of ram to a 64 bit windows 7 virtual machine within which I am trying to run visual studio 2010 (and sql server - but that's it). It worked for a few days but then the resource usage went off the charts - near 100% CPU at all time...

Python virtualbox

how can i start a virtual machine from virtualbox as HEADLESS using pyvb modules???? pls help me.... ...

Local sites not displaying in VirtualBox when using Django's local development server?

Hello. I develop web applications using Django on Mac OSX 10.6. I use Django's built in local development server which I run on my computer's IP (such as: http://192.168.0.11:8001/). I test my applications in Firefox, Safari and Chrome and all display fine. I use Sun's VirtualBox with 3 different instances of Windows XP that have IE6, IE...

Web service connection to active directory issue

I'm developing a VB.Net web service application with a purpose of authenticating users credentials from Active Directory. I'm using VirtualBox and installed Windows 2003 standard server with AD role. I'm having problems connecting to the server. Any ideas? ...

Does a Virtual Machine Slow Your Internet Speed?

I recently installed VirtualBox at home and, soon after, my web connection speed slowed dramatically--even when I wasn't using the VM. Checking my network connections I see a local connection as well as my regular connection. I'm assuming this local connection is a service of some sort I installed when I installed VirtualBox, something t...

How can I tell what resolution a VM is running at with VirtualBox?

I have some VirtualBox VMs running. Is there any way to programatically get the resolution they are running at? The guest VMs are running Windows XP. ...

Two Ubuntu Instances (Guest) networking with XP (Host) in virtual box v3.1.4

So here is my current objective: I need to create two guest instances of Ubuntu Desktop 9.10 in VirtualBox on a WindowsXP host. (This is needed for communications later on.) (this step is almost done) I need to establish networking between all three OS's, the host and two guests (Guest1 -> Host -> Guest2). I know that generally, to es...

Virtual-machine running from DVD ?

Greetings all, I have this application which uses Tomcat and PostgreSQL (only involve database reads, no writes). I need to make this application runnable from a DVD.(target platform is Windows). So I was thinking to do these: 1) In a VirtualMachine (i prefer virtualbox) install lightweight linux distro. 2) Install Tomcat ...

-How to disable horizontal scrolling within virtualbox on Ubuntu guest, Windows 7 host?

This post is a duplicate from superuser.com, but since I had no answers, I started to doubt it was a user question and maybe more of a programming question (because of the configuration files), so here it is: I am using Windows 7 as Host, Ubuntu Karmic as guest OS with guest tools installed and I get an annoying glitch when switching fr...

how do i reach apache on a vitualbox machine

I am trying to run a virtual LAMP machine on my windows 7 for dev purposes. But i cant figure out how to reach the apache from the host windows 7 system. I did an ifconfig and tried the ipaddress, but to no avail. ...

Weblogic is slow to start (11mins) under VM (VirtualBox and VMware)

(SOLVED! BY FAKING SYSTEM RANDOM GENERATOR, SEE BELOW) I'm setting up a VM image for my dev/build team. Inside that VM a Weblogic domain should be running. I use Ububtu server distro, WLS 9.2MP3 + ALSB. Everything works OK, quite fast, but at the start time the WLS stops twice for a measurable amounts of time. Two stops in total amoun...

memory available to 64bit Fedora guest under 32bit XP host running virtualbox

I have successfully installed a 64 bit Fedora 11 guest os using VirtualBox on a host machine (AMD64) running 32 bit Windows XP . At the moment the host machine has 2 Gb ram installed and I've allocated 1 Gb to the guest, which all works well. The host machine can hold a maximum of 4 Gb ram, so I was wondering if it's worth buying an ex...

Cannot install Guest Addons to Fedora in Virtual Box

I cannot install Guest Addons in Fedora 12. When i execute the script VBoxGuestAddons_X86.run i am getting an error saying that this addon is not supported with this Kernal version. How do i resolve the problem? Because i am not getting the full screen resultion on my wide screen monitor. ...

SSH session becomes unresponsive when logged into Ubuntu Server virtual machine using VirtualBox

Hi everyone, I'm really at my wits end here, so I'm hoping someone here can help me. I have a virtual machine running Ubuntu Server 9.10. It's just a small development environment so I can keep my code separate from the test and production environments. I am running it through VirtualBox 3.1.6 on a laptop running Ubuntu Desktop 9.10. I ...