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Yum update fails on VirtualBox VM

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Re: Yum update fails on VirtualBox VM
« Reply #30 on: March 03, 2021, 06:38:59 AM »
Here is the info about the hardware in both the old MBP & the Dell laptop.
I'm giving up on trying to get the Dell VM working. I'm suspicious of the USB-C Ethernet Adapter.

15in MacBook Pro Late 2008
Model 5,1
8GB 1067MHz DDR3 Memory
2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo P8600
Intel PRO/1000 EB 80003ES2LAN 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet
OS Mojave - rEFInd boot manager


Dell Inspiron 15 ICL 5000 Series 5501
16GB 3200Mhz DDR4 Memory
10th Generation Intel Core i7-1065G7
Dell USB-C(M) to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
OS Windows 10 Professional

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Re: Yum update fails on VirtualBox VM
« Reply #31 on: March 03, 2021, 08:15:30 AM »
I've just looked at the spec for this machine. There is no integral ethernet adaptor, just an addon USB-C to HDMI and Ethernet external adaptor. I suspect that VB is not connecting to the ehternet part of it sucessfully.

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=74826

Post not quite aligned, but maybe indicative of a problem?
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Offline dallas

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Re: Yum update fails on VirtualBox VM
« Reply #32 on: March 03, 2021, 09:45:50 AM »
I installed Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.1.18.vbox-extpack and enabled USB 3. When I booted the VM it took over the USB-C port and I lost all network connection on the host. yum update in the VM still failed.
So my suspicion of the USB Ethernet adapter was correct.

BTW the Laptop has 1xHDMI, 2xUSB3, 1xUSB-C and a micro SD card reader.

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Re: Yum update fails on VirtualBox VM
« Reply #33 on: March 03, 2021, 11:12:17 AM »
I installed Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.1.18.vbox-extpack and enabled USB 3. When I booted the VM it took over the USB-C port and I lost all network connection on the host. yum update in the VM still failed.
So my suspicion of the USB Ethernet adapter was correct.

BTW the Laptop has 1xHDMI, 2xUSB3, 1xUSB-C and a micro SD card reader.

So that confirms our suspicions that the Dell Laptop arrangement for an ethernet connection are not compatible  with Virtual Box, or probably any of the other VM management tools!
Brian j Read
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The instrument I am playing is my favourite Melodeon.
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Offline dallas

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Re: Yum update fails on VirtualBox VM
« Reply #34 on: March 03, 2021, 07:09:20 PM »
So that confirms our suspicions that the Dell Laptop arrangement for an ethernet connection are not compatible  with Virtual Box, or probably any of the other VM management tools!

Yes that's my conclusion also. In fact any modern laptop is probably not suitable for running VMs as most are WiFi only.

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Re: Yum update fails on VirtualBox VM
« Reply #35 on: March 03, 2021, 10:39:13 PM »
If I had the hardware would make an interesting investigation

As far as Wifi goes see this interesting bit of info - https://askubuntu.com/questions/363003/no-internet-connection-on-virtualbox-windows-7-as-guest-ubuntu-13-04-as-host
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Re: Yum update fails on VirtualBox VM
« Reply #36 on: March 03, 2021, 11:42:43 PM »
and also this https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=98133

I tried the WiFi and it didn't work either.

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Re: Yum update fails on VirtualBox VM
« Reply #37 on: March 04, 2021, 06:25:42 AM »
You keep spoiling the party :-)
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Re: Yum update fails on VirtualBox VM
« Reply #38 on: March 04, 2021, 06:36:05 AM »
You keep spoiling the party :-)

Just happy to help out others.  :D

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Re: Yum update fails on VirtualBox VM
« Reply #39 on: March 04, 2021, 03:16:50 PM »
my two cents here. 
Not using vb but but virtmanager with libvirt on fedora. The default offered connexions did not work for me.  I had to manually create a bridge on my host and select this one to be able to have my vm to access the internet. 


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Re: Yum update fails on VirtualBox VM
« Reply #40 on: March 05, 2021, 12:35:53 AM »
my two cents here. 
Not using vb but but virtmanager with libvirt on fedora. The default offered connexions did not work for me.  I had to manually create a bridge on my host and select this one to be able to have my vm to access the internet.

We have determined that this is a hardware issue. Both VB and VMware Player have the same issue.