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+Description: Check if we are running in a virtual machine before wasting time
+running virtualbox guest things
+Author: Kevin Puetz (puetzk)
+
+Origin: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1762491/comments/9
+Last-Update: 2018-07-19
+
+Index: virtualbox/src/VBox/Additions/x11/Installer/98vboxadd-xclient
+===================================================================
+--- virtualbox.orig/src/VBox/Additions/x11/Installer/98vboxadd-xclient
++++ virtualbox/src/VBox/Additions/x11/Installer/98vboxadd-xclient
+@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@
+ # hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
+ #
+
++in_virtual_machine()
++{
++ if [ -z "$(lspci -d 80ee:cafe)" ]; then
++ echo "VirtualBox Additions disabled, not in a Virtual Machine" >&2
++ return 1
++ fi
++
++ return 0
++}
++in_virtual_machine || return
++
+ # Sanity check: if non-writeable PID-files are present in the user home
+ # directory VBoxClient will fail to start.
+ for i in $HOME/.vboxclient-*.pid; do