Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie,

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie,
Date	2026-02-28 01:30 +0000
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:21:23 +0100, Marc Haber wrote:

> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:03:17 +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
>>> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>>>'sudo apt -install virt-manager'  pulls down all the necessary
>>>>packages.
>>>>'sudo usermod -a -G libvirt $(whoami)'
>>>>
>>>>Virtual Machine Manager shows up under Systems Tools.
>>> 
>>> I THINK that you also need to install the correct qemu-system package
>>> (I guess it would be qemu-system-arm64) to actually be able to start
>>> VMs on the Raspi. Probably more (see recommend and suggests lists of
>>> the packages in question). Virt-Manager can also be used to control a
>>> remote hypervisor.
>>
>>The virt-manager install does install many qemu packages. What I've been
>>trying to run are images, not isos. I'm going to try the Ubuntu Server
>>iso.
> 
> Whether you're booting your system from a hard disk image or an ISO is
> irrelevant to the fact that you need the right KVM/qemu userspace to
> even start your VM. You can run a live system from an ISO without having
> a virtual hard disk configure and you can of course boot an installed
> system from a virtual hard disk.

fwiw, I was able to create a VM on the Pi using the Ubuntu amr64 iso. It's 
not very useful other than a proof of concept but I didn't want a full fat 
iso. It came up, went through the usual installation and rebooted 
successfully. I can stop the VM from virt-manager, start it again, and it 
reboots. I can then log in normally as the user I created during 
installation. Looking at /boot it does have an efi subdirectory. 

It's been fun but it's time to get back to my regularly scheduled 
programming. There are a few things I may research at a later data. With 
Raspberry Pi OS (Trixie) lsmod doesn't show kvm although the virt-manager 
install and functionality works the same as on x64. 

The other probably gets into NAT and isn't something I want to deal with. 
The virtual NAT works as far as accessing the outside world. However all 
my boxes use wireless connections and I don't think the bridging schemes 
work when the host's connection is wireless.

It was fine playing with Leap but when I brought up Ubuntu Server the 
question crossed my mind 'exactly how am I going to serve anything but the 
host?'

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Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-25 12:13 +0000
  Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-25 18:12 +0000
    Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-26 07:48 +0100
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-26 02:25 -0500
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-26 08:38 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-26 21:32 +0100
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-26 11:40 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2026-02-26 14:32 +0200
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-26 13:03 +0000
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-26 20:34 -0500
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-27 08:22 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 21:55 +0000
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 21:44 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 11:01 +0100
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2026-02-27 18:02 +0200
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 22:18 +0100
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-27 19:39 +0000
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 22:19 +0100
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-27 21:44 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-28 08:51 +0100
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-28 01:54 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-28 08:52 +0100
  Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-25 19:59 +0000
    Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-26 02:20 -0500
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 21:41 +0000
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 23:16 +0000
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 11:05 +0100
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 11:03 +0100
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-27 19:22 +0000
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-27 22:21 +0100
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-28 01:30 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-28 08:58 +0100
  Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-25 20:03 -0500
    Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-26 06:04 +0000
    Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-03-03 03:41 +0000
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-02 23:29 -0500
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 08:42 +0000
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-03 04:00 -0500
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-03 19:33 +0000
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-03 19:34 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-04 03:38 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-03 23:18 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-04 08:44 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-03-04 09:51 +0000
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            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 20:57 +0000
      Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-03-03 10:52 +0100
        Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 11:04 +0000
          Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-03-03 16:29 +0100
            Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 16:37 +0000
              Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-03 20:00 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-03 20:11 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-04 03:42 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-03 23:20 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-04 02:14 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-04 19:47 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-05 03:10 +0000
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-04 23:08 -0500
                Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-05 03:00 -0500
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