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vscode: Remote Access and Code Editing Step 1: Install vscode Step 2: Install Remote-SSH Extension Step 3: Create Remote-SSH Connection Step 4: Open Folder on Remote Server Step 5: Open a terminal, edit some code, run some code! Troubleshooting: Failed Login Troubleshooting: Disk Full In addition to these instructions, you can find a video... More
VirtualBox can take advantage of some of the capabilities of your host computer's GPU to improve performance. However, enabling this feature can often cause problems. In particular, new version upgrades of VirtualBox often has 3D acceleration problems. These problems usually get ironed out as further updates are released. This issue has been... More
The Windows version of the early VirtualBox 7.x.x installers no longer include the Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable Package as part of the installer. This is due to a license change by Microsoft that changes how this can be packaged with other software. It is expected that Oracle will release an updated Windows VirtualBox... More
VirtualBox technical support is provided by the SCS Technical Staff. In order to provide effective support, please include the following items in your email so that we have as much information as possible. WARNING: To be provided technical support, you must first: Have thoroughly reviewed the technical support articles found on our Virtual Machine... More
Computing Devices not Supported by SCS Many courses offered by the School of Computer Science, especially undergraduate courses rely heavily on Virtual Machines and other forms of virtualization. Given this, it is required that you have access to a personal computing device which supports virtualization, while completing your program in the SCS.... More
This article covers the steps for importing a Virtual Machine into VirtualBox. If you have not yet installed VirtualBox, you can do so using the Install VirtualBox Guide. To import one of the SCS Virtual Machines as a guest into VirtualBox, follow these steps: Download the Virtual Machine for your course from our Course... More
Video and written instructions for installing VirtualBox: Video Guide to Installing VirtualBox and Running a Virtual Machine Please complete BOTH of these steps to install VirtualBox: Download and install the latest VirtualBox for your host from virtualbox.org VirtualBox Visual C++ Redistributable Error This issue has recently appeared on the... More
Why extend a disk? What is LVM Partition Check Existing Space Extend Partition using the Script Extend Partition Manually Why extend a disk? Many of our images (primarily on openstack) do not grow their partition/file system size automatically if you choose a flavor (openstack resource definition) that allocates more disk space to your instance... More
Symptoms of the VirtualBox macOS Security and Access Problems Cause of the Problem Solutions to the Problem Accessing Security & Privacy Settings SOLUTION 1: Allow Identified Apps to Access the System SOLUTION 2: Modify VirtualBox Permissions SOLUTION 3: Clean Re-install of VirtualBox Still Experiencing Problems? Symptoms of the VirtualBox... More
This guide shows you how to set up a folder which will be shared between your host machine and your guest machine. For more information on transferring files between virtual machines, click here. For a video tutorial on Windows, click here. Setting Up the Shared Folder Select the guest machine you wish to share... More
Is your virtual machine not launching, providing some kind of error, or has very poor performance? This may be caused by your operating system or motherboard settings. This issue can take many forms, so if you are experiencing any problems, you should start by checking your system's virtualization settings. Processor Virtualization must be enabled... More
Sometimes when VirtualBox is updated, or when a Virtual Machine is imported, a non-optimal Graphics Controller may be enabled in the Display Settings for the Virtual Machine. All of our Virtual Machines are designed with the VMSVGA Graphics Controller, which should typically provide the most stability and the best performance. To apply this VMSVGA... More
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