[Nix-dev] Running NixOS in VirtualBox

[Marc Weber]

Hi Sander,

does using virtualbox have any advantages over using qemu_kvm?
If so which ones?

Marc Weber

Excerpts from Sander van der Burg - EWI's message of Wed Dec 09 16:45:40 +0100 2009:
> I just noticed that somebody wrote a wiki page about how to install NixOS in
> VirtualBox. I've updated the instructions a bit, since I managed to get the
> guest additions working (some of you may not have noticed this and it isn't
> mentioned elsewhere on the NixOS website).
> 
> In order to use the VirtualBox video driver (which offers faster display
> operations and to have an integrated mouse cursor) this property can be used:
> 
> services.xserver.videoDriver = "virtualbox";
> 
> and to use additional properties in KDE (e.g. Host-Guest clipboard support,
> on-demand resizing of the X display) this package can be added: (I haven't
> investigated integration of these tools with other WMs):
> 
> environment.kdePackages = [ kernelPackages.virtualboxGuestAdditions ];
> 
> These properties will make using NixOS in VirtualBox much more convenient to
> use :-)
> 
> The only thing I didn't manage to get working is OpenGL rendering support in
> guest VMs, but I don't think this will have much priority for now :-)
> 
> Best,
> 
> Sander van der Burg