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Vbox autostart on CentOS 7

The basic steps is as follows: 

1. Install Virtualbox through the following commands: 

• # yum install epel-release -y
• # yum update -y
• # yum install gcc make patch  dkms qt libgomp kernel-headers kernel-devel fontforge binutils glibc-headers glibc-devel  -y
• # wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/rhel/virtualbox.repo
• # yum install VirtualBox-5.2
• # /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup
• # usermod -a -G vboxusers USERNAME

2. Configure Vbox for Autostart: 

• # cd /etc/vbox/
• vim /etc/default/virtualbox

       Enter the following in the file virtualbox: 

          VBOXAUTOSTART_DB=/etc/vbox
          VBOXAUTOSTART_CONFIG=/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg

• # vim autostart.cfg 

         Enter the following in the file autostart
         (Can enter more users depending on access):
         # Create an entry for each user allowed to use autostart
          USERNAME = {
            allow = true
          }

Change access permissions of Vbox folder:

• sudo chgrp vboxusers /etc/vbox
• sudo chmod 1775 /etc/vbox

Provide acess right for USENAME to the group:

• sudo usermod -aG vboxusers USERNAME

3.  vboxmanage is the command comes with VirtualBox software for management. Few handy Vbox command for practice is as follows:

• vboxmanage list vms                      # list the names of all VMs
• vboxmanage list runningvms # list currently running VMs
• vboxmanage list systemproperties | grep folder            # Display current setting repository
• vboxmanage startvm NAME-OF--VM --type headless     # Command to start VM from the shell
• VBoxManage controlvm NAMEOFYOURVM savestate  # Command to hibernate VM from the shell

4. Enable autostart for individual machines: 

• vboxmanage setproperty autostartdbpath /etc/vbox

5. Set a particular VM to start on boot:

• vboxmanage modifyvm {UUID-or-Name-of-VM-Here} --autostart-enabled on --autostop-type poweroff

6. Enable vboxautostart-service to run at start up:


• sudo systemctl enable vboxautostart-service
• sudo systemctl start vboxautostart-service

ISE & SDK on Ubuntu

1. ISE / Vivado setup (64 bit OS)
• Install ISE/Vivado......... sudo ./xsetup
• bash /Xilinx//ISE_DS/settings64.sh 
• PATH=$PATH:/Xilinx//ISE_DS/ISE/bin/lin64/
• ise
2. SDK Setup
• Install SDK......... sudo ./xsetup
• sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 (install ia32-libs)
• source /Xilinx//SDK/settings64.sh 
• PATH=$PATH:/Xilinx//SDK/SDK/bin/lin64/
• Check CodeSourcery and see if arm-xilinx-eabi-* installed or not. If not installed, the same can be installed from .bin located in installer. Set appropriate PATH to bin folder and start SDK. 
• xsdk
3. To install usb drivers  
• sudo apt-get install gitk git-gui libusb-dev build-essential libc6-dev-i386 fxload (Not required in most cases)
• cd //Xilinx//ISE_DS/common/bin/lin64/ digilent
• sudo ./install_digilent.sh (Accept default paths)
• Restart udev........./etc/init.d/udev restart