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HEADLINE: Out of the box support for being run in VirtualBox. DESCRIPTION: I tested the stretch release candidates in VirtualBox, and while I did eventually ge

by jl6 9y ago

HEADLINE: Out of the box support for being run in VirtualBox. DESCRIPTION: I tested the stretch release candidates in VirtualBox, and while I did eventually get them working, I had to follow the instructions in several bug reports from across both the Debian and VirtualBox probably project websites. I don't mind following instructions, so if there is a reason why this can't be achieved seamlessly with zero configuration, then I would at least like to see some official instructions prominent on the Debian website. COMMENT: Debian is awesome, thanks for everyone's hard work!

marmaduke 9y ago
I seem to recall Jessie working fine as a VBox host. What did you run into?
- preek 9y ago
  I'm running Debian boxes 100% of the time on VirtualBox since 4 years. I run macOS, but only as a host, I spend about 95% of my time within Debian boxes. Never had a problem that Debian didn't run 'out of the box' within VirtualBox. Wouldn't even know what that entails.
  - JdeBP 9y ago
    One thing that it entails is that the kernels available in Debian 8 backports are not compatible with the VirtualBox guest tools for Debian 8 that are published by Oracle. So one has to make the choice on Debian 8 between a kernel that supports version 2 control groups and having VirtualBox device drivers for things like the display.
    - stephenr 9y ago
      Isn't that a problem for the VirtualBox team to solve - effectively, supporting newer kernels?
HeadlessChild 9y ago
I do also have had some problems running Debian Stretch in Virtual Box. For example I had to install the "xserver-xorg-legacy" package to get the X server working as X is not running as root anymore.
- jbicha 9y ago
  That package is installed by default in Debian 9 (but it was added fairly late in Stretch's development cycle).
voltagex_ 9y ago
Any issues you have should definitely be submitted as bug reports. I run Stretch and Jessie in VirtualBox just fine, but a few of the d-i RCs were a bit shaky.
jcrben 9y ago
Could you link to any of those bug reports?

by jl6 9y ago

marmaduke 9y ago

I seem to recall Jessie working fine as a VBox host. What did you run into?

preek 9y ago
I'm running Debian boxes 100% of the time on VirtualBox since 4 years. I run macOS, but only as a host, I spend about 95% of my time within Debian boxes. Never had a problem that Debian didn't run 'out of the box' within VirtualBox. Wouldn't even know what that entails.
- JdeBP 9y ago
  One thing that it entails is that the kernels available in Debian 8 backports are not compatible with the VirtualBox guest tools for Debian 8 that are published by Oracle. So one has to make the choice on Debian 8 between a kernel that supports version 2 control groups and having VirtualBox device drivers for things like the display.
  - stephenr 9y ago
    Isn't that a problem for the VirtualBox team to solve - effectively, supporting newer kernels?

HeadlessChild 9y ago

I do also have had some problems running Debian Stretch in Virtual Box. For example I had to install the "xserver-xorg-legacy" package to get the X server working as X is not running as root anymore.

jbicha 9y ago
That package is installed by default in Debian 9 (but it was added fairly late in Stretch's development cycle).

voltagex_ 9y ago

Any issues you have should definitely be submitted as bug reports. I run Stretch and Jessie in VirtualBox just fine, but a few of the d-i RCs were a bit shaky.

jcrben 9y ago

Could you link to any of those bug reports?