Seamless Virtualization and VirtualBox

[magimog]

I am currently trying out this tutorial for seamless virtualization

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=433359

and when running this command:

VBoxManage startvm "Windows XP" -type vrdp

I get the following error below:

[!] FAILED calling virtualBox->FindMachine(Bstr(argv[0]), machine.asOutParam()) at line 4026!
[!] Primary RC = 0x80070057
[!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true
[!] Result Code = 0x80070057
[!] Text = Could not find a registered machine named 'Windows XP'
[!] Component = VirtualBox, Interface: IVirtualBox, {d1a2295c-d257-4a4c-a9a6-843d87db6f45}
[!] Callee = IVirtualBox, {d1a2295c-d257-4a4c-a9a6-843d87db6f45}

Now I've double and triple checked my installation and it IS named Windows XP! I've checked \.VirtualBox and the Windows XP.xml file is there and things appear ok, yet it still cant see it from the terminal... am I doing something wrong?

[Technologov]

yes, you do.

You must use Windows'es RDP, not VirtualBox's RDP server.

See:
http://forgeftp.novell.com/lfl/.html/virtualbox.html

[magimog]

You mean Windows Remote Desktop? I already have that enabled and set up. I just havent got to the point of running VirtualBox from the command line yet...

[stefan.becker]

Do you have XP Home? RDP works only with XP Professional.

[edgar_ali]

I am having a similar proble of the above...just a bit different because I'm trying to share folders... my error is:

VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.6.0
(C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

[!] FAILED calling aVirtualBox->FindMachine(Bstr(argv[1]), machine.asOutParam()) at line 7155!
[!] Primary RC = 0x80070057
[!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true
[!] Result Code = 0x80070057
[!] Text = Could not find a registered machine named 'Windows'
[!] Component = VirtualBox, Interface: IVirtualBox, {2d3b9ea7-25f5-4f07-a8e1-7dd7e0dcf667}
[!] Callee = IVirtualBox, {2d3b9ea7-25f5-4f07-a8e1-7dd7e0dcf667}


My virtual machine says its name is "Windows"... why VBOX says it can not find a machine with that name???

Where can i get the real name of my machine?...what commands shoul i type in the terminal to fix this problem???