VirtualBox from the command line

[Ricardo Jesus]

On 19/03/2010 03:45, Warren Block wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Mar 2010, Adam Vande More wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Aiza <aiza21 at comclark.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Does VirtualBox launch from the FBSD command line?
>>> Is there a package for it in the pkg system?
>>>
>>
>> # VirtualBox -h
>> Sun VirtualBox Graphical User Interface 3.1.2_OSE
>> (C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>> All rights reserved.
>>
>> Usage:
>> --startvm <vmname|UUID> start a VM by specifying its UUID or name
>> --rmode sdl|image select different render mode (default is sdl)
>>
>> There are other ways too, eg VBoxHeadless
>
> And VBoxSDL. And VBoxManage. You can even create VMs from the command
> line, but it's fairly involved.
>
> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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The problem with headless VirtualBox on FreeBSD is that the VRDP 
Connection is set to not active on VirtualBox OSE. AFAIK that makes it 
impossible to use headless VirtualBox on FreeBSD.