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How to spin a x86_64 ubuntu on Apple M1 with Multipass

I have an Apple M1 processor (ARM64). Is there any way to spin a x86_64 machine? By default Multipass 1.8.0 is launching ARM64 Ubuntu instances.
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Multipass mount: source is not readable

I try to mount a directory to an multipass ubuntu instance. But I get the error: mount failed: source "" is not readable The directory should has the correct mode: drwxrwxr-x@ On macOS Catalina. Thanks for help.
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How can I redirect storage of Multipass VMs?

I've just been trying out Multipass and can see great value in using it for training and testing. Unfortunately with the small SSD I use as the root volume in my server it quickly ran out of space. I can't seem to locate the path where the disks are…
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Import/Export VMs from Multipass

I assume there's a way (but maybe not?) to import/export a vms from multipass. For the life of me I can't find documentation on this. Basically, I'm planning to do a clean install of 19.10 and I would like to backup a couple of my vms in multipass…
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Cannot access an Ubuntu guest VM running under multipass on an Ubuntu Host from the outer network

Setup & Purpose I use a headless Ubuntu server as VM host running a nextcloud appliance using multipass. I want to access the VM from another Desktop System in the same network for testing. local hardware server running Ubuntu LTS 16.04 machine…
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Network error message: Feature is not implemented on this backend

i have a problem with multipass. For the background only: I'm trying to get the following example declared as simple to work: How to build a highly available Kubernetes cluster with MicroK8s I take the following command from the documentation for…
Andreas Riedel
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Multipass Source path does not exist

I'm running multipass on Ubuntu Desktop 21.04 to create many Ubuntu VMs on this Ubuntu machine. I need to mount a folder I created at the root directory /app to one of the VMs. While ls -l /app shows the folder, multipass mount /app newvm gives the…
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How to open GUI applications in multipass container(guest = ubuntu, host = ubuntu)? X-Forwarding

How to open GUI applications in multipass container(guest = ubuntu, host = ubuntu)? I have installed multipass container, which is kind of docker container to run logically separate system. Multipass provides the facility of ssh(terminal access) but…
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Ubuntu Multipass Cloud-init SSH Issue: Retaining 'ubuntu' User's SSH Key While Injecting My Own

I am trying to create a cloud-init configuration file to inject my own SSH keys into the "ubuntu" user for a Multipass instance. I have managed to successfully inject my SSH key when I create a new user for myself and set the SSH key for that user.…
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Multipass bridged network not accepting connections from internet

I have a Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS VM in Multipass running which I want to expose to the internet via router port forwarding. The VM is using bridged network mode. If I run nc -l -p 8080 in the VM and listen to the port I can see connections initiated from…
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How multipassd should be restarted to get multipass commands fuctional again?

Currently I can't run multipass shell, it shows the following in the terminal: $ multipass shell ubuntu-test shell failed: cannot connect to the multipass socket Please ensure multipassd is running and '/var/snap/multipass/common/multipass_socket'…
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Ubuntu Multipass systray text-menu not appearing

I just upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04. I found a problem in the Multipass systray menu. When I right-click the Multipass systray, the menu showing without any text inside. I have try to remove the Multipass and remove the snapshot, then…
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Which virtual machine is better to install Ubuntu with ROS? Multipass or Virtualbox?

I heard that people usually use VirtualBox to install Ubuntu in windows and ROS. But I wanted to know which one is better in terms of software compatibility. Is Virtualbox is better for ROS or Multipass?
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can't log in with my password during ssh connection

my /etc/ssh/ssh_config is as follows # This is the ssh client system-wide configuration file. See # ssh_config(5) for more information. This file provides defaults for # users, and the values can be changed in per-user configuration files # or on…
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launch failed: Remote "snapcraft" is unknown or unreachable - multipass returned exit code 2

I was learning how to create snaps by following tutorial on Ubuntu's website. The first three steps went great but just as I was going to get to the forth I needed to go somewhere. The next day I'm trying to continue and nothing works. When trying…
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