Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:26:40 +0200 From: Thomas Steen Rasmussen <thomas@gibfest.dk> To: Bernhard Froehlich <decke@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: www/phpvirtualbox needs vboxwebsrv for VirtualBox Message-ID: <4C6412B0.6030008@gibfest.dk> In-Reply-To: <dd80b46fb3a719e00abe0a9c5bf757b3@bluelife.at> References: <4C632B13.2000304@gibfest.dk> <4C6339FF.9070708@gibfest.dk> <dd80b46fb3a719e00abe0a9c5bf757b3@bluelife.at>
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On 12-08-2010 17:19, Bernhard Froehlich wrote: > On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:02:07 +0200, Thomas Steen Rasmussen > <thomas@gibfest.dk> wrote: > >> On 12-08-2010 00:58, Thomas Steen Rasmussen wrote: >> >>> Hello list, >>> >>> I noticed that /usr/ports/www/phpvirtualbox/ was commited to the ports >>> tree and I wanted to try it out. It seems to need vboxwebsrv from >>> VirtualBox which isn't built by the FreeBSD port by default. I saw >>> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=76262 and tried going the >>> same route, but I cannot even get it to compile using the alterations >>> he does. >>> Could vboxwebsrv possible be added as an option to the VirtualBox port >>> > ? > >>> That would be great. Or alternatively, can the people who committed >>> www/phpvirtualbox comment on how you actually use it ? Do you >>> compile VirtualBox from source ? >>> >>> Thank you in advance, >>> >>> Thomas Steen Rasmussen >>> >> Hello again, >> >> OK so I found out I was working with an old ports tree - sorry for the >> noise, >> vboxwebsrv is indeed available as an option in the current VirtualBox >> 3.2.6 port. >> > Yeah correct. The virtualbox-ose port has an WEBSERVICE option that is > disabled by default. I will discuss this and see if we can enable it by > default or find another solution for phpvirtualbox users. There is also no > rc startscript for vboxwebsrv at the moment because of lack of time but > it's on my todo list. Cool, that would be nice to have. > If you want to test phpvirtualbox i recommend that > you use virtualbox-ose 3.2.8 because it contains a lot of performance > improvements for vboxwebsrv. > I'm already upgrading, thank you. Another question: As I understand it it is not possible to start virtual machines with headless VNC enabled from phpvirtualbox, as the VirtualBox API doesn't support it yet - do you happen to know if this is correct, and whether there is a solution in the pipeline somewhere ? Thank you, Thomas Steen Rasmussen
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