[Grml] OT: grml in remote VirtualBox

[T o n g]

Thanks a lot for your answer, Darshaka.

OK, so I know it is now a purely Virtualbox thing. 

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:37:19 +0100, Darshaka Pathirana wrote:

> I created a Virtualbox-Machine ("grml") without a HDD and inserted a
> grml.iso as virtual cd and did:
> 
> $ vboxheadless -s grml
> 
> On the VBox-Host I did:
> 
> $ rdesktop localhost
> 
> On a remote machine I did:
> 
> $ rdesktop $IP_OF_VBOXHOST
> 
> Works flawlessly!

Alright, I followed your instructions, create a Virtualbox VM booting 
from grml.iso, then,

 VBoxManage startvm Grml2011C --type headless

which should be exactly the same as vboxheadless -s. However, I just 
can't connect:

$ rdesktop localhost 
ERROR: localhost: unable to connect

Here are some diagnostic info:

$ VBoxManage showvminfo Grml2011C | grep -i VRDE
VRDE:            enabled (Address 0.0.0.0, Ports 3389, MultiConn: off, 
ReuseSingleConn: off, Authentication type: null)
VRDE Connection:    not active

$ rdesktop localhost:3389
ERROR: localhost: unable to connect

$ netstat | grep 3389 || echo not found
not found

$ netstat | grep vbox 
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     1970431  /tmp/.vbox-
root-ipc/ipcd
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     1954856  /tmp/.vbox-
root-ipc/ipcd
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     1200559  /tmp/.vbox-
root-ipc/ipcd
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     973926   /tmp/.vbox-
root-ipc/ipcd

$ rdesktop 192.168.2.105
ERROR: 192.168.2.105: unable to connect

Thanks

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