From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 17 03:06:04 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 E2AE2776 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 03:06:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B5058FC12 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 03:06:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f182.google.com with SMTP id 16so4302775obc.13 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:06:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Zedw8HUlOsm5XY+qDGjyhUQH6Dk0++ivposUdzcjSQw=; b=MYP9z28R1hhNmO+vmcV4ftU2tjkmm/rpnYq8os9kKT+aGOuLOVQW0rQG/N4Dr5EOS5 6G5j3G2MNRCtGWwm4RBDMYezHaXOb+hW146Unevud85kBpfo6pKwHZSQy4mDmfHMCA+O l8JnLa0wCUMiTS0ZmLoO25xWXjYx+lODmNl6GJ6isIyWbqiqn2BxGIlFms1hRREKKc/x jXnCAC9PmAg32LpZ+fK4UKVZENIM9baNzmfrFHHyVOD4S/VAQLfIPdmwsAcStybFdR2b z/yNdSqfS/yvewpBbhrJBXN5qDN9lK8g+Jw3n5PrSPWzzD72+DCvfvNjQqfeZ5iiNH/8 PPMg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.60.20.101 with SMTP id m5mr5459877oee.102.1353121563931; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:06:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.80.104 with HTTP; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:06:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50a7547f.pE0dkKlRM7DyQvw3%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <50A65471.7050706@a1poweruser.com> <20121116121408.71d86341@papi> <50A65F76.2060009@a1poweruser.com> <20121116130302.37a87580@papi> <50A6AD92.2000904@a1poweruser.com> <50a7547f.pE0dkKlRM7DyQvw3%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:06:03 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: virtualbox with FreeBSD as host From: Adam Vande More To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: lobo@bsd.com.br, fbsd8@a1poweruser.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 03:06:04 -0000 On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 3:10 AM, wrote: > Adam Vande More wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > > > I do not run x11 or any desktop on my 9.0 host. > > > > This would be your problem. > > How so? Surely virtualbox _should_ be able to hand off a VT to the > XP guest, for it to use as a keyboard, mouse, and display. (This > supposes that the FreeBSD box in question _has_ a keyboard, mouse, > and display, and thus has a VT that it can hand off.) I see what you are saying but that isn't possible currently with Virtualbox. The closest piece of tech I know of the OP's request is Xen VGA passthrough. -- Adam Vande More