Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 11:40:11 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Paul Norman <penorman@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Invalid frontend name for VirtualBox without GUI Message-ID: <A3C294FE-8B09-4EEE-8970-26ABA64F923A@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <56616F05.7040807@mac.com> References: <56616F05.7040807@mac.com>
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> On 4 Dec 2015, at 10:46, Paul Norman <penorman@mac.com> wrote: >=20 > I've been experiencing an error with VirtualBox on FreeBSD = 10.2-RELEASE. >=20 > When I try to start a VM with VBoxManage startvm I get the error >=20 > $ VBoxManage startvm "test_default_1449216719057_77821" > VBoxManage: error: Invalid frontend name: 'GUI/Qt' > VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057), = component Machine, interface IMachine, callee nsISupports > VBoxManage: error: Context: "LaunchVMProcess(a->session, = sessionType.raw(), env.raw(), progress.asOutParam())" at line 592 of = file VBoxManageMisc.cpp >=20 > I am able to reproduce this with a clean install in a VM.* >=20 > I installed per-requisites with pkg and then emulators/virtualbox-ose > with ports. The config options I adjusted were to turn off > X11, QT4 (requires X11), NLS (requires QT4) and I used > vagrant to create the VM I tried to launch. >=20 > If I turn on the QT4 and X11 options, this error goes away. With > just X11, I still get it. >=20 > I would much rather not need to install X11 on my server. Are there > any known fixes for this error? VBoxManage startvm --type headless <uuid|vmname> > * Using Vagrant to run VirtualBox in a VM running in VirtualBox > set up by Vagrant feels slightly recursive > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-emulation-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 940 1243 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 940 1295 mobile +44 (0)783 626 4518
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