Virtual box fully functional vmdk importĨ. Typically located in document -> virtual machines folder. The only change is use an existing hard drive and select the vmdk machine created by vmware player. From there follow all the necessary settings required for setting a virtual machine in virtual box.
Now inside virtual box click new and then click on expert mode to get the window shown below. Now you should able to run linux mint fast and full screen in vmware player but if you still need virtual box then follow next steps.ħ. Do this after installing mint on the virtual hard drive and not on the live dvd.Ħ. Then follow this tutorial to install vmware tools from terminal. First download the tools by clicking option in the notification. The vmware player should show notifications for installing vmware tools. Next start the virtual machine and from the machine install linux mint with default settings.ĥ. Also no need to worry if it show that it couldn’t detect the OS. If it doesn’t work then proceed to next step.Ģ. Download latest linux mint version and setup normally in virtualbox. Other free virtualization software such as VMWARE player works will work in case you need to use mint but, advanced feature such as screen recording may not be freely available. The problem seems to be with linux mint 17 Cinnamon series and virtual box 5. Note that I can’t guarantee this solution will not work in your system but give it a try if there are no other options. It fails showing a message like, “x server failed” and switches to command line version. Also for linux 17.3 with virtualbox 5.0.14 isn’t even able to run the OS GUI. In some cases even the live dvd won’t work without running in software rendering mode. The problem here is that some versions of linux mint Cinnamon such as 17, 17.3 aren’t able to run without software rendering inside virtual box.
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