does phpvirtualbox support remote console? or virtualbox supports vnc without X?

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Wed Jul 13 03:29:26 UTC 2011


On Tue, 12 Jul 2011, Joe Sciulli wrote:

> This page http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch07.html said VBoxHeadless does support remote desktop without X Window system on the host at all.  However, just like phpvirtualvox, it's also through the VRDP support, which appears to be deprived into VirtualBox extension
>    package since virtualbox 4.0, that is NOT available to freebsd.
>
> So, what is the solution to have remote console of virtualbox guests on freebsd host since virtualbox 4.0?

Build VirtualBox with VNC support, then
   VBoxHeadless --startvm test --vnc --vncpass myvncpassword

Then use a VNC viewer to connect.


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