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I faced a "The system is running in low-graphics mode error" like the on in this question How to fix "The system is running in low-graphics mode" error?



This happened in Virtualbox!



I'll go with the answer that the root file system ran out of space since I left the system downloading some stuff & previously I was notified that the system is low on space. Dumb of me but everyone makes mistakes. I was planning on moving the files to a shared folder later on.



The screen I get is similar to the screen in the link above. If I click on Ok, I get the following screen





None of the options work. I even tried to use the shell mode to try to free some space but all I get is this screen





So my question is how can I get back to my system & move the files to the shared folder (which btw needs guest additions which is was already installed on the system!) or better (if easier) an USB?



Note: I tried a live mode (iso) but I cannot do anything (e. G; open nautilus or a terminal!); + I get a VERP_PDM_MEDIA_LOCKED_error when try to install guest additions.


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A Virtual Box Ubuntu behaves very similar to Ubuntu on bare metal. Therefore the solutions from this question





mostly hold true as well. However note, that you do not have a graphics card or proprietary drivers in a VM. This will all be handled by the guest additions.



We can enter a TTY for command line repair by press and hold the HOST-key, which in your case is the right Ctrl-key and simultanously press F1 trough F8.



In case your virtual hard drive runs short of memory try first with



sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean


to remove no longer needed packages. See also:




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