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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
==Selecting a Display Controller==
In the VirtualBox display settings, using VBoxVGA or VBoxSVGA and selecting "Enable 3D Acceleration" is strongly recommended.




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