From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 19 17:36:35 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C7F2106566C for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:36:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=687c63757=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-002.utdallas.edu (ip-002.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.108]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D12E68FC1A for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:36:34 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: None X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEAN9So0uBbgog/2dsb2JhbACcL7pDhHoEgx2GZQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.51,275,1267423200"; d="scan'208";a="27287849" Received: from zxtm01.utdallas.edu (HELO utd65257.utdallas.edu) ([129.110.10.32]) by ip-002.utdallas.edu with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 19 Mar 2010 12:36:34 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:36:33 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: Aiza , Adam Vande More Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4BA2F3AB.6030108@comclark.com> References: <4BA2C900.5010400@comclark.com> <6201873e1003181811s2e9a9f6fsf0a8181cce339cdc@mail.gmail.com> <4BA2F3AB.6030108@comclark.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) X-Munged-Reply-To: Figure it out MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: lists@lizardhill.com, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: VirtualBox from the command line X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:36:35 -0000 --On Friday, March 19, 2010 11:46:51 +0800 Aiza wrote: > > Why don't virtual box GUI start in vga mode? > VirtualBox is in ports and installs as an application like Firefox. Here's a screenshot of it running on my workstation: http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/VirtualBox_on_FreeBSD.png And here's a shot of the menu item in KDE4: http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/VirtualBox_menu_KDE4.png It's the second item from the top, because it's a recently used program. It also appears in the System menu on KDE4. However you create icons to launch programs in your window manager, that's how you would create one to start VirtualBox. It has to start as an X11 program, not a commandline (terminal) program. > Is this telling me that I have to have Xorg and some > desktop running before VirtualBox's gui will function? > Yes. VirtualBox is a GUI program designed to run alternative OSes inside the native OS. (There may be a commandline version that I'm not familiar with.) > Are the scripts provided by vboxtool the only way to have > command line control of VirtualBox? > http://vboxtool.sourceforge.net/ > > See talk about vboxweb as alternate VirtualBox manager. > http://vboxweb.blogspot.com/ > Does not look like this is out of development yet. > Anybody using this? > Well, clearly I'm using the GUI version. I also use it on Mac Snow Leopard. It beats the hell out of VMware or having to run Windows natively. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson