General :: Startx Script Commandline To Start VirtualBox VM On Separate X Server
Aug 28, 2011
I am trying to start a VirtualBox VM on a separate X screen (in fullscreen) so I can switch between Linux and Windows XP by doing Ctrl + Alt + F<.
I am basically trying to do something like this:
startx "VBoxManage startvm XP" -- :4
startx "VBoxManage startvm "XP"" -- :4 (is this correct for quotes within quotes??)
I get a "bad command line option "VBoxManage" back from the startx script so obviously I am not understanding the rules for how to write "shell magic".
How can I do this correctly, or perhaps there is a better way of achieving a VirtualBox VM on a separate X screen?
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Jan 13, 2010
i have managed to be starting applications remotely (on the X client). then, the Xserver can be a linuxOS, or a winXP application (Xwin32, Hummingbird)... so i can get the applications (xlogo, konqueror, or dolphin) from the X client showing on my X server (at my terminal that is). no problem. Problem is with startx. since my Xclient is a file server, i don't need for it to be running xdm... but i would like to be ssh'ing to the machine and startx when (rarely) needed.
what happens currently is that i ssh to the file server, i open up the Xserver locally (or the terminal), and i verify that xlogo will start on my X server instead of on the Xserver of the fileserver. then i try to 'startx' but i get nothing on my screen, while the window manager is loading in the Xserver of the file server itself... how can i change that??? i have verified that $DISPLAY variable is pointing to my Xserver (how else would xlogo work?)..
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I have being googling and trying to find out solution to unable to startx.Please note i have already search from last 2-3 days for the solution but didn't found anything.So request someone to guide me step by step.Also one more thing, the server was crashed and i upgraded the existing server using CD. But since then we are not able to start startXI hope i can get some help here ,i am a newbie to linux but i am computer engg so i can understand some logics..I am getting below error
Code:
[root@astarcftp /]# startx
xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.13592
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First question is:
Why have linux after command ls -l -a this output?
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 2009-11-04 20:45 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 2009-11-04 20:45 ..
And how must it to set and use? What is it's function? How can I repair my server notebook? Must I unmount my harddisk with a sqrewdriver and connect it to/on an other linux machine? If its needed, I can do that.
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Code:
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Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
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[oracle@localhost ~]$
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Code:
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