What's #...@$& wrong with X and/or VirtualBox? :(

2010-09-24 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
Beats me... :( I know that my X configuration works, because if I type: (logged in beechjet to run in turbocommander) kitepi...@beechjet:~$ ssh -fCX ay...@turbocommander /usr/bin/gnome-terminal I get my terminal running in beechjet and I am ha

Re: What's #...@$& wrong with X and/or VirtualBox? :(

2010-09-24 Thread mike
More info would be helpful. I use VirtualBox regularly on the latest Ubuntu with no issues at all. Of course, I've taken to running it in a window rather than integrated into the desktop. I've found that some of the desktop window-treatments like shaky windows and other eye-candy of X can interf

Re: What's #...@$& wrong with X and/or VirtualBox? :(

2010-09-24 Thread Jason Holtzapple
On 09/24/2010 09:22 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: Just a guess, but the VirtualBox command is suid root and VBoxManage is not, so that might account for your X forwarding issue. I don't know what your workflow is, but that's not what I would do. I would be using VBoxHeadless to start the vm