Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 09:30:41 -0500 From: "Steve Wills" <swills@FreeBSD.org> To: "Andriy Gapon" <avg@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "headed" virtualbox + vnc Message-ID: <88b9b2414a56d67d98bde1c497892b3a.squirrel@mouf.net> In-Reply-To: <4ED80A5A.2050300@FreeBSD.org> References: <4ED76F0B.6090603@FreeBSD.org> <201112012002.pB1K2swd025653@higson.cam.lispworks.com> <4ED80A5A.2050300@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi, > on 01/12/2011 22:02 Martin Simmons said the following: >>>>>>> On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:11:55 +0200, Andriy Gapon said: >>> >>> Is it possible to start a guess VM with GUI and also be able to access >>> it via VNC? >>> All google hits for freebsd+virtualbox+vnc are about VBoxHeadless. >> >> Probably not simultaneously, but you can close the GUI with the "Save >> the >> machine state" option and then bring it back to life as a headless VM >> (presumably with vnc). >> >> Use VBoxManage controlvm ... savestate to stop the headless VM and then >> start >> it again in GUI mode. > > The reason I am asking is that apparently that feature is available with > RDP > (via Devices -> Enable Remote Display). So I hoped for the same with VNC. > (Picking a random message in this thread to reply to...) You might also consider running VirtualBox under x11/xpra, which is like screen or tmux but for X11. Steve
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