Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:34:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Joe Sciulli <jsciulli2003@yahoo.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: [Solved: yes for vnc] Re: does phpvirtualbox support remote console? or virtualbox supports vnc without X? Message-ID: <1310531671.10255.YahooMailClassic@web122305.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1107122114260.41379@wonkity.com>
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--- On Tue, 7/12/11, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Subject: Re: does phpvirtualbox support remote console? or virtualbox suppo= rts vnc without X? To: "Joe Sciulli" <jsciulli2003@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 8:29 PM On Tue, 12 Jul 2011, Joe Sciulli wrote: > This page http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch07.html said VBoxHeadless do= es support remote desktop without X Window system on the host at all.=A0 Ho= wever, just like phpvirtualvox, it's also through the VRDP support, which a= ppears to be deprived into VirtualBox extension >=A0 =A0 package since virtualbox 4.0, that is NOT available to freebsd. > > So, what is the solution to have remote console of virtualbox guests on f= reebsd host since virtualbox 4.0? Build VirtualBox with VNC support, then =A0=A0=A0VBoxHeadless --startvm test --vnc --vncpass myvncpassword Then use a VNC viewer to connect. Thanks a lot!=A0 Worked perfectly!=A0 I just realized the "rdesktop" comman= d I attempted to connect to that vnc before is NOT a vnc viewer :-(=A0 And = it's easy to tunnel the vnc traffic over ssh.
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