Problem with Natty under VirtualBox

[Donkey Hottie]

23.6.2011 21:00, Jim Byrnes kirjoitti:
> On 06/23/2011 11:18 AM, Donald Talbert wrote:
>> On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 18:51 +0300, Donkey Hottie wrote:
>>> 23.6.2011 18:10, Donald Talbert kirjoitti:
>>>> On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 13:11 +0300, Donkey Hottie wrote:
>>>>> I have the latest VirtualBox on a 64bit Windows 7 Home Premium.
>>>>>
>>>>> Under that I have 64 bit Debian Squeeze, and 32 bit Natty Narwhal. The
>>>>> Debian runs fine, but the Ubuntu installation is hard to boot. I
>>>>> need to
>>>>> "reset" it many times, it usually just puts out a black screen and
>>>>> hangs. After many resets it finally boots very quickly and works
>>>>> then fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> That problem was not with earlier versions of Ubuntu.
>>>>>
>>>>> That might be a conflict with VirtualBox and current GRUB, or current
>>>>> Ubuntu Kernel, I don't know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone rings any bells? Maybe some kernel parameter to GRUB config?
>>>>> This
>>>>> is irritating.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>>
>>>>> Your mode of life will be changed for the better because of new
>>>>> developments.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You are installing the virtual box drivers and letting it build a
>>>> kernel
>>>> for it on first boot right? (Devices, Install Guest Additions) That
>>>> makes a world of difference for virtual machines.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, guest additions are installed.
>>>
>>>> If it's not that check your settings make sure your giving enough ram
>>>> and if you have a slow processor maybe give 2 cores. Also make sure
>>>> your
>>>> processor supports and is turned on virtualization Acceleration (BIOS:
>>>> AMDV etc).
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have Core i7 processor, and all virtualization options are on. I run
>>> VMware server on this machine too (Debian clients), and everything works
>>> fine, except that Ubuntu under VirtualBox.
>>>
>>>> I never had any problems with Ubuntu inside a virtual machine on a AMD
>>>> Phenom II 1090T (or 955) BE with Virtualbox with both my host system as
>>>> Ubuntu&  Windows 7. :) Let us know what you find out.
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is strange. Earlier Ubuntus worked fine too, but not the latest.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> Q:    What do you call 15 blondes in a circle?
>>> A:    A dope ring.
>>>
>>> Q:    Why do blondes put their hair in ponytails?
>>> A:    To cover up the valve stem.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yeah odd... just a shot in a dark. Try turning on 3D Acceleration and
>> give a good bit of Video RAM. See if that helps? Also just to be sure
>> you should give it at least 1GB of system RAM just for testing to rule
>> out any issue with memory.
>>
>> On Google quite a few people have problems with Ubuntu 11.04 and Virtual
>> Box... Some say to select classic mode at the login screen so unity
>> doesn't try to run.
>>
>>
> 
> Which flavor of Virtual Box are you running?  I had to switch to the
> PUEL version to get Natty to run.
> 

Just the windows downloadable from www.virtualbox.org. I think it is PUEL.

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