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Date:      Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:04:54 -0700
From:      Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@mittelstaedt.us>
To:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can VBox use "vrdp" ?
Message-ID:  <4C0C53C6.7000506@mittelstaedt.us>
In-Reply-To: <201006062153.40134.lobo@bsd.com.br>
References:  <28793596.post@talk.nabble.com> <201006062153.40134.lobo@bsd.com.br>

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On 6/6/2010 2:53 PM, Mario Lobo wrote:
> On Monday 07 June 2010 00:19:06 zaxis wrote:
>> In linux,
>> start:
>> VBoxManage startvm winxp -type vrdp
>>
>> connect:
>> rdesktop localhost:3389 -g 1440x875 -D -N -k en-us -r sound:remote
>>
>> However, it seems i canot use vrdp in freebsd ?
>>
>> -----
>> e^(π⋅i) + 1 = 0
>>
>
> There is no vrdp on the FreeBSD port, BUT there is VNC !!
>
> Look:
>
> [~]>VBoxHeadless
> Oracle VM VirtualBox Headless Interface 3.2.2
> (C) 2008-2010 Oracle Corporation
> All rights reserved.
>
> Usage:
>     -s, -startvm, --startvm<name|uuid>    Start given VM (required argument)
>     -n, --vnc                             Enable the built in VNC server
>     -m, --vncport<port>                   TCP port number to use for the VNC
>                                           server
>     -o, --vncpass<pw>                     Set the VNC server password
>     -c, -capture, --capture               Record the VM screen output to a file
>     -w, --width                           Frame width when recording
>     -h, --height                          Frame height when recording
>     -r, --bitrate                         Recording bit rate when recording
>     -f, --filename                        File name when recording.  The codec
>                                           used will be chosen based on the
>                                           file extension
>
> So:
>
> VBoxHeadless -s VM_NAME -n -m 5100
>
> will start the VM "VM_NAME" with a VNC listener at port 5100
>
> So any vnc viewer will connect to it.
>
> Very simple and easy !
>

You can also run the xrdp daemon and connect to it from a Microsoft
remote desktop session.  That's what I currently do with Vbox but I
use tightvnc server.  I'm looking forward to trying this out with the
new version of Vbox which supports vnc now.

Ted


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