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VNC client screen is blank

Posted: 5. Sep 2022, 14:01
by Rashmiks
Hi All,
I have installed virtual box 6.1 on Windows machine and loaded Android OS. VNC server app is installed on Android virtual machine. When connected to VNC client, display is blank.
Any solution for this?
Any virtual box extensions to support vnc, please share

Thank you

Re: VNC client screen is blank

Posted: 5. Sep 2022, 14:32
by scottgus1
At first read, this does not sound like a Virtualbox problem.
Rashmiks wrote:VNC server app is installed on Android
This means you have an Android app inside the OS that serves VNC out onto the network. (The network would be Virtualbox's Bridged or Host-Only optimally, though NAT/NAT Network could be used if the correct port was forwarded.)

What communication between that server app and the VNC client running elsewhere is not influenced by Virtualbox. Virtualbox only provides the 'hardware' for the installed OS & apps to run on. It doesn't prevent VNC, for example, from connecting.

You'll have to debug between the app and the client directly.
Rashmiks wrote:Any virtual box extensions to support vnc, please share
The manual reports of one as an Extension Pack, see https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09. ... erextpacks However, the manual says this EP apparently has to be built from source code, which is way above my knowledge. If you did get it built and installed, you'd be remoting into the Virtualbox VM's monitor, not the actual app inside the VM OS. Please start a new topic about getting this EP built if you have any questions.

Re: VNC client screen is blank

Posted: 5. Sep 2022, 17:46
by Rashmiks
Yes vnc server app is installed on Android virtual OS. It is connecting with vnc client app, we can see mouse events are passed to server. But client side display is black screen

Re: VNC client screen is blank

Posted: 5. Sep 2022, 18:08
by mpack
Please explain what makes this a VirtualBox problem? It sounds like neither client nor server is VirtualBox, you just happen to be running the software on VirtualBox "hardware".

VirtualBox does not provide any support for VNC. There is an unsupported extension pack, but that would not involve you adding any additional software to either host or guest.