virtualbox with FreeBSD as host

Adam Vande More amvandemore at gmail.com
Mon Nov 19 01:24:40 UTC 2012


On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Fbsd8 <fbsd8 at a1poweruser.com> wrote:

> One word answers have no meaning.
>

That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without
evidence.


> As I understand the VB manual there is only 2 ways to CREATE virtual
> machines on a freebsd host. Launch VB from the host x11 desktop which
> launches the VB config screen or use headless commands from host command
> line which just creates control files without the VB screens being
> displayed.
>
> If you know of some other ways them explain your self.


There is nothing in the VB manual which says the x11 server has to be
running on the host system.  You do need an x11 server to access the QT4
GUI however it can reside on a remote system and even a Windows Box.  Just
need the x11 libs locally that is it.


>
>
>>
>>   So the bottom line is virtualbox=desktop.
>>>
>>>
>> Since you can access it only by traditional server means, it's a desktop
>> app?
>>
>>
> Have no idea what you trying to say by the above statement that ends in a
> question mark. Please clarify.
>

Please answer the question as implied by the question mark.


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Adam Vande More


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