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FS#32782 - [virtualbox] lacks vnc support

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Lee.MaRS (leemars) - Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 11:08 GMT
Last edited by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 00:58 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Ionut Biru (wonder)
Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:

I didn't upgrade virtualbox for a while. After upgrading, I found that the vnc support of virtualbox has gone away. It seems like a bug because I checked the PKGBUILD and it said that virtualbox should be compiled with '--enable-vnc'.

$ vboxheadless -h
Oracle VM VirtualBox Headless Interface 4.2.4_OSE
(C) 2008-2012 Oracle Corporation
All rights reserved.

VBoxHeadless: error: --height: RTGetOpt: Command line option needs argument.
Usage:
-s, -startvm, --startvm <name|uuid> Start given VM (required argument)
-v, -vrde, --vrde on|off|config Enable (default) or disable the VRDE
server or don't change the setting
-e, -vrdeproperty, --vrdeproperty <name=[value]> Set a VRDE property:
"TCP/Ports" - comma-separated list of ports
the VRDE server can bind to. Use a dash between
two port numbers to specify a range
"TCP/Address" - interface IP the VRDE server
will bind to
--settingspw <pw> Specify the settings password
--settingspwfile <file> Specify a file containing the settings password
-c, -capture, --capture Record the VM screen output to a file
-w, --width Frame width when recording
-h, --height Frame height when recording
-r, --bitrate Recording bit rate when recording
-f, --filename File name when recording. The codec used
will be chosen based on the file extension


Additional info:
virtualbox 4.2.4-2

Steps to reproduce:
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Closed by  Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 00:58 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Dark (Dark) - Saturday, 08 December 2012, 02:31 GMT Comment by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Monday, 24 December 2012, 17:28 GMT
can you tell me if with virtualbox-ext-vnc-4.2.6 fix this issue?
Comment by Lee.MaRS (leemars) - Tuesday, 25 December 2012, 17:12 GMT
Hi seblu,

I tried virtualbox-ext-vnc and it works. But I found another bug in virtualbox-host-modules 4.2.6, which depends linux>=3.7 but installed in extramodules-3.6-ARCH/, and linux 3.7 is still in testing repo now. Would you like to fix it or Should I add a new ticket?
Comment by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Tuesday, 25 December 2012, 23:31 GMT
great! It was already reported in  FS#33194  and fixed now.

Thanks.
Comment by André Vitor Matos (andre.vmatos) - Monday, 15 April 2013, 01:55 GMT
  • Field changed: Percent Complete (100% → 0%)
Even with virtualbox-ext-vnc installed and activated (in GUI preferences), VBoxHeadless 4.2.8 doesn't give vnc options, only that reported by @leemars
Comment by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 00:58 GMT
Why vbox dev make things so complex!

Btw I found your answer by googling... there is a new syntax!

VBoxManage setproperty vrdeextpack VNC
VBoxManage modifyvm OpenSex --vrdeproperty VNCPassword=toto
VBoxManage modifyvm OpenSex --vrdeauthlibrary null
VBoxHeadless --startvm OpenSex

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