[lubuntu-users] 16.04.1 32 Live VBOX

[Liam Proven]

On 10 August 2016 at 17:19,  <scrooyahoo at riseup.net> wrote:
> Hi Liam,
>
> i'll reply in-line (and try to make less typos this time)

Please _always_ reply inline on mailing lists. _Never_ top-post.

>> Not sure. Some live media are VM-aware.
>
> Ok! Ehm Is Lubuntu VM aware?? Maybe there is an issue regarding VBOX?
> i'll dig around and try to fin

I will have to check and try. I think it doesn't have drivers, but
does support mouse integration and so on.

>> They don't for me. Same resolution.
>
> HMMMM  Is your VBOX on Windows, Mac or Linux?
> Mine is running on Lubuntu.

All of the above.

> Hehe now i need to think.. how do i boot a persistent ISO in VBOX?

You make a persistent ISO as you write it to the media.

How are you doing that?

I find UNetBootIn is the easiest. It's in the repositories.

> You mean i need to flash an ISO with pwersistence on a phisical USB and then
> boot the VM from that USB?
> I hadn't concidered that option yet. :-D  I'll give it a try

It works, yes.


> Because the 640x480 resolution does not display correct in my case.
> And since others also have issues when trying to run a Live CD in a VM ...
> Well could this be related??
> in 640x480 i see something like 1280x480 all garbled. Unusable to work with.

As I replied to Neil R's question on this:

[Copied & Pasted]

Apply the standard Linux steps for display corruption: switch to text
mode and back.

I.e., Ctrl-Alt-F1 to go to a text vconsole, and then Ctrl-Alt-F7 back
to the X.org screen.

If you're running in VirtualBox, then as you should already know,
these keystrokes go to the host OS, so you need to use the VBox host
key instead of Ctrl-Alt.

I did this, the display cleared, I installed as normal, updated, and
all was well. I then installed the VBox guest additions so I got an
accelerated display.


> If people cant view a LiveCD in a VM that's not very conveniant for them.  I
> mean people try LiveCD's to see how they work before they install the OS, If
> the live CD does not work, then they skip the OS and try something else.

This is Neil's point as well. It is an issue but there are 2 possible answers:

[a] Google for help

[b] Try a different Linux

Either should work!

> .... OR they get frustrated and bash into this mail list etc.

Well, yes, that is a 3rd. :-(

> It boots into the menu, there we can choose to load LIVE or INSTALL

Hmm. How did you make your bootable media?

I am downloading another copy to try it myself.

Also, what version of VBox are you using? 5.1 is out now. You can
either download it from the website, or add the repositories and
install it that way (which is preferable and means you get automatic
updates.) The version in the *buntu repositories works but it is a bit
dated.

> When i load LIVE, then i get a garbled 640x480 resolution stretched to
> 1280x480.

Try my workaround.

> when i load the INSTALLER then the installer displays correctly in 800x600
> mode.
>
>
> You see? The LIVE section trips over some bug.. That's what i try to point
> out

Very odd.

> My appologies if this was not clear. Explaining a bug is probably just as
> hard as fixing it.

That is life, sometimes. :-(

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