From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 13 03:29:26 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0840E106566B for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:29:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B75698FC08 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:29:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p6D3TOdr041412; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:29:24 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id p6D3TOml041409; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:29:24 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:29:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Joe Sciulli In-Reply-To: <1310525563.7078.YahooMailClassic@web122301.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <1310525563.7078.YahooMailClassic@web122301.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-902635197-1671548210-1310527764=:41379" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:29:24 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: does phpvirtualbox support remote console? or virtualbox supports vnc without X? X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:29:26 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-1671548210-1310527764=:41379 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Tue, 12 Jul 2011, Joe Sciulli wrote: > This page http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch07.html said VBoxHeadless does support remote desktop without X Window system on the host at all.  However, just like phpvirtualvox, it's also through the VRDP support, which appears to be deprived into VirtualBox extension > package since virtualbox 4.0, that is NOT available to freebsd. > > So, what is the solution to have remote console of virtualbox guests on freebsd host since virtualbox 4.0? Build VirtualBox with VNC support, then VBoxHeadless --startvm test --vnc --vncpass myvncpassword Then use a VNC viewer to connect. ---902635197-1671548210-1310527764=:41379--