From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 1 18:12:44 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 E6B19106564A; Thu, 1 Dec 2011 18:12:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byshenknet@byshenk.net) Received: from portland.byshenk.net (portland.byshenk.net [69.168.53.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C48798FC17; Thu, 1 Dec 2011 18:12:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from portland.byshenk.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by portland.byshenk.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pB1HuigR094218; Thu, 1 Dec 2011 09:56:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from byshenknet@portland.byshenk.net) Received: (from byshenknet@localhost) by portland.byshenk.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id pB1HuhLU094217; Thu, 1 Dec 2011 09:56:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from byshenknet) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 09:56:43 -0800 From: Greg Byshenk To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20111201175643.GJ75313@portland.byshenk.net> References: <4ED76F0B.6090603@FreeBSD.org> <4ED7B320.5020007@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4ED7B320.5020007@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on portland.byshenk.net Cc: Andriy Gapon Subject: Re: "headed" virtualbox + vnc 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: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:12:45 -0000 On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 07:02:24PM +0200, Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 01/12/2011 18:17 Warren Block said the following: > > On Thu, 1 Dec 2011, Andriy Gapon wrote: > >> Is it possible to start a guess VM with GUI and also be able to access it via VNC? > >> All google hits for freebsd+virtualbox+vnc are about VBoxHeadless. > > > > net/x11vnc installed in the guest should work. > > Of course that's not what I meant/wanted. It's about as close as you can get, I think. If I understand aright, "standard" VNC uses its own display, which means that it can't somehow "attach" to an existing X display. I've never used it, but according to its description, x11vnc -does- allow you to connect to a running X display: "x11vnc differs from traditional UNIX VNC servers in that it is accessing a real X displays that may already be in progress rather than creating its own X server for clients to connect to." -- greg byshenk - gbyshenk@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL