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For those intending to use Manjaro under VirtualBox, you can install Manjaro as usual. | For those intending to use Manjaro under VirtualBox, you can install Manjaro as usual. | ||
==Selecting a Display Controller== | |||
To ensure the correct graphic drivers are installed be sure to select the correct display settings for VM. Selecting VBoxVGA or VBoxSVGA and "Enable 3D Acceleration" is strongly recommended. | |||
Once it is installed run the following command to ensure the kernel modules are installed and install the guest utils: | Once it is installed run the following command to ensure the kernel modules are installed and install the guest utils: | ||
pamac install virtualbox-guest-utils $(pacman -Qsq "^linux" | grep "^linux[0-9]*[-rt]*$" | awk '{print $1"-virtualbox-guest-modules"}' ORS=' ') | pamac install virtualbox-guest-utils $(pacman -Qsq "^linux" | grep "^linux[0-9]*[-rt]*$" | awk '{print $1"-virtualbox-guest-modules"}' ORS=' ') | ||
You will need to load the modules if you don't want to reboot: | You will need to load the modules if you don't want to reboot: | ||
sudo modprobe vboxguest vboxvideo vboxsf | sudo modprobe vboxguest vboxvideo vboxsf | ||
Add you VM user to the vboxsf group | |||
sudo gpasswd -a $USER vboxsf | |||
The guest utils than need to be started and enabled: | The guest utils than need to be started and enabled: | ||
sudo systemctl enable --now vboxservice.service | sudo systemctl enable --now vboxservice.service | ||