From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 16 16:01:42 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56F7CC8 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:01:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-yh0-f54.google.com (mail-yh0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0009A8FC0C for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:01:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f54.google.com with SMTP id s35so571049yhf.13 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:01:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsd.com.br; s=capeta; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OMzU8bESNPDyJPp4PvWu0n366dCAQ9Fv3wLCoflAmmI=; b=FSmk3yFwH3MBcltG3Uvr3eKfjbw66qWcUIKA89kSQkKs19no4tQNKXvIF6u98y/3Zy 8tUhNladc6KLvf8dbr1X/ctYWaQCvVEjuCGRY3DIj1WlXFTV3Sb2MH07ZkXqrU8f4VkE ff9l4EHBzXgN4uaGzfl+y6l27oYsMlSe0ibCo= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :x-gm-message-state; bh=OMzU8bESNPDyJPp4PvWu0n366dCAQ9Fv3wLCoflAmmI=; b=E4/gxL1uP8fnTiPhgJGM6oAkP/ETkDZZkGfe2z/clMvlp+jkOxDxbs4uD8Tt6RZP+b SLF8fmVtD5k0Uf5OzHZljIPMgOYyM3ImD/YvKX7FCn7YkPr2pNC64zUyaCJzbB5znGeh fA0kBl1URF8JBfAowVROj/raWt2GnveBYQ782/CoOW9/7oMzqBkdE/pV7AbwpITP2dJA D0SLh7AMrohfV/xQViYyMCC14SQVdPCxrGLmDzQI4GfHXDRfQI6HDOaZGDvQg8QENBzv /VF3Gk62vi9yHpxnaiV1NmCSRUZbNjcv9ZkfOGklUuIvG4/WVZs2FVZHBOQINJ43m/74 vQ+w== Received: by 10.236.131.69 with SMTP id l45mr4657354yhi.46.1353081701014; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:01:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from papi ([177.133.109.232]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o66sm1794817yhi.19.2012.11.16.08.01.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:01:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:03:02 -0300 From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: virtualbox with FreeBSD as host Message-ID: <20121116130302.37a87580@papi> In-Reply-To: <50A65F76.2060009@a1poweruser.com> References: <50A65471.7050706@a1poweruser.com> <20121116121408.71d86341@papi> <50A65F76.2060009@a1poweruser.com> Organization: BSD X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmWPNgM6snw6Sz6a76Ut4zrl9BDBmIUMmFNcXJAXmHyyHeN5Wk+YAmrlsdpnDbx8Q/PNKYz X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:01:42 -0000 On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:44:54 -0500 Fbsd8 wrote: > Mario Lobo wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:57:53 -0500 > > Fbsd8 wrote: > > > >> Section 23.3 of the handbook speaks about FreeBSD as a host. > >> No where in that section does it say anything about virtualbox > >> running from the FreeBSD host command line or from A Desktop. > >> > >> Do I need a Desktop for virtualbox to run under? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > NOPE !! > > > > VBoxHeadless -startvm "vm name" > > > > Issueing VirtualBox from host command line gets this msg. > Failed to open the x11 display > > VBoxHeadless -startvm "vm name" assumes that there a vb guest > all ready configured which is not my case. > Right! I assumed you already had the VM ready. Sorry. > There is no man page for VBoxHeadless command. There are those: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/UserManual.pdf and http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ VBoxHeadless is covered on both. > How do a configure a vb guest from the host command line? > > VBoxManage can do all that from command line. Check it out or follow my previous e-mail. Sorry for not being more thorough on my last post. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE)