VBOX_USER_HOME environment variable
Posted: 26. Mar 2008, 18:54
I am running Debian Etch with Gnome. I want to use a different directory for my Virtualbox con?guration directory, so according to the manual it says " you can supply an alternate con?guration directory by setting the VBOX_USER_HOME environment variable." I suppose it assumes you know how to set this.
I have added to my /home/me/.bashrc file. When I run env in a terminal I can see this variable is defined ok. But Virtualbox doesn't use it for some reason.
I can't find how the Gnome menu item for "Innotek Virtualbox" is launched. I created a separate launcher for the desktop with the command Virtualbox which runs but again doesn't use my custom directory.
This is probably a simple problem for a Linux expert but I haven't been able to find the solution.
I have added
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export VBOX_USER_HOME=/my/Vbox/Base
I can't find how the Gnome menu item for "Innotek Virtualbox" is launched. I created a separate launcher for the desktop with the command Virtualbox which runs but again doesn't use my custom directory.
This is probably a simple problem for a Linux expert but I haven't been able to find the solution.