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Ubuntu Server 9.04 Installs but does not run in Virtual Box on Vista

Asked by MMEverett

I have installed Ubuntu Server 9.04 in Virtual Box running on 64 bit Windows Vista. The installation seems to go ok, and I also installed LAMP and some other tools. However, when I try to run it in Virtual Box, I get nothing but a black screen with a non-blinking underline. No keystrokes or mouse clicks are acknowledged.

This comes close to question no #17815, but does not seem to be the same. If the server cannot run from Virtual Box, how do I uninstall it.

I really just want to run LAMP so that I can run Ruby on Rails on Apache. That is, I don't need other features of a server; I am just using it for development. Can this be done from a non-server edition of UBUNTU?

Thanks for any help you all can give.

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MMEverett (everett-morphicmolecules) said : 		#1

OK, I did some digging.

Per another question, I investigated this URL:
http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/09/05/making-ubuntu-server-work-in-virtualbox/

I tried following the directions there:
Boot from CD into repair mode and execute these commands:
apt-get update [ worked ok ]
apt-get remove linux-server [ said it was not installed ]
apt-get install linux-386 [ could not find package ] [ well, I quit at this point!]
apt-get install linux-server

What I did find out from question no 17815 is that the server is different in that it requires something called PAE, which at that time was not supported by VirtualBox. However, if you peruse the link given above, you will find that VirtualBox now has some support for PAE, which you can TURN ON with a checkbox.

I killed the Virtual Box, restarted it, turned on PAE, and once again installed from the CD-ROM.
That seems to have solved the problem, since UBUNTU is now running inside its Virtual Box.

Now if I can just find a desktop for it...

Hope that this helps someone else.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#2

Lol, the standard Gnome desktop Environment seems a good bet but Xfce as used in Xubuntu (light-weight) or the KDE (flashy eye-candy) used by Kubuntu are also standard favourites. A few people seem to be moving to LxDE (very light) but there are a lot of choices out there.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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MMEverett (everett-morphicmolecules) said : 		#3

Thanks, Tom!

I ended up using a stripped down version of Gnome with just a few
necessary utilities added. I did not know about Xfce or LxDE. That is
really helpful.

Mona

Tom wrote:
> Your question #81841 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/81841
>
> Tom posted a new comment:
> Lol, the standard Gnome desktop Environment seems a good bet but Xfce as
> used in Xubuntu (light-weight) or the KDE (flashy eye-candy) used by
> Kubuntu are also standard favourites. A few people seem to be moving to
> LxDE (very light) but there are a lot of choices out there.
>
> Good luck and regards from
> Tom :)
>
>