Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:32:23 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: Greg Byshenk <freebsd@byshenk.net> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "headed" virtualbox + vnc Message-ID: <4ED7E457.4010507@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20111201175643.GJ75313@portland.byshenk.net> References: <4ED76F0B.6090603@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112010916230.10195@wonkity.com> <4ED7B320.5020007@FreeBSD.org> <20111201175643.GJ75313@portland.byshenk.net>
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on 01/12/2011 19:56 Greg Byshenk said the following: > 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." I am not sure what all of this (i.e. features of vncserver and x11vnc) has to do with a capability of Virtualbox to export guest's screen via VNC protocol. -- Andriy Gapon
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