Couldn't install VBoxManage while running Vagrant

[RyckRichards]

I've got this after I run vagrant up

I wasn't able to access http://localhost:8080/ as well (maybe because of the VBox):

[Yorwba]

Searching for "vboxmanage vt-x is not available", I found someone on StackOverflow having the same problem. Maybe the answer there works for you. It looks like you'll need to modify some Windows settings.

Not being able to connect to localhost:8080 is the expected result if the server isn't running.

[RyckRichards]

That doesn't work on Windows 7... Going to investigate some more

[RyckRichards]

[RyckRichards]

I followed instructions on https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=87752

1st attempt (no rebooting) - it said I didn't have PowerShell 3 installed (which I had installed before)

2nd attempt (after rebooting) - got the same error

for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.

Command: ["startvm", "81e9704f-8169-4ab1-a455-c6a852a21423", "--type", "headless"]

Stderr: VBoxManage.exe: error: VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole```

[AndiPersti]

Please tell us what processor you have in your computer. See https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000006059/processors.html for finding it out.

[jiru]

@RyckRichards The error says that your computer’s CPU doesn’t support VT-x. VT-x is a feature that allows running virtual machines at a decent speed.

Now, the error could be the result of Windows disabling VT-x for some reason even though your CPU have it, or it could be because your CPU just doesn’t have it. In the latter case, it’s not worth trying to get it work. Without VT-x, I can tell you even if you manage to run the virtual machine, it will be really really slow, barely usable.

[RyckRichards]

Thank you, guys!

@AndiPersti

@jiru - as far this new computer has 2GB RAM, I set v.memory = 128. Going to try 256 and 512 then.

[RyckRichards]

In both cases, I got this after initializing VM

[AndiPersti]

Here's the specification for your processor: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/42925/intel-pentium-processor-t4500-1m-cache-2-30-ghz-800-mhz-fsb.html. There it says:

 Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)     No

So you can't use the VM on your computer.

[RyckRichards]

Oh, I see!

So should I use XAMPP or give up? Is there another way to use Imouto?

[AndiPersti]

So should I use XAMPP or give up?

I don't know anything about XAMPP so I can't help you here.

Is there another way to use Imouto?

Theoretically you could go through all the steps in the ansible playbook and do all the installations and configurations manually (as far as they are possible on Windows). But I guess that's not easy if you do not have much experience with all the programs involved.

[trang]

@AndiPersti XAMPP is just a bundle of PHP, MySQL and Apache. I made Ricardo install it during one of the video calls to discuss the coding event and we almost got to the point where he could run Tatoeba locally (not with all the features, but enough so that he could work on very simple issues). There was just the database missing.

@RyckRichards You'll have to use XAMPP. In case you don't have your old computer anymore:

• Install XAMPP version 7.3.2.
• Next, do a git clone https://github.com/RyckRichards/tatoeba2.git in the C:\xampp\htdocs folder.
• After that we can have a video call so that I can guide you again on the remaining configuration.

[RyckRichards]

Thanks a lot, @trang and I'm really sorry for causing you so much trouble, @Tatoeba/developers

[trang]

We managed to set up Tatoeba for Ricardo. I'm closing this.