Setup Virtualbox.md

Running Linux in VirtualBox

There are some tricks on running Linux in VirtualBox, especially graphics adaptor and system performance.

Setup Linux Mint 19 with EFI boot in VirtualBox 6.0

2019-10-12:

"EFI" + any graphics adaptor (a.k.a display adaptor / controller) = black screen(nothing to display) With using EFI on setup a new Linux (I use Linux Mint 19.2), there a bug in VirtualBox < 6.0.2 that showing black screen.¹

To solve this:

• Run VM in BIOS rather than in EFI.
• Upgrade VirtualBox > 6.0.6.
• 'Display': set to VMSVGA VBoxSVGA (even if there was an Invalid settings detected error.)

For Performance

For Intel CPU: Remember to enable VT-x for virtualization.

For AMD CPU: Remember to enable SVM for virtualization & STM for Simultaneous multithreading.²

Reference:

• vga - What are differences between VBoxVGA, VMSVGA and VBoxSVGA in VirtualBox - Super User Google:virtualbox graphics adapter EFI
• Virtualbox 6.0.6 - VBoxSVGA with EFI Guest VMs finally fixed - General Discussion - Manjaro Linux Forum
• [How to set virtualbox 6 the correct way – graphics controller – workflow Arcolinux.com

Footnotes

1. Google:virtualbox graphics adapter ↩

2. [[扫盲操作系统虚拟机6]：如何优化运行速度？ @ 编程随想的博客 (program-think.blogspot.com)](https://arcolinux.com/how-to-set-virtualbox-6-the-correct-way-graphical-controller-workflow/) ↩