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Running UR offline simulator in VirtualBox

Download UR Sim Lubuntu Image
  1. Download the URSim system image
  2. unzip it! if you get an error, download 7zip under WINDOWs
  3. for MAC users please download the already unzipped files from Sciebo

Install virtualBox


  1. Visit VirtualBox download page, choose your operating system and download virtual box
  2. Click the downloaded executable
  3. click 'next' in the setup wizard until it's installed
Setup the virtual machine inside virtualBox
open VirtualBox
click on 'New' to open the dialogue to configure a new virtual machine image.png

use the following settings:

 

give a name to your virtual machine

 

don't select an ISO image

 

choose 64bit Linux as the 'Version'

 

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3. Select Memory size of 768 MB and press 'Next'

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click on 'Use an Existing Virtual Hard Disk File'

 

 

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from the folder containing the extracted files, choose the first one:


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click 'next'

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configure Lubuntu UR Sim to start Polyscope in the right resolution

1. go to the ⚙️settings and open the dialogue

 

2. in the settings go to display 🖥️ and change the Graphics Controller to VBoxSVGA

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open VirtualBox

In the left corner click the icon

choose File Manager

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inside File Manager navigate to

 

/home/ur/.config/lxsession/Lubuntu

 

double click on the file named 'autostart'

 

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add the following line:

 

xrandr -s 1536x864 -r 60

click file --> save or ctr+s

 


 

 

click on the icon on the right bottom corner

 

click on 'reboot'

 

 

 

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