As an alternative I use Virtualbox at home. Works great. Zero complaints. I use Vagrant on occasion to control programmatically.
I started with Virtualbox years ago as it supported older CPUs. I think somebody on this list turned me on to it. Hope that helps. Eric C Chadbourne.Consulting > On Oct 25, 2021, at 2:44 PM, Edward <e...@sillydog.org> wrote: > > After realizing that I forgot to add the relevant USB hardware to the VM, I > deleted it, as they could be not added after the fact. > > Upon attempting to recreate it with the USB hardware added in, all attempts > were unsuccessful. virt-manager wants the name of the distro during the > creation of the VM. Since the name of the distro (PCLinuxOS) was not in the > database, I tried all four of the 'Generic' entries, the latest Mandriva > (EOL) entry (2011) since the distro was originally based on Mandriva), Clear > Linux, Arch Linux and finally Ubuntu. > > None of these would boot the image into a usable live desktop to which the OS > could then be installed. The image either crashed within the VM, it froze on > the screen to select the keyboard, or IF the desktop appeared, once a second > Network Manager applet icon appeared, the video server crashes and reboots > the desktop, repeatedly. The only way to exit was to use virt-manager's Force > Off option. > > So I have reached the conclusion, that, in a home environment, a VM serves no > useful purpose and is quite frankly, a waste of time, IMHO. > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
