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Gat 8 Washington 12 Jun @ 7:11am
Problem with installing Arch Linux on Virtualbox
archinstall can't install graphics drivers, I initially went for "all open source drivers" on the configuration, and it couldn't install it, then I went for the "VirtualBox/VMware open source drivers", and nothing different, even when I try to switch the Graphics Controllers from VMSVGA, VBOXSVGA (3D Acceleration Enabled).
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Omega 12 Jun @ 12:17pm 
What makes you say that it couldn't install them? What error did it give? What features does not work?
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Electric Cupcake 12 Jun @ 3:51pm 
Did you check for kernel updates? Most drivers are contained in kernel packages, and you don't usually need to install them separately, except with Nvidia's crap.

Of course, my experience with the Arch family is limited. And my experience with linux VMs is even less. You might have a better time booting a live disk.
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76561199389059995 12 Jun @ 6:44pm 
Originally posted by Gat 8 Washington:
archinstall can't install graphics drivers, I initially went for "all open source drivers" on the configuration, and it couldn't install it, then I went for the "VirtualBox/VMware open source drivers", and nothing different, even when I try to switch the Graphics Controllers from VMSVGA, VBOXSVGA (3D Acceleration Enabled).
Hmm, what kind of Arch flavour are you installed? Was it official Arch or Manjaro flavour? Easy for all, Arch is distro, and distro have flavours like Manjaro, Bazzite, SteamOS from Steamdeck was Arch based,...
Notes for newbies: official Arch you need build from start till the gui with drivers- meaning your configure need package manager like PAC with networking stuffs BUT WITH MANJARO INSTALLATION YOU COULD INSTALL GUI ALSO COMMUNITY DRIVERS.
Because of using VM on VirtualBox you better let everything on default settings and you kinda add more VRAM for GPU you just slide video memory up to 128MB or you could use commands allow GPU VRAM up to 256MB. Oh don't forget snapshot may give you go back from start, nice feature from VirtualBox.
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