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I run VirtualBox guests but sometimes I need to run the Android Emulator and I can not run this while VirtualBox is running. So I was wondering what is the best way to stop VirtualBox and then start it again afterwards?
Regards,
BTJ
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You can pause VirtualBox machines.
Then again, if you are running many machines simultaneously, it may become a little cumbersome to do so manually on the GUI, so the VBoxManage commands may be useful for scripting, e.g.:
VBoxManage controlvm "my_vm" pause
# run Android Emulator
VBoxManage controlvm "my_vm" resume
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Thx, but I wasn't thinking about the guests.. I need to unload all the VirtualBox modules and stop the "service".
Someone wrote:
"I understand that if you play a Windows CD backwards you hear strange Satanic messages"
To which someone replied:
"It's even worse than that; play it forwards and it installs Windows"
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Then do that.
systemctl stop <vboxservice(s)>
rmmod <vbox modules>
# run android emulator
modbprobe <vbox modules>
systemctl start <vboxservice(s)>
What's the question here, it sounds like you know exactly what you need to do.
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
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How about just unloading the modules...
modprobe -r vboxdrv vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxpci
# run Android Emulator
modprobe vboxdrv vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxpci
Which service are you talking about?
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Then do that.
systemctl stop <vboxservice(s)> rmmod <vbox modules> # run android emulator modbprobe <vbox modules> systemctl start <vboxservice(s)>
What's the question here, it sounds like you know exactly what you need to do.
Guess when you put it like that, it was a stupid question.. I wasn't sure which service needed to be stopped but now that I think about it, only the modules needs to be unloaded I think...
Someone wrote:
"I understand that if you play a Windows CD backwards you hear strange Satanic messages"
To which someone replied:
"It's even worse than that; play it forwards and it installs Windows"
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How about just unloading the modules...
modprobe -r vboxdrv vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxpci # run Android Emulator modprobe vboxdrv vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxpci
Which service are you talking about?
Not sure, I thought maybe there was a service too (but could not find it) but I guess only the modules needs to be unloaded... Thx..
Someone wrote:
"I understand that if you play a Windows CD backwards you hear strange Satanic messages"
To which someone replied:
"It's even worse than that; play it forwards and it installs Windows"
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slithery@red:~/$ pacman -Ql virtualbox | grep service
virtualbox /usr/lib/systemd/system/vboxweb.service
VirtualBox only ships with a service file for the web interface. If you haven't enabled this then there aren't any VirtualBox services running.
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Yes, that was the only service file I found..
Someone wrote:
"I understand that if you play a Windows CD backwards you hear strange Satanic messages"
To which someone replied:
"It's even worse than that; play it forwards and it installs Windows"
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