From owner-freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Fri Dec 4 11:45:06 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 520E1A40907 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2015 11:45:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from mx0.gid.co.uk (mx0.gid.co.uk [194.32.164.250]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 004D3178E for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2015 11:45:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from [194.32.164.24] ([194.32.164.24]) by mx0.gid.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id tB4BeBA9098475; Fri, 4 Dec 2015 11:40:11 GMT (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.1 \(3096.5\)) Subject: Re: Invalid frontend name for VirtualBox without GUI From: Bob Bishop In-Reply-To: <56616F05.7040807@mac.com> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 11:40:11 +0000 Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <56616F05.7040807@mac.com> To: Paul Norman X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3096.5) X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:45:06 -0000 > On 4 Dec 2015, at 10:46, Paul Norman wrote: >=20 > I've been experiencing an error with VirtualBox on FreeBSD = 10.2-RELEASE. >=20 > When I try to start a VM with VBoxManage startvm I get the error >=20 > $ VBoxManage startvm "test_default_1449216719057_77821" > VBoxManage: error: Invalid frontend name: 'GUI/Qt' > VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057), = component Machine, interface IMachine, callee nsISupports > VBoxManage: error: Context: "LaunchVMProcess(a->session, = sessionType.raw(), env.raw(), progress.asOutParam())" at line 592 of = file VBoxManageMisc.cpp >=20 > I am able to reproduce this with a clean install in a VM.* >=20 > I installed per-requisites with pkg and then emulators/virtualbox-ose > with ports. The config options I adjusted were to turn off > X11, QT4 (requires X11), NLS (requires QT4) and I used > vagrant to create the VM I tried to launch. >=20 > If I turn on the QT4 and X11 options, this error goes away. With > just X11, I still get it. >=20 > I would much rather not need to install X11 on my server. Are there > any known fixes for this error? VBoxManage startvm --type headless > * Using Vagrant to run VirtualBox in a VM running in VirtualBox > set up by Vagrant feels slightly recursive > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-emulation-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 940 1243 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 940 1295 mobile +44 (0)783 626 4518