Cant Connect to Headless VM from Remote Desktop
Posted: 27. Oct 2011, 20:36
HI All this is my 1st post here, been using Virtualbox for years but i never used it on a headless server before.
I have setup VirtualBox 4.0 On A Headless CentOS Server using this tutorial here : http://www.howtoforge.com/vboxheadless- ... 6-server[b] but i cant seem to connect to the VM using Remote Desktop[/b].
I Dont know what is the problem but everytime i try connect its says "the client could not connect to the remote computer"
The machine starts fine
See details below to see if anyone can understand what could be the problem ?
Start VM
[admin@test root]$ VBoxHeadless --startvm "Windows XP"
Oracle VM VirtualBox Headless Interface 4.0.14
(C) 2008-2011 Oracle Corporation
All rights reserved.
VRDE server is listening on port 3389.
The Extension Pack is installed:
[root@test ~]# vboxmanage list extpacks
Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0: Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Version: 4.0.14
Revision: 74382
Description: USB 2.0 Host Controller, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM with E1000 support.
VRDE Module: VBoxVRDP
Usable: true
Why unusable:
What could i be doing wrong ?
Virtual Machine Details:
[admin@test ~]$ VBoxManage showvminfo c25f0e4e-0b6a-4987-b7f2-ca7772dd8649
Name: Windows XP
Guest OS: Windows XP
UUID: c25f0e4e-0b6a-4987-b7f2-ca7772dd8649
Config file: /home/admin/VirtualBox VMs/Windows XP/Windows XP.vbox
Snapshot folder: /home/admin/VirtualBox VMs/Windows XP/Snapshots
Log folder: /home/admin/VirtualBox VMs/Windows XP/Logs
Hardware UUID: c25f0e4e-0b6a-4987-b7f2-ca7772dd8649
Memory size: 256MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 8MB
HPET: off
Chipset: piix3
Firmware: BIOS
Number of CPUs: 1
Synthetic Cpu: off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode: message and menu
Boot Device (1): DVD
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: off
PAE: off
Time offset: 0 ms
RTC: local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: on
Nested Paging: on
Large Pages: off
VT-x VPID: on
State: aborted (since 2011-10-27T17:58:56.000000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller
Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Bootable (0): on
IDE Controller (0, 0): /home/admin/WinXP.vdi (UUID: 19f0f146-d198-4410-b1c9-cc84f6a71750)
IDE Controller (0, 1): /home/admin/WINXP.ISO (UUID: d86e1514-db93-454e-9990-12ba486b9d2b)
NIC 1: MAC: 08002796E0F0, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0
NIC 1 Settings: MTU: 0, Socket( send: 64, receive: 64), TCP Window( send:64, receive: 64)
NIC 2: disabled
NIC 3: disabled
NIC 4: disabled
NIC 5: disabled
NIC 6: disabled
NIC 7: disabled
NIC 8: disabled
Pointing Device: PS/2 Mouse
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1: disabled
UART 2: disabled
Audio: disabled
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
VRDE: disabled
USB: disabled
I have setup VirtualBox 4.0 On A Headless CentOS Server using this tutorial here : http://www.howtoforge.com/vboxheadless- ... 6-server[b] but i cant seem to connect to the VM using Remote Desktop[/b].
I Dont know what is the problem but everytime i try connect its says "the client could not connect to the remote computer"
The machine starts fine
See details below to see if anyone can understand what could be the problem ?
Start VM
[admin@test root]$ VBoxHeadless --startvm "Windows XP"
Oracle VM VirtualBox Headless Interface 4.0.14
(C) 2008-2011 Oracle Corporation
All rights reserved.
VRDE server is listening on port 3389.
The Extension Pack is installed:
[root@test ~]# vboxmanage list extpacks
Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0: Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Version: 4.0.14
Revision: 74382
Description: USB 2.0 Host Controller, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM with E1000 support.
VRDE Module: VBoxVRDP
Usable: true
Why unusable:
What could i be doing wrong ?
Virtual Machine Details:
[admin@test ~]$ VBoxManage showvminfo c25f0e4e-0b6a-4987-b7f2-ca7772dd8649
Name: Windows XP
Guest OS: Windows XP
UUID: c25f0e4e-0b6a-4987-b7f2-ca7772dd8649
Config file: /home/admin/VirtualBox VMs/Windows XP/Windows XP.vbox
Snapshot folder: /home/admin/VirtualBox VMs/Windows XP/Snapshots
Log folder: /home/admin/VirtualBox VMs/Windows XP/Logs
Hardware UUID: c25f0e4e-0b6a-4987-b7f2-ca7772dd8649
Memory size: 256MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 8MB
HPET: off
Chipset: piix3
Firmware: BIOS
Number of CPUs: 1
Synthetic Cpu: off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode: message and menu
Boot Device (1): DVD
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: off
PAE: off
Time offset: 0 ms
RTC: local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: on
Nested Paging: on
Large Pages: off
VT-x VPID: on
State: aborted (since 2011-10-27T17:58:56.000000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller
Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Bootable (0): on
IDE Controller (0, 0): /home/admin/WinXP.vdi (UUID: 19f0f146-d198-4410-b1c9-cc84f6a71750)
IDE Controller (0, 1): /home/admin/WINXP.ISO (UUID: d86e1514-db93-454e-9990-12ba486b9d2b)
NIC 1: MAC: 08002796E0F0, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0
NIC 1 Settings: MTU: 0, Socket( send: 64, receive: 64), TCP Window( send:64, receive: 64)
NIC 2: disabled
NIC 3: disabled
NIC 4: disabled
NIC 5: disabled
NIC 6: disabled
NIC 7: disabled
NIC 8: disabled
Pointing Device: PS/2 Mouse
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1: disabled
UART 2: disabled
Audio: disabled
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
VRDE: disabled
USB: disabled