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After I launch a virtual machine (Ubuntu 12.04) in headless mode on Windows 7 host
C:\Users\XXX>VBoxManage startvm "ubuntu 12.04" --type headless
Waiting for VM "ubuntu 12.04" to power on...
VM "ubuntu 12.04" has been successfully started.
Can I somehow launch the normal GUI that I would get by launching the virtual machine from VirtualBox' GUI ?
I know that I should be able to RDP to this machine but when I use Windows 7 built in RDP client and use localhost:rdp_port
(forwarded by NAT in VB options) I get the error
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Remote Desktop Connection
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Your computer could not connect to another console session on the remote
computer because you already have a console session in progress.
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OK Help
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What can I do in this situation to connect to this virtual machine with GUI ?
Is it the only solution for me to turn the machine off and then launch it with the GUI ? It sounds really not convenient to do this every time I need GUI - since I want the machine to be headless.
EDIT
I have also tried xrdp
but I cannot connect to the machine - I have it behind the VirtualBox NAT and the ports are forwarded.
1But could you open the GUI of a Headless VM? – Fabricio PH – 2014-05-24T03:43:53.480