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I just made a new virtualbox, attached hard disks and other stuff, the problem is, I'm doing it on server only with CLI and I can't seem to be able to connect to my new machine.
Can someone tell me is it possible to set an IP for damn machine that I can RDP to it from another computer?...
And no, this didn't help:
VBoxManage modifyvm $VM_name --vrde on --vrdeport 5012 --vrdeaddress preffered_ip
Then, when I start VM i should be able to RDP to it, and that's what I get:
VBoxManage startvm webdev --type headless
Waiting for VM "webdev" to power on...
VM "webdev.svako.lt" has been successfully started.
timothy@Noriko ~ $ rdesktop -a 16 -N 192.168.1.13:3389
Autoselected keyboard map en-us
ERROR: 192.168.1.13: unable to connect
timothy@Noriko ~ $
So how come I can't connect to it?.. I feel like I'm missing something, on Virtualbox man pages chapter 7 I feel running in circles, it makes me thing i need to install some kind of VRDP package on host for vms, in that chapter is said:
"For maximum flexibility, starting with VirtualBox 4.0, VirtualBox implements remote machine display through a generic extension interface, the VirtualBox Remote Desktop Extension (VRDE). The base open-source VirtualBox package only provides this interface, while implementations can be supplied by third parties with VirtualBox extension packages, which must be installed separately from the base package. See the section called “Installing VirtualBox and extension packs” for more information."
Than i click on a link where info about package should be, and that's what I find:
"VirtualBox Remote Desktop Protocol (VRDP) support; see the section called “Remote display (VRDP support)”." - And that section link, links exactly back from where the link was suggested...
i feel lost and don;t know what to do, please help )
Hi, thnx for reply, my version is 4.0. something, so I found right package, and when I try to install it:
"VBoxManage: error: Failed to install "/root/data/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.16-75491.vbox-extpack": Extension pack 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack' is already installed. In case of a reinstallation, please uninstall it first"
So it appears the problem isn't the extra stuff package... what else could it be?
Sorry to quick reply, it seems i have version mismatch, my ext pack is version 4.2 when vb only 4.0, I'll try to fix this first then post the reply did it help or not
So, if someone ever encounters this kind of problem (and probably will, because I've got mismatched extension together with vb without separate installation)
Check your VB version:
$VBoxManage -v
4.0.10_Debianr72436
Check extensions:
$VBoxManage list extpacks
Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0: Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Version: 4.2.0
Revision: 80737
Description: USB 2.0 Host Controller, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM with E1000 support.
VRDE Module: VBoxVRDP Usable: false
Why unusable: VBoxExtPackRegister returned VERR_VERSION_MISMATCH, pReg=0000000000000000 ErrInfo='VirtualBox version mismatch - expected 4.2 got 4.0'
uninstall bad package:
$VBoxManage extpack uninstall 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack'
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