HOWTO: Seamless MS Windows in Edgy with VirtualBox and Beryl!

[mikeytag]

Alright, I have finally done it. I have integrated Windows XP Professional into my Ubuntu desktop using VirtualBox. Words cannot begin to describe how incredibly sweet and productive this kind of setup is. Imagine being logged into your Ubuntu desktop and whenever you want to run a Windows app you simply click on the Windows Start Menu at the bottom of your screen and run it. Well that's what this guide will walk you through setting up. Take a look at this screen shot to get an idea for what I am talking about:

http://www.creditlearningcenter.com/images/seamless_screenshot.png

Imagine if you are a developer that needs to run Visual Studio repeatedly. Or maybe you are a web developer like me that goes into Flex and Flash occasionally. (Both are products from Adobe with no Linux port, you will see from the screenshot that I am running Photoshop 9 CS2 like this) Needless to say, having this setup would help you save a lot of time, if not solely for the purpose of impressing your friends. Oh, and to top it all off, it runs under Beryl just fine. Almost all the effects in Beryl affect the other windows. (See bottom of guide to find out which effects won't work)

There are some limitations, like full 3D support for games and such, but for the most part it runs all Windows programs flawlessly. Also, as a side note I was able to get this whole configuration working using Edgy. There are a few issues that could pose problems in Feisty, mainly Network Manager messing with the config. I will post another tutorial for Feisty when I get the chance to upgrade my desktop.

Step 1: Install and Configure VirtualBox
VirtualBox is one of the best virtualization apps I have ever seen. I put it right up there against VMWare Workstation, and it tends to perform better in my opinion.
In Edgy, you can download and install VirtualBox by either using Automatix (http://www.getautomatix.com) or by installing the .deb from http://www.virtualbox.org
I personally installed it through Automatix and find that the easiest route as it makes sure you have everything else you need for it. You can find VirtualBox under the Virtualization section of Automatix.

Ok, once you have VirtualBox installed we are going to make a new virtual machine.
Step 1a: Setting Up a Virtual Machine

Open up the VirtualBox app by selecting it from Applications->System Tools->InnoTek VirtualBox.
Click the “New” button at the top to bring up the New Virtual Machine Wizard.
Click Next
Type in a name for your Windows installation. I labeled mine: Windows XP Professional, but you can name yours whatever you feel like.
Choose your Os Type from the dropdown. (Important note: this seamless setup will only work with a version of Windows that can act as a Terminal Server that means XP Pro NOT Home, and Vista Business or Ultimate, Windows Server 2003, and/or Windows 2000 Professional)
Next adjust your base memory size. VirtualBox recommends 192MB for Windows XP, but I personally find that XP runs a bit slow at this level. I have 2GB of RAM on my machine so I gave XP 600 MB. Choose whatever amount you are comfortable with, and this can always be adjusted later.
Next we will choose our “hard disk” to boot into. Click the “New” button unless you already have a VirtualBox image ready, then click the “Existing” button.
After clicking New, you will be greeted by the Virtual Disk Wizard, click Next
Choose whether or not you want a Dynamically expanding image. I personally like using it because I am not entirely sure how much space I will use, but that it is up to you. After choosing, click Next.
Pick a name for your image file and adjust the size to the amount of space you would like to offer for your drive. Then click Next.
To finish the new drive creation click Finish
Your new disk you just created should be selected, click Next.
Click Finish to complete setting up your new Virtual Machine


Step 1b: Configuring Your Virtual Machine

Select your new machine from the list of machines on the left and click the Settings button at the top of VirtualBox.
Select CD/DVD-ROM and click Mount CD/DVD Drive, then choose whether or not you would like to mount your physical CD drive or an iso file. ( I personally ripped my XP Install CD to an ISO file because I think the install goes faster than off the physical CD)
Now, select Network and from the “Attached to” dropdown box select Host Interface. In the Interface Name field type in: tap0
(This will make more sense later)
Now, select Remote Display and check Enable VRDP Server.
Finally, click the OK button to save all of these settings.


Ok, we now have our VirtualBox Machine ready to boot up and install windows, however we are going to configure a few things on the Ubuntu side first.

Step 2: Setup Ubuntu Networking
Before I go down this road with you there are a few things I need to make known. First, I have only tested this setup on a desktop with a physical, wired network connection. It may work wirelessly, but I have not tested it. Also if you make use of Network Manager, you will need to make sure it doesn't run anymore. You can do that easily, without uninstalling it, by simply creating two files with the word: exit as the only thing in them. Use your favorite editor, mine is pico, and create these files like this:
(Quick pico reference: to exit a file and choose whether or not to save it use: Ctrl+x)

sudo pico /etc/default/NetworkManager
sudo pico /etc/default/NetworkManagerDispatcher

If you had to add those two files then you can reboot to see that Network Manager will not start up anymore. To turn it back on simply remove those files. If you are sitting there and are thinking “But I HAVE to use Network Manager, my <insert wireless card here> is only supported by it!” Then my friend, I apologize but you may be SOL. Start digging through the forums to see if there is an alternative way to run your connection. My guess is there probably is.

Ok, now that that's out of the way let's move on.

We first need to install some important packages:
sudo apt-get install bridge-utils uml-utilities
Next we are going to setup our /etc/rc.local file.
sudo pico /etc/rc.local

Append the following information directly above the line that says “exit 0”

tunctl -t tap0 -u <username>
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
/usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
/sbin/dhclient br0
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 <vbox_ip> up
bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
route add -host <main_ip> dev tap0
arp -Ds <main_ip> eth0 pub

Ok, there are some EXTREMELY important things to note here.

First off replace <username> with the username you use to login to your Ubuntu desktop. (Mine is michael).

Next, you need to replace <vbox_ip> with an IP that is within your subnet. It doesn't matter what it is, I use 192.168.1.161 simply because it was open. The only requirement is that there isn't another device on your network with this IP. This IP will come in handy when your Windows install is not accessible over the network. Confusing I know, but it will make more sense later.

Next, you need to replace <main_ip> with the IP of your Ubuntu installation on your network. If you use DHCP be careful. I do, but I setup my router to always give me the IP of 192.168.1.160. Static or DHCP, you need to put your IP here.

Lastly, take a look at all the places where I have eth0. For many installations this will probably be your main network device, but it could be something else like ath0,eth1,etc. Make sure you change eth0 to whatever your primary network interface is. (The device that you access the network with)

Ok, if you feel up to it you can parse out all the lines we just put in the /etc/rc.local file and run them one by one. Or you can easily activate these settings by simply rebooting.


Step 3: Configure your Windows Virtual Machine
Ok, now we are going to boot up our Windows Virtual Machine. Go ahead and boot up your VM by opening up Applications->System Tools->InnoTek VirtualBox and then selecting your virtual machine and clicking the “Start” button.

I am not going to walk you through installing Windows, because it is mind numbingly boring and I am betting, that if you are reading this guide, chances are you have wasted many hours of your life reinstalling Windows. When you are done installing it come back to this guide to continue.

Welcome back! I hope you had a fun time. ;) Now there are several Windows settings we will need to do. (Note: These settings worked for me in Windows XP Pro, if you are using another edition of Windows they may be the same, i.e. registry keys and such, or not. However I can personally confirm that they work flawlessly in Windows XP Pro.)


First thing you have to do in Windows is enable Remote Connections and set a password for your user.
Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Sytem and click the Remote tab.
Check the box that says “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer” and click OK
In the Control Panel click “User Accounts”
Click the user that you would like to login as and then click “Create a password”
Type your password in the boxes provided and then click the “Create Password” button.


If you are thinking to yourself, “Well. it would just be easier to not have a password.” Stop right there and set one anyway. It is not an issue of security. If you don't setup a password then you will not be able to login to your Windows VM seamlessly.


Next, download this file: http://howtoforums.net/downloads/seamlessrdp.zip and extract it to C:\seamlessrdp


Now we are going to adjust a couple registry keys that drove me up the wall. By default XP Pro comes configured to only allow remote access at 16 bit color. Well, frankly this looks like butt on your desktop especially when you have a slick Beryl interface. So we are going to change that.


Go to Start and select Run, in the box type regedit and hit OK
In the registry editor navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp
In the right hand pane, highlight the ColorDepth key and right-click. Select Modify and change the “Value Data” field to 4


Next, we need to set it up so that your Windows install only displays the Task bar and not the desktop on login.

In the registry editor navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre nt Version\Policies\Explorer
Create a new DWORD value that you'll call NoDesktop and set its value to 1


Now, we need to set our Windows install up so that it logs in your specified user in automatically.

Go to Start -> Run. type control userpasswords2 into the box and click OK
Uncheck “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer” and click Apply
A box will come up asking what user name and password you would like to have logged in automatically. Fill this out with whatever user/pass info you have setup.


Now we need to install VirtualBox's Guest Additions for seamless mouse movements (thanks merovius for pointing this out)

Click the VM dropdown list at the top of your Virtual Machine window
Click Install Guest Additions
Follow the onscreen installer to install the additions


Our last step is to read the network IP that Windows is using

Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Network Connections
Right click Local Area Connection and click Status
Click the Support tab and record the IP Address, it will become important later


Note: This IP address has to be DIFFERENT than the Virtual Box IP that you put in the /etc/rc.local file. If it is not different then configure windows to use a different IP or configure your router to give your Windows install a different IP.


Finally, go to Start and shut down your Windows installation. Not Reboot, Shut Down.


Step 4: Configure your VirtualBox install to run headless and automatically
VirtualBox has this awesome feature where you can run your Virtual Machines headless. Meaning you can start and stop them from the command line and they simply run in the background. Remember when I had you check the box to Enable VRDP? Well, that's what that does. It enables your virtual machine to run headless.


First we are going to run your machine from the command line, so in a terminal window type this:
VBoxManage startvm "Windows XP Professional" -type vrdp

Replace “Windows XP Professional” with the name of your virtual machine if it's different.
Now we are going to setup Ubuntu to start our Windows installation automatically for us upon login.
Go to System->Preferences->Sessions and click the Startup Programs tab
Click the Add button and type the command above into the text field and click OK


Step 5: Integrate into your Ubuntu panel
Ok, the next step is to run your whole Windows seamless setup. First run the following commands from a terminal window to make sure they work, and then I recommend making a Custom Application Launcher in your Ubuntu Panel. I use this icon if you are looking for a nice one:
http://www.creditlearningcenter.com/images/windows_flag.png
(I will assume that most readers know how to do this, right click your top panel and you are on your way :))

First we need to make sure that our bottom panel is hideable, so that we can get to our start bar if we want to. You will notice from my screenshot that I have a dual monitor setup and the Windows bar is across the entire bottom of my screen. That is because I moved my bottom panel up to the top of my right monitor so it is out of the way. However, if you don't want to do that, or you only have one monitor then do this:

Right click a blank area in your bottom panel and click Properties
Check the box that says “Show hide buttons” and click OK
You will now have a left arrow button on the left and a right arrow button on the right of your panel that will allow you to hide your bottom panel by clicking one of them
Next, let's make sure you have rdesktop installed, it should be by default I think:
sudo apt-get install rdesktop


Now, let's run our Windows install seamlessly for the first time!

Open a terminal window and type this:
rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" <IP recorded from Windows>:3389 -u "<Your Windows Username>" -p <Your Windows Password>

Replace <IP recorded from Windows> with the IP you recorded from Windows earlier. (Gosh, did I even need to type that). Also replace <Your Windows Username> and <Your Windows Password> with your Windows username and Windows password respectively.
You should have seamless.......OH CRAP the whole desktop is viewable and you are not seamlessly integrated. That is because your Windows install has to be logged off first before seamless ability will work. You may be thinking, “Michael, you are an idiot. You told me to make my Windows install login automatically!” Hold your horses. If you didn't do that then you wouldn't get anything to show up at all. For reasons unbeknownst to me, Windows XP will not listen for Remote Connections until you have actually logged in once.
Simply hold down your alt key and click anywhere on the Windows desktop and move it up so that you can see the Start button.
Click the Start button and choose Log off.
Ok, run that command one more time and hope that you followed all the instructions correctly.


Woohoo! You should have seen the desktop flash and you will be presented with a lovely blue Windows taskbar at the bottom of your screen. If your bottom panel is in the way, then just click one of the hide arrows to see your new Windows taskbar.

That's it! Easy huh. Well, it's not too difficult it is just time consuming to setup and get running. Good news is that now you can run it at will by clicking your panel launcher or running the rdesktop command again. Only downside, is that the first time you run it you will have to Log Off once before seamlessness will be in effect. Maybe someone can whip up a VB app that will log out the Windows user only on first login so this is done automatically. :)

Have fun enjoying your new setup.

P.S. Here are some important things to know about your new setup


If for any reason you cannot get the rdesktop command to actually do anything you can login to your Windows VM by doing this:
rdesktop -rsound -A -s “c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\windows\explorer.exe” <your vbox_ip from /etc/rc.local>:3389 -u <Your Windows Username> -p <Your Windows Password>

You will notice that many apps run quickly and without much lag at all. This is a testament to how great VirtualBox is at virtualizing. However, occasionally I see slow redraw rates. This is probably due to the fact that we are accessing our virtualized Windows machine over RDP.

VirtualBox claims 3D support, but it is not full. Don't expect to run any graphically intense games on this setup. You can surely try, but it will probably be laggy.

As far as Beryl effects go, almost all of them will work with your Windows windows. However, if you drag a Windows app with the Windows titlebar, it won't be wobbly. This is because when you do this, rdesktop is moving the window not your window manager, i.e. Beryl. However, if you hold down alt and move the window it will be wobbly. Maybe they could add Beryl support in a future release of rdesktop to make them wobbly all the time :).

[Xala]

Would this tutorial work with Feisty? i would hope so because this setup would solve all my problems.:)

Edit, i just re-read your post again, i noticed that you are going to repost this when you have got it working for Feisty.

[rolf-c]

Amen to what Xala said. I've bookmarked this thread!

If I can move my work-required Windows apps to my Feisty box...hubba.

[starfry]

I have just tried this on Feisty and the problem I have is that the mouse position is not syncd between the Upuntu mouse and the Windows one, hence you see two pointers and this prevents it from working for me. I am searching for a solution and will post here if I find one.

[Merovius]

I believe you need to install "guest additions" to Virtualbox. My mouse moves seamlessly across both desktops.

[mikeytag]

I have just tried this on Feisty and the problem I have is that the mouse position is not syncd between the Upuntu mouse and the Windows one, hence you see two pointers and this prevents it from working for me. I am searching for a solution and will post here if I find one.

Like merovius said, I would recommend installing the VirtualBox Guest Additions. Boot up your Virtual Machine via the app and click the VM dropdown and then click "Install Guest Additions". This may solve your problems.

Hey if any of you guys get it running great in Feisty, let me know what differences there were from this tutorial and we can post another one for Feisty users.

[starfry]

I've just installed the guest additions.
When I fire up the rdesktop session, I get a big blue screen and I can use ALT to move the screen to see the START menu. The windows cursor is the pointer/hourglass combination one and the mouse does move it around. However clicking it does nothing. I can't click on "start" to log it off as per the instructions.

merovius - when you say yours works, is that all under Feisty?

note: when I said about mouse problems I meant when in "rdesktop" not when running the virtualbox in the foreground - the mouse works in that and alwasy has, it's just in rdesktop that it is a problem. I use rdesktop for other remote machines and it is fine.

[rolf-c]

I'll add there is a Feisty deb at http://www.virtualbox.org/download/1.3.8/

Index of /download/1.3.8

Name Last modified Size -
vbox-kernel-module-src-1.3.8.tar.bz2 14-Mar-2007 09:05 115K
VBoxGuestAdditions_1.3.8.iso 14-Mar-2007 09:03 2.2M
VirtualBox-1.3.8_mdv2007.1-1.i586.rpm.run 14-Mar-2007 08:36 10M
VirtualBox-1.3.8_openSUSE102-2.i586.rpm.run 14-Mar-2007 13:42 10M
VirtualBox-1.3.8_rhel4-1.i586.rpm.run 14-Mar-2007 08:37 12M
VirtualBox-OSE-1.3.8.tar.bz2 14-Mar-2007 08:39 17M
VirtualBox_1.3.8_Debian_etch_i386.deb 14-Mar-2007 11:03 10M
VirtualBox_1.3.8_Debian_sarge_i386.deb 14-Mar-2007 08:36 10M
VirtualBox_1.3.8_Linux_x86.run 14-Mar-2007 08:49 12M
VirtualBox_1.3.8_Ubuntu_dapper_i386.deb 14-Mar-2007 08:37 10M
VirtualBox_1.3.8_Ubuntu_edgy_i386.deb 14-Mar-2007 08:38 10M
VirtualBox_1.3.8_Ubuntu_feisty_i386.deb 22-Apr-2007 20:50 11M
VirtualBox_1.3.8_Win_x86.msi 14-Mar-2007 08:52 13M

[Jose Catre-Vandis]

Excellent stuff! Weird to have this integration and the speed compared to VMware!

I am on Edgy!

Some questions/suggestions....

Is it possible to "gracefully" shut down the windows session? I see you can:
VBoxManage controlvm "Windows-XP-Pro" poweroff
but is this graceful enough to stop XP complaining about a crappy shutdown?
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I too needed the VBox Guest Extensions to get the mouse working properly
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I proabably don't need to do this as I rarely venture into XP using VMware, but can anyone suggest a script that will handle both commands; a) start the headless session and b) start the desktop, once the session has loaded. I don't need to load up the headless session on boot, partly because of use, partly because of overhead.
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All my filesystem mounts seem to have disappeared, and
sudo mount -a
doesn't bring them up. This is partitions on the same drive and NFS shares I have on a server (different machine). I can access the partitions on my HDD if I dive down into /media but not the NFS shares? I'll do some testing around this and report back.
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and it is taking my desktop an extra 1 minute 45 seconds to be ready for business, and opening up anything nautilus / terminal / whatever takes between 20 seconds and a minute to come up on screen
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Removing:
tunctl -t tap0 -u <username>
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
/usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
/sbin/dhclient br0
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 <vbox_ip> up
bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
route add -host <main_ip> dev tap0
arp -Ds <main_ip> eth0 pub
from rc.local solved the above two problems, so it looks like this integration solution is not for my system :-(
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I can't live without my ubuntu panel being at the bottom of the screen, in view. I tried moving the XP start menu to the top of the screen, ( by running a normal Vbox session of XP) but this sits on top of any windows I have open.
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Other than that...fantastic work, well done mikeytag!

[woodgdo1]

Pretty cool idea. I think I will give it a shot with my vmware install to see if that works.

[Jose Catre-Vandis]

Decided to give virtualbox a chance to get their network bridging act together (ala VMware) before switching over.

[mseewald]

Excellent! I can confirm it works in Feisty Fawn!

Regards,
Michael

[Zyrshnikashnu]

Impressive, but Windows XP is refusing my connection when I run the rdesktop command. Does anyone have any clue what might cause this? I'm fairly certain I turned off whatever firewall XP SP1 comes equipped with.

$ rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" 192.168.1.8:3389 -u "MyUsername" -p MyPassword
Autoselected keyboard map en-us
ERROR: connect: Connection refused

I don't think I need to open port 3389, since it's on my internal network, but I tried anyway. Failure. I also know that 192.168.1.8 is on my network because I can ping it. Furthermore, the Windows install can connect to my network, but it can't connect to the Web.

EDIT:
http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/lofiversion/index.php/t23773.html

Apparently XP Home doesn't support Remote Desktop. Screwed again by Microsoft even when I'm trying to use its product.

[rolf-c]

Excellent! I can confirm it works in Feisty Fawn!

I also have it working under Feisty using your guide with two slight modifications.

1.) I configged it without the tap option.
2.) I had to use the ip assigned in rc.local to access the virtual XP box with rdesktop.

My mods were due to laziness...no initial tap option so rather than get it enabled I skipped it.


Seamless...happy. Mikey, thanks for your work on this.

[mikeytag]

I also have it working under Feisty using your guide with two slight modifications.

1.) I configged it without the tap option.
2.) I had to use the ip assigned in rc.local to access the virtual XP box with rdesktop.

My mods were due to laziness...no initial tap option so rather than get it enabled I skipped it.


Seamless...happy. Mikey, thanks for your work on this.

Great. It's nice to see people getting it to work with Feisty.

I think what would make this setup great is if VirtualBox created a way to accomplish this same effect without rdesktop. There has to be some amount of lag forcing everything to go through the rdesktop interface. I am going to see if I can petition the VBox devs to take a swing at it.

[Cud]

Hello, My XP pro virtualbox (on Ubuntu Edgy) keeps crashing. When I run it a terminal I get a segmentation fault (core Dump). Whats weird is that it doesn"t happen right away, but only after I surf to a site, or try to play solataire or something like that. Otherwise this was a GREAT how-to. Can anybody give me any ideas where I could start looking for the problem?

Thanks,
Jess

[starfry]

Well, I have it working now.
I reinstalled XP completely and had the same problems as before but, after installing XP Service Pack 2 I got it working.

A couple of strange things I've noticed though:
"Command Prompt" windows don't show. Other windows do, however (Explorer, Control Panel, etc). Command Promot does run and you see a button in the blue bar for it. If you run, say, explorer, and move the window quickly you can see the command prompt lurking behind it but there is no way to use it however.

Also, the Virtualbox Folder sharing causes the VM to BSOD and reboot. It's a known issue that can be seen at this link: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/57

Otherwise, looks very good. I'm going to install some Windows apps to my VM and see how usable it is!

[woodgdo1]

One thing to note for corporate users.

If you are part of a domain, you won't be able to use the shell -s flag with rdesktop as it is disabled due to "Fast User Switching" and the "Splash screen" being disabled.

The way I get around it is to connect to the console session of the XP box using the -0 switch in rdesktop and then launch seamlessrdpshell "someprogram" from within that full rdesktop window. I created an alternate shortcut to outlook with the path like "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Outlook11\Outlook.exe" This will take all open windows also and transfer them to your Linux desktop (even the taskbar and desktop).

I also used the regedit from this post to disable my desktop so I only pass over my Windows taskbar.

[blazercist]

This looks incredible, however, there is just one problem for me. Can't use 3d intensive apps like games, well I have everything else that I need natively running in Ubuntu, I just can't get some of my games working with wine... It would be great if this worked for games.

[Jose Catre-Vandis]

Having abandoned this approach using virtualbox, thought I would try it out with my VMware Server installation. It works! In much the same way and following the majority of mikeytag's howto to get set up. VMware also allows command line start ups for a headless VM, and the same command for rdesktop brings home the bacon!
I have not tested extensively, but I get the task bar and menus, and still have to logon twice! and no command prompt window either.

All this in uptodate Edgy


To run a vmware OS you can use the following command in Terminal:
vmrun start "/full/path/to/your//VirtualMachine/Windows XP Professional.vmx"
(you need the quotes if you have any spaces)

then run the rdesktop command:
rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" <VM-IP>:3389 -u "user" -p pass

I hope this adds to the good work done above :-)

[EDIT]

Found an alternative command line utility that works under this setup, to resolve the problem of the command prompt not showing up. Go here:
http://jameser.blogspot.com/2006/07/tip-21-customizable-command-prompt-for.html
and follow the link to download Console 2.0 :-)

[ravinsp]

Everything works fine for me. But my problem is the guest OS (XP) doesn't detect USB drives. When I plug a USB pen drive ubuntu mounts it normally. Guest os does not respond to it.

Thanks
-RavinSP-

[rolf-c]

Everything works fine for me. But my problem is the guest OS (XP) doesn't detect USB drives. When I plug a USB pen drive ubuntu mounts it normally. Guest os does not respond to it.

Thanks
-RavinSP-

I had the same issue and found http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/VirtualBox as a work-around:


Enable USB devices

You will need to modify a configuration file. You may user any editor you like, I use vim, you can user nano or gedit if you like :


gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/40-permissions.rules


Change this line :

SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", MODE="0664"


To:

# Edited to enable USB devices with VirtualBox
# Original line commented out # SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", MODE="0664"

SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", MODE="0666"


(the # comments out the first line in case you need to change the file back)

Now in virtual box, select your machine, select USB Controller, Select the Enable USB controller box, add usb devices.

Boot your virtual machine. On the bottom of the window is an icon to add usb devices to the virtual machine.
Warning: The USB device can be used by either the virtual machine or the host, but not both at the same time. Your usb device will be unmounted when you boot the virtual machine by brute force, be prepared ...

This can lead to data loss.

[garren]

I'm having problems with rdesktop--everything works fine for a few seconds, but then I get a contstant stream of errors, all the same error:
ERROR: select: bad file descriptor
Windows freezes up from the errors. I have no idea what is causing it. The first time I tried, the errors occured before I had a chance to do anything, the second time, I was able to click on the start menu, the third time I was able to click on the start menu and logout (I then saw it seemless!) then I clicked on the start menu and it froze.... (I haven't tried a again)

One complication--I'm using vmware-server rather than virtualbox. I did just the same as Jose Catre-Vandis, though sadly he hadn't posted yet, and being a noobie it took me a lot of searching on the internet and interpreting stuff I don't understand to discover that one line of code to get vmware running headless!

[Jose Catre-Vandis]

One complication--I'm using vmware-server rather than virtualbox. I did just the same as Jose Catre-Vandis, though sadly he hadn't posted yet, and being a noobie it took me a lot of searching on the internet and interpreting stuff I don't understand to discover that one line of code to get vmware running headless!

Hey garren, I had to do the googling to to find out how to do the vmware headless thing too, so you are not the only noob :-)

Not sure what your problem is, best to try a run through of the howto again and check you made all the changes to Windows?

[quickwitt]

I have it working in Feisty. My only trouble is I can't get the desktop integration working. The script to start VirtualBox on boot works but I can't access the XP desktop. If I disable the startup on boot i can start VirtualBox and boot into XP no problem. Any ideas???

I guess my only other issue is having to use my wired connection to give the VM network access. But I am certain the community will come up with a fix soon!

[ravinsp]

Actually we don't have to disable ubuntu network manager to connect the vm to network.

These are the lines i added to rc.local file (I did it according to the VirtualBox user manual with a slight modification) :

tunctl -t tap1 -u <Ubuntu user name>
brctl addbr br0
ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
brctl addif br0 eth0
sudo ifconfig br0 <Host static IP> netmask 255.255.255.0 up
sudo route add default gw <Internet gateway IP> br0
brctl addif br0 tap1
ifconfig tap1 up

With this, I can connect my virtual machine to internet through the network. The real network of host machine also works fine.

Good luck
-RavinSP-

[woodgdo1]

I'm seeing the same issue with my Vmware install and have noticed that it only occurs when I redirect sound to my physical ubuntu install. For now I just don't use that rdesktop switch.
-r sound:local

I'm having problems with rdesktop--everything works fine for a few seconds, but then I get a contstant stream of errors, all the same error:

Windows freezes up from the errors. I have no idea what is causing it. The first time I tried, the errors occured before I had a chance to do anything, the second time, I was able to click on the start menu, the third time I was able to click on the start menu and logout (I then saw it seemless!) then I clicked on the start menu and it froze.... (I haven't tried a again)

One complication--I'm using vmware-server rather than virtualbox. I did just the same as Jose Catre-Vandis, though sadly he hadn't posted yet, and being a noobie it took me a lot of searching on the internet and interpreting stuff I don't understand to discover that one line of code to get vmware running headless!

[SargeZT]

Unfortunately, I'm having problems with this. I have the RDP server running, all of the registry keys changed, and all that good stuff. However, when I rdesktop into Windows, it seems seamlessrdp isnt doing its job, as the entire windows screen pops up.

If anyone has any ideas, I'd greatly appreciate them.

Edit: In fact, even if I remove the -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe" line alltogether, it makes no difference.

Edit2: Moreover, I'm fairly confident it isn't an rdesktop problem, as I recompiled it from both the stock 1.5 source and latest CVS source, none of which made any difference.

[sphatiga]

to SargeZT

Did you login with RDesktop thru the IP that you find in Windows? If you use the one that you put in your rc.local file (i.e. the arbitrary one that you makeup) it will bring up a full windows xp window. You aren't actually logging in through the Remote Desktop. You have to use the IP that windows reports in the Network Connections/Status thing.

This was driving me nuts too when I was trying to get this configured but that was the mishap for me. After I used the correct IP address you login through remote desktop and it will work fine after that.

[SargeZT]

to SargeZT

Did you login with RDesktop thru the IP that you find in Windows? If you use the one that you put in your rc.local file (i.e. the arbitrary one that you makeup) it will bring up a full windows xp window. You aren't actually logging in through the Remote Desktop. You have to use the IP that windows reports in the Network Connections/Status thing.

This was driving me nuts too when I was trying to get this configured but that was the mishap for me. After I used the correct IP address you login through remote desktop and it will work fine after that.

Ah, well that is probably the problem. However, the IP I have set in windows doesn't seem to be transferring through to linux. I saw a post on the second page about success in Feisty without using tap0. Any experience with that, or ideas?

[SargeZT]

Ah, well that is probably the problem. However, the IP I have set in windows doesn't seem to be transferring through to linux. I saw a post on the second page about success in Feisty without using tap0. Any experience with that, or ideas?

Just wanted to give a little data, in case anyone has any ideas.

Here's the output from ifconfig:


br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:E7:07:49:07
inet addr:172.17.2.92 Bcast:172.17.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:33268 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24637 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:28255079 (26.9 MiB) TX bytes:3228195 (3.0 MiB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:80412 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:80412 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:111472931 (106.3 MiB) TX bytes:111472931 (106.3 MiB)

tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr D6:B3:3C:3B:90:76
inet addr:192.168.0.4 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:865 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3142 errors:0 dropped:3402 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:112683 (110.0 KiB) TX bytes:587962 (574.1 KiB)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:E7:07:49:07
inet addr:172.17.2.92 Bcast:172.17.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:32477 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:26495 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:28617889 (27.2 MiB) TX bytes:3391726 (3.2 MiB)


The tap0 interface is set in windows to 192.168.0.5 with a 255.255.255.0 subnet. When trying to ping 192.168.0.5 after the VBox session has started, I get a 'No route to host' error. I'm assuming I've screwed this up somehow, but if anyone can point out my folley, that'd be nice. :)

[garren]

I'm seeing the same issue with my Vmware install and have noticed that it only occurs when I redirect sound to my physical ubuntu install. For now I just don't use that rdesktop switch.
I discovered what my problem was--I hadn't configured the rc.local file properly. Also, I used the configuration mentioned just a couple posts above, rather than the one in the howto, and it seems to be working great (despite the fact I'm running VMWare Server instead of VirtualBox).

[Jose Catre-Vandis]

I discovered what my problem was--I hadn't configured the rc.local file properly. Also, I used the configuration mentioned just a couple posts above, rather than the one in the howto, and it seems to be working great (despite the fact I'm running VMWare Server instead of VirtualBox).


Ah,...... I didn't do anything to rc.local, because vmware "should" resolve all the networking, NAT and bridging issues for you :-)

[chris.olsen]

What is the purpose of the rdesktop? I have had VirtualBox installed for a couple days and the one thing that I need is the ability to go full screen instead of being restricted to 1024x768. Does rdesktop solve this problem?

[sphatiga]

SargeZT:
I used the tap0 bridge in Fiesty. I wasn't able to get it to work without it for some reason. I basically followed the directions that the OP posted and it works fine in Fiesty with no real changes. Like i said the only issue I had was with the IP things, but I couldn't get it to work using the NAT networking settings.

I believe if you use VMWare it installs a bridge network so like some of the other people using VMWare server instead of VirtualBox, that step can be skipped.

chris.olsen:
This howto makes it so that the windows you are running thru the Virtual Machine actual show up on your host desktop (ubuntu in this case), hence the seamlessness. I was wondering about this too cuz the OP's screenshot is too small so you don't really get to see the details. Once you get it setup correctly, what happens is you get the windows xp startbutton taskbar on the bottom of your screen and it works just like if you were booting up into windowsxp. All your WinXP windows open up as if they were like ubuntu windows and if you have beryl you get nice effects to those WinXP windows. Bottom line is yea you can maximize a window to fullscreen, thats the reason why I liked using this setup.

[Gbone]

I also tried the HOW TO on Feisty, I can obtain Internet connection on the host and in the VM only with the NAT config, but it is not seamless.

I have not got a router. I have a DSL modem, which is using pppoe and DHCP to obtain IP address.

If I use the tap0 config posted in the first post but I cannot get online with tap0 config. I think I have to change the rc.local file to work with it, because i cannot access my VM with this command and get the 'No route to host' error
rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" <IP recorded from Windows>:3389 -u "<Your Windows Username>" -p <Your Windows Password>

but if I use this command

rdesktop -rsound -A -s “c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\windows\explorer.exe” <your vbox_ip from /etc/rc.local>:3389 -u <Your Windows Username> -p <Your Windows Password> I can access the VM, but I have got internet connection only on the host machine.

I use eth0 for pppoe and here is my ifconfig output:

br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:F3:B6:A4:D2
inet6 addr: fe80::218:f3ff:feb6:a4d2/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1553 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1152682 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes:10766 (10.5 KiB)

br0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:F3:B6:A4:D2
inet addr:169.254.10.203 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:F3:B6:A4:D2
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1492 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1768 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1166098 (1.1 MiB) TX bytes:315736 (308.3 KiB)
Interrupt:19

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:F3:B6:BA:B2
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:17

eth0:avah Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:F3:B6:A4:D2
inet addr:169.254.10.203 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:19

eth1:avah Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:F3:B6:BA:B2
inet addr:169.254.10.131 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:17

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1482453 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1482453 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:401491983 (382.8 MiB) TX bytes:401491983 (382.8 MiB)

ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:195.56.15.7 P-t-P:194.149.1.50 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:1264 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1390 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:1118582 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes:228065 (222.7 KiB)

tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 76:0E:BF:9E:33:27
inet addr:192.168.1.56 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::740e:bfff:fe9e:3327/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:29 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:15723 (15.3 KiB) TX bytes:4104 (4.0 KiB)

Please help me how to edit my rc.local file to work it seamlessly. Which IP, gateway, and mask I have to use to get it work? and Do I have to setup Server Port in VirtualBox at the VM settings? Thanks for your help in advance.

[kbzona]

Have you tried doing this with Windows VISTA ULTIMATE or BUSINESS??? :confused:
works great with XP but with VISTA ULTIMATE/BUSINESS i only get the whole desktop :( :(

[sphatiga]

Gbone:

Make sure you do this part correctly. You are having the same problem that I was pulling my hair out about last night as well.


Our last step is to read the network IP that Windows is using

* Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Network Connections
* Right click Local Area Connection and click Status
* Click the Support tab and record the IP Address, it will become important later


Note: This IP address has to be DIFFERENT than the Virtual Box IP that you put in the /etc/rc.local file. If it is not different then configure windows to use a different IP or configure your router to give your Windows install a different IP.

Check for that IP Address and use that in your Rdesktop command line. What I did was to login using the IP from the /etc/rc.local. That way you get in using the rdesktop window but its not seamless. Then do the above and record that IP address. Close the Rdesktop window and then try the command line again but with that new IP address.

If you did the rest of the config correctly it should work fine after that.
I'm not sure if you might be having a problem without having a NAT but i doubt it. I hope that trying this helps

Maybe the OP needs to make this part more clear, in terms of logging in using the IP from the etc/rc.local vs using the one you record from Windows XP. I think that part was a little confusing.
Thanks OP for the HOWTO

[Visceral Monkey]

Wow, this looks pretty damm cool. However, the even present blue bar at the bottom is something I could do without. Anyone know of a "fit" so my normal ubuntu bar is down there?

Edit: Nm, I realize now I can just toggle the bottom bar over it should I decide too. Anyone comment on performance? Does using rdesktop slow things down over the normal performance hit from virtualization? This is quite a coup actually, if you could automate the process you'd be looking at something at least as useful as automatix is to Ubuntu these days. Good way to make a name for yourself...

[Visceral Monkey]

Next, you need to replace <main_ip> with the IP of your Ubuntu installation on your network. If you use DHCP be careful. I do, but I setup my router to always give me the IP of 192.168.1.160. Static or DHCP, you need to put your IP here.


Ok, I'm stuck here and I admit I'm not sure where to find the physical address of my Ubuntu installation...I know I use DHCP when getting an IP, is that IP what I need? Also, if it changes I assume I need to re-enter it. Anyway to avoid this?

[cumanzor]

Have you tried doing this with Windows VISTA ULTIMATE or BUSINESS??? :confused:
works great with XP but with VISTA ULTIMATE/BUSINESS i only get the whole desktop :( :(

AFAIK, Vista uses RDP 6.0, which lets running only one application, making seamlessrdp unneeded. Thing is, I'm not sure if rdesktop supports RDP 6.0. If you want (and help me out with the doubt), you could try creating a vm with vista on a windows host, and then using RDP from Windows to Windows (heh) to see if it works. If it does, then seamlessrdp isn't needed anymore! And we will have to update rdesktop so it works with rdp 6.0.

Do note that if you have any version below Vista, you can upgrade the RDP client to 6.0 from the MS site.

[kvonb]

Can anyone tell me how much RAM and CPU% this uses on average?

I'm thinking of running this on my server so that anyone on my internal network can connect to it, ie my wife who uses a few Windows progs.

Her computer isn't beefy enough to run a VM, so running it over the network would be a possible option but I don't want to bog the server down too much either.

[kilou]

This is an interesting topic! However I'm wondering how much RAM it takes to run VirtualBox on startup because VirtualBox doesn't seem to have a dynamic RAM amount ie you have to set the RAM dedicated to VirtualBox and once it is running this amount of RAM won't be useable anymore from the host. So on a 1Gb RAM machine, if you assign 512Mb to the virtual machine the Ubuntu host will "only" have 512Mb RAM left to use even if yore not using any windows apps...

It would be nice to fully integrate the Windows apps in Ubuntu this way:

1) Add shortcut to windows apps in the Ubuntu menu so that once you click on it it first checks whether the virtualmachine is started or not. If it is already started, just launch the application and if it is not started, start the visrtual machine and launch the app.

2) When closing a windows apps, check if other windows apps are running. If other apps are running just close the selected app but if no other windows app is running, close the selected app AND shutdown (save state) the virtual machine.

If this is possible this would allow to totally get rid of windows taskbar (like make it hide all the time)...and would allow to leave all RAM available to the Ubuntu host when you don't need any windows app :KS

Anyone would know how to build these kind of scripts to start/close windows applications from Ubuntu and check the state of the Virtual machine ??

[Dawk]

I tried this with vmware workstation and I can't get seamless working automatically. When I log on with
rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\Windows\explorer.exe" 10.23.18.57:3389 -u "domain\username" -p XXXXXXXX
I get a blue background and little bit of the taskbar at the bottom. I then have to open the Task Manager, kill explorer.exe and run
c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\windows\explorer.exe
and then it works!
Any idea what I need to change in order to get it working properly?

TIA
Dawk

P.S. It screws up when the windows screen "locks" (due to domain policy).

[EXCiD3]

Wow, you guys here on the forums are awesome. This is exactly what I have been wanting. Since Wine cannot do everything, i want some kind of vm and Virtual Box being able to do this is just what I needed! :guitar:

[Dawk]

The problem I had with seamlessrdpshell.exe not being loaded (probably due to my vmware box being member of a domain) has been solved!
By editing HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit, changing it from
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,"
into
"c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,"
I got seamlessrdpshell to load automatically.
I still don't know what to do about the locked screen problem, though. If my XP has been idle for 10 minutes, the screen locks, and that makes the XP desktop visible. I'd like to avoid that if possible.

Dawk

[quickwitt]

I don't know what I did differently but the seamless integration WORKS!!!
I only have one program that I regularly use WIN XP for but the geek factor here is very high.
Thanks to this awesome forum yet again!
Cheers!

[nuahs]

Got this to work, and I must say it is awesome! One problem I'm having thought is I am still getting two mouse pointers? I have the VBox guest additions installed but, when I move my mouse over the windoze taskbar the other pointer shows up underneath? And also when I open a window under ms. Anyone else have this problem? If I start up VBox normally and log-in the mouse works fine? I only see one pointer, only under remote login do I see two.

And is there a way to keep beryl from adding effects to the VirtualBox windows? It seams a little buggy when it tries to control the microsoft windows under VirtualBox using remote login.

Thanks for the tut btw!! Very helpful in getting me going. This is the ultimate in uber'ness :D
I love ubuntu but, still need to go back to XP once in a while to do some of my work, this a great alternative!!

[drmartens]

Did anybody managed to run programs from commandline using rdesktop instead of menu Start?
I want to run Internet Explorer, but I HAVE to do it from command line. I tried different tricks and it SOMETIMES works, but only once per virtual boot. The second time I try it, I get only blue background window...

I tried notepad, Internet explorer. Worked, but only once per boot. Would be great to solve it...

[kilou]

Since seamlessness is so nice I'd like to be able to copy some text from the web in Firefox (launched in host) and paste it in MSWord (in virtual machine). Is this possible or is this a specific feature that VMWare and VirtualBox do not have?

[drmartens]

I believe copy&paste actually works in VMWare, but not in VirtualBox yet.

[starfry]

How do you shut the VM down cleanly (I mean not doing "poweroff" but actually signalling to XP to shut down cleanly...?

[kilou]

How do you shut the VM down cleanly (I mean not doing "poweroff" but actually signalling to XP to shut down cleanly...?

AFAIK you need to shutdown XP as if it was your primary OS so simply Start menu and then shutdown but instead of shutting down your computer it will power off the VM cleanly. However a "clean shutdown" is also performed if you save the session. It act like an hibernation of XP so that on next start of the VM you'll get the desktop as it was when you left it...and it start MUCH faster than a full boot from scratch.

[flowingfire]

Okay... I'm working in Feisty and I got everything to work and all the registry items changed... I got the thing working beautifully as far as I'm concerned, and surfed the Internet with IE6.... So on the last step, why do I get a timeout every single time? Heck, I even extended the time-out period. No help there.

Here is my terminal stuff stuff:
-----------------------------------
david@David:~$ VBoxManage startvm "Windows XP" -type vrdp
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.3.8
(C) 2005-2007 InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH
All rights reserved.

Waiting for the remote session to open...
Remote session has been successfully opened.
david@David:~$ rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" 10.0.2.15:3389 -u "username" -p password
Autoselected keyboard map en-us
ERROR: connect: Connection timed out


Peace,
-David

[TabletGuy]

Hi all

Thanks for this wonderful thread.

Here's how I get my seamless windows VM to shut down using a command from my gnome menu
1. Download the shutdown.exe application from here:
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/shutdown.zip

2. Unzip the shutdown.exe application somewhere on your Windows VM c drive. (I use the c:\ folder for ease of use).

3. Inside your windows machine make a bat file which will excute the shutdown command.
3.A) Open windows explorer and find the c:\ folder.
3.B) Right click in the folder and create a new text document (right click > new > text document).
3.C) Name the text document shutdown.bat
3.D) Right click on your new shutdown.bat file and choose edit, notepad will pop up
3.E) enter this command into the bat file:
c:\shutdown.exe -u -f

If you put shutdown.exe into a different folder you need to put the whole path in place of 'c:\'

And that's it you now have a shut down command that can be called from your remote desktop connection like any other connection.

So from the command line you can shut down your vm by issuing:
rdesktop -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\shutdown.bat" <IP OF YOUR WINDOWS VM:3389 -u "<WINDOWS USERNAME>" -p "<WINDOWS PASSWORD>"

I stick this into a menu option on my launcher.

I hope this is useful. A better option of course would be if there was a VBox script which could be called from the command line but if there is I haven't found it yet.

The next step is to have ubuntu call this command when it closes down.

EDIT:
When first posting this I forgot to mention that it is a good idea to use a different windows user for your shut down and reboot commands.
If you use your main windows user then you will find that the command do not execute. Rdesktop does not seem to excute a second shell command if connecting to a session with a user which is already open.

So I use my windows administrator user to connect and execute the shut down and reboot commands.

[TabletGuy]

Okay... I'm working in Feisty and I got everything to work and all the registry items changed... I got the thing working beautifully as far as I'm concerned, and surfed the Internet with IE6.... So on the last step, why do I get a timeout every single time? Heck, I even extended the time-out period. No help there.


To get around this problem I added a second Network Adapter which is nat'ed through the host machine.

When I have time I'll sit down and figure our the networking problem (since the bridge should just let everything through) but in the meantime this works for internet and host machine connectivity.

Cheers,

[kilou]

I think we would need 2 other things to have a full seamless experience:

- have a windows startup script that would logoff the user immediately after it has been logged in
- make a script that first check the status of the VM (if it is launched or not) before issuing the rdesktop command to start an app. If the VM is started an application can be launched with rdesktop but if the VM is not yet started, it would first start the VM (and use the startup script above to logoff the user) and then issue the rdesktop command to start the application. The same should be performed when you close an app: if there is no other MS application openened in the VM, the VM should be powered off (save state).

This would allow to have a full automatic system to launch MS applications from Ubuntu but would give all RAM back to Ubuntu when no MS application is opened (there is no need to start the VM automatically when you start Ubuntu because if you're not going to use any MS app, you'll loose some precious RAM for nothing).



I have another question however: I've installed the XP SP2 patch for remote server (the one supposed to allow multiple applications to be launched). However I still can't launch 2 MS applications from Ubuntu at the same time :( Is there anything more I should do to use this patch or any setting to adjust??

Thanks

[TabletGuy]

One of the annoying things about this step up is that the first time you use the rdesktop connection you need to log in and log off before you can start using apps.

To get around this you can set windows to automatically log you off when the machine first starts up. This puts the machine in a state to receive seemless rdesktop connections.

Here how to do this:

As it my post above it is easiest to use the shutdown.exe app.
You can skip to step 3 if you have already downloaded and unzipped it.
1. Download the shutdown.exe application from here:
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/shutdown.zip

2. Unzip the shutdown.exe application somewhere on your Windows VM c drive. (I use the c:\ folder for ease of use).

3. Inside your windows machine make a bat file which will excute the shutdown command.
3.A) Open windows explorer and find the c:\ folder.
3.B) Right click in the folder and create a new text document (right click > new > text document).
3.C) Name the text document logoff.bat
3.D) Right click on your new logoff.bat file and choose edit, notepad will pop up
3.E) enter this command into the bat file:
c:\shutdown.exe -l -f

Now we need to make windows call this bat file each time the machine starts (but not when a user logs on).
4. Add a call to the bat file to the startup scripts using the Group policy editor:
4.A) In your windows VM click start > run and type in mmc.
4. B) Open the group polcy editor:
Click File > Add/Remove Snap-In (up pops the add/remove dialog box)
Click Add
Scroll down to Group Policy and select it
Click Add, then finish, then close
Click ok

4. C) Find the Windows start up/shutdown scripts
Expand the Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Windows Settings and select Scripts (Startup/Shutdown)

4.D) Double click on StartUp

4.E) Click Add to add a new script

4. F) In the script name box enter:
c:\logoff.bat

4.G) Click OK and Ok again and you done.

No more need to log off on first rdesktop connection.


EDIT:
When first posting this I forgot to mention that it is a good idea to use a different windows user for your shut down and reboot commands.
If you use your main windows user then you will find that the command do not execute. Rdesktop does not seem to excute a second shell command if connecting to a session with a user which is already open.

So I use my windows administrator user to connect and execute the shut down and reboot commands.

[cisforcojo]

I got Windows installed and it was working great until I rebooted Ubuntu and now I get this error:

Failed to start VM execution (PERR_PGM_MAPPING_CONFLICT)

I got this same error when I still had VMWare installed and I was trying out VirtualBox.
Any idea how to solve this?

[jordn]

hey guys,

i must admit this is looking absolutely fantastic. I have got as far as configuring the network for Ubuntu and Setting up the Windows XP VM, but when i try and boot it i get a permissions error:


VirtualBox kernel driver not accessible, permission problem. Make sure that the current user has write permissions to /dev/vboxdrv by adding him to the vboxusers groups. Don't forget to logout to take the change effect.
VBox status code: -1909 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE).


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}


any ideas?

thanx in advance,

jordn

EDIT: I'm using Feisty, if this makes a difference.

[drmartens]

for example
chmod 666 /dev/vboxdrv

[shanike]

VirtualBox kernel driver not accessible, permission problem. Make sure that the current user has write permissions to /dev/vboxdrv by adding him to the vboxusers groups. Don't forget to logout to take the change effect.
VBox status code: -1909 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE).


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}

wtf is this?!?

[drmartens]

VirtualBox kernel driver not accessible, permission problem. Make sure that the current user has write permissions to /dev/vboxdrv by adding him to the vboxusers groups. Don't forget to logout to take the change effect.
VBox status code: -1909 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE).


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}

wtf is this?!?

It's a message from the VirtualBox GUI

[jordn]

for example
chmod 666 /dev/vboxdrv

thankyou very much drmartens, but now i get the following error:


Failed to initialize Host Interface Networking.
VBox status code: -3100 (VERR_HOSTIF_INIT_FAILED).


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}


do i need to use chmod on any other files?

thanx again.

[drmartens]

thankyou very much drmartens, but now i get the following error:


Failed to initialize Host Interface Networking.
VBox status code: -3100 (VERR_HOSTIF_INIT_FAILED).


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}


do i need to use chmod on any other files?

thanx again.

Have you set a correct interface in the 'Network' section of your virtual machine configuration?

[jordn]

Have you set a correct interface in the 'Network' section of your virtual machine configuration?

yes i do believe i have. the network interface has been set up as instructed: Set to host only, and enter tap0 in the interface name field.

[drmartens]

yes i do believe i have. the network interface has been set up as instructed: Set to host only, and enter tap0 in the interface name field.

Then paste your ifconfig output, let's see what's there

[jordn]

here is the complete ifconfig output:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:DF
inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::213:d3ff:fea7:58df/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:151144 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:96114 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:195023299 (185.9 MiB) TX bytes:10299093 (9.8 MiB)
Interrupt:19 Base address:0x8000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1572 (1.5 KiB) TX bytes:1572 (1.5 KiB)

vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01
inet addr:192.168.157.1 Bcast:192.168.157.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:117 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:08
inet addr:172.16.185.1 Bcast:172.16.185.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:117 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

[drmartens]

And where's your tap0 interface? ;-)

[jordn]

And where's your tap0 interface? ;-)

oh crap your right. how would i enable the tap interface? i set it up by editing the /etc/rc.local file as said the first time. i'll reboot and see if it shows up.


EDIT: Rebooted, still no tap :(

[drmartens]

oh crap your right. how would i enable the tap interface? i set it up by editing the /etc/rc.local file as said the first time. i'll reboot and see if it shows up.


EDIT: Rebooted, still no tap :(

You obviously did something wrong, so it's not set up.
You didn't have to reboot - you could just type the stuff from the rc.local file in the command line and see if it works.

You can do it right now and see which command fails or check your logs - there should be some information on what did go wrong while parsing your rc.local file after reboot.

You can also paste the contents of your rc.local file, so we gonna see if it's correctly set up.

[jordn]

The contents of my rc.locl file:

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

tunctl -t tap0 -u <jordn>
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
/usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
/sbin/dhclient br0
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 <192.168.1.161> up
bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
route add -host <main_ip> dev tap0
arp -Ds <192.168.0.2> eth0 pub
exit 0


thankyou once again for helping.

[drmartens]

Uhh...
you shouldn't use those <> when you tell the username or IP address..
So it should be
tunctl -t tap0 -u jordn
etc.

And you left <main_ip> without a real value

You should reread a few first pages of this thread - everything's there. I used it and it worked immediately.

Some user posted a bit simpler solution, which also works and doesn't need network manager to be switched off
I use the following configuration (note, that I'm using DHCP, but I always receive the same IP, so I can use it as a static one in the config)

You obviously have to change ethX/netmask/IP adresses/username to match your own.


tunctl -t tap1 -u drmartens
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
brctl addbr br0
ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 promisc
brctl addif br0 eth1
ifconfig br0 192.168.10.12 netmask 255.255.255.240 up
route add default gw 192.168.10.1 br0
brctl addif br0 tap1
ifconfig tap1 up

exit 0

[Jose Catre-Vandis]

One of the annoying things about this step up is that the first time you use the rdesktop connection you need to log in and log off before you can start using apps.

To get around this you can set windows to automatically log you off when the machine first starts up. This puts the machine in a state to receive seemless rdesktop connections.

Here how to do this:

As it my post above it is easiest to use the shutdown.exe app.
You can skip to step 3 if you have already downloaded and unzipped it.
1. Download the shutdown.exe application from here:
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/shutdown.zip

2. Unzip the shutdown.exe application somewhere on your Windows VM c drive. (I use the c:\ folder for ease of use).

3. Inside your windows machine make a bat file which will excute the shutdown command.
3.A) Open windows explorer and find the c:\ folder.
3.B) Right click in the folder and create a new text document (right click > new > text document).
3.C) Name the text document logoff.bat
3.D) Right click on your new logoff.bat file and choose edit, notepad will pop up
3.E) enter this command into the bat file:
c:\shutdown.exe -l -f

Now we need to make windows call this bat file each time the machine starts (but not when a user logs on).
4. Add a call to the bat file to the startup scripts using the Group policy editor:
4.A) In your windows VM click start > run and type in mmc.
4. B) Open the group polcy editor:
Click File > Add/Remove Snap-In (up pops the add/remove dialog box)
Click Add
Scroll down to Group Policy and select it
Click Add, then finish, then close
Click ok

4. C) Find the Windows start up/shutdown scripts
Expand the Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Windows Settings and select Scripts (Startup/Shutdown)

4.D) Double click on StartUp

4.E) Click Add to add a new script

4. F) In the script name box enter:
c:\logoff.bat

4.G) Click OK and Ok again and you done.

No more need to log off on first rdesktop connection.

Nice work TabletGuy and for the shutdown script as well :-)

[TabletGuy]

Thanks Jose. I have updated my posts to include a note about using the administrator account on the windows machine to issue the shutdown or reboot commands.

So now I have one more problem to solve and then I will have seamless launching of any windows application from my Ubuntu Applications menu without having to have a windows application manager (ie the start menu) at the bottom of my screen.

The problem is that when exit an app which uses the seamless shell the rdesktop session remains open. This means that when I then open the next app rdesktop does not execute the shell command on the windows client and the whole thing falls over.

To solve this I need to either:
A) have a separate user for each application that I want to launch (annoying)
B) have rdesktop log off when I close each app opened with seamlessrdp (is this possible)?
C) force rdesktop to execute a shell command when I connect to a previously opened connection (is this possible).
D) write an shell script which will connect to windows, logoff the previous session and then launch the new session (clumsy).

Options B or C seem best, does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks,

[TabletGuy]

or to answer my own post above:

E) Make a vbs script for each application you want to start and have it automatically log out of windows when you close the app.

This works fine.

So now I have fully integrated windows apps in my gnome menu

I have a choice of a) opening each application in single use mode where only one can be opened at a time.
or
b) opening a Ubuntu themed start menu which gives me access to the full windows system.

Very cool.

[kilou]

...

Here's how I get my seamless windows VM to shut down using a command from my gnome menu
1. Download the shutdown.exe application from here:
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/shutdown.zip
...
.

What more does this shutdown.exe file bring compared to the command shutdown -L typed in the windows terminal (or launched through a bat file)?? Does the shutdown.exe allow to logoff only on automatic login but not when a user enter the password manually to login??

[jordn]

i think i must be the only person who cant get this up and running.

my rc.local file looks like this:

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

tunctl -t tap1 -u jordn
brctl addbr br0
ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
brctl addif br0 eth0
sudo ifconfig br0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
sudo route add default gw 212.74.111.24 br0
brctl addif br0 tap1
ifconfig tap1 up

exit 0
where it says "add default gw...." does that mean of the host machine? because that is what i have added. my ifconfig is this:

jordn@jordn-desktop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:XX
inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::213:d3ff:fea7:58df/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:303627 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:204163 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:322014475 (307.0 MiB) TX bytes:62686820 (59.7 MiB)
Interrupt:19 Base address:0x8000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1318 (1.2 KiB) TX bytes:1318 (1.2 KiB)

vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01
inet addr:192.168.157.1 Bcast:192.168.157.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:102 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:08
inet addr:172.16.185.1 Bcast:172.16.185.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:102 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)



so i have no tap interface working. i have re-read through the instructions and i still can't seem to get past this point. help would be much appreciated!

thanx in advance.

[TabletGuy]

What more does this shutdown.exe file bring compared to the command shutdown -L typed in the windows terminal (or launched through a bat file)?? Does the shutdown.exe allow to logoff only on automatic login but not when a user enter the password manually to login??

As far as I know shutdown.exe is essentially the same as shutdown -L, it was just the first thing I found when Googling. It might have more options though.

It logs off the automatic login and when a user has logged in manually.

[TabletGuy]

i

so i have no tap interface working. i have re-read through the instructions and i still can't seem to get past this point. help would be much appreciated!

thanx in advance.

You have no br0 or tun1 interface.

What happens when you try to go through the script line by line in a terminal? There must be an error occuring which might reveal somthing meaningful.
(Remeber to sudo each line when you put it in the terminal)

Did you install the bridge and uml libraries?

sudo apt-get install bridge-utils uml-utilities

[jordn]

You have no br0 or tun1 interface.

What happens when you try to go through the script line by line in a terminal? There must be an error occuring which might reveal somthing meaningful.
(Remeber to sudo each line when you put it in the terminal)

Did you install the bridge and uml libraries?

sudo apt-get install bridge-utils uml-utilities

yes i have got this package installed:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
bridge-utils is already the newest version.
uml-utilities is already the newest version.

[xboxer21]

One of the annoying things about this step up is that the first time you use the rdesktop connection you need to log in and log off before you can start using apps.

To get around this you can set windows to automatically log you off when the machine first starts up. This puts the machine in a state to receive seemless rdesktop connections.

Here how to do this:

As it my post above it is easiest to use the shutdown.exe app.
You can skip to step 3 if you have already downloaded and unzipped it.
1. Download the shutdown.exe application from here:
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/shutdown.zip

2. Unzip the shutdown.exe application somewhere on your Windows VM c drive. (I use the c:\ folder for ease of use).

3. Inside your windows machine make a bat file which will excute the shutdown command.
3.A) Open windows explorer and find the c:\ folder.
3.B) Right click in the folder and create a new text document (right click > new > text document).
3.C) Name the text document logoff.bat
3.D) Right click on your new logoff.bat file and choose edit, notepad will pop up
3.E) enter this command into the bat file:
c:\shutdown.exe -l -f

Now we need to make windows call this bat file each time the machine starts (but not when a user logs on).
4. Add a call to the bat file to the startup scripts using the Group policy editor:
4.A) In your windows VM click start > run and type in mmc.
4. B) Open the group polcy editor:
Click File > Add/Remove Snap-In (up pops the add/remove dialog box)
Click Add
Scroll down to Group Policy and select it
Click Add, then finish, then close
Click ok

4. C) Find the Windows start up/shutdown scripts
Expand the Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Windows Settings and select Scripts (Startup/Shutdown)

4.D) Double click on StartUp

4.E) Click Add to add a new script

4. F) In the script name box enter:
c:\logoff.bat

4.G) Click OK and Ok again and you done.

No more need to log off on first rdesktop connection.


EDIT:
When first posting this I forgot to mention that it is a good idea to use a different windows user for your shut down and reboot commands.
If you use your main windows user then you will find that the command do not execute. Rdesktop does not seem to excute a second shell command if connecting to a session with a user which is already open.

So I use my windows administrator user to connect and execute the shut down and reboot commands.

I believe we can also shut down the virtual machine with the following command.
VBoxManage controlvm <Name of your Virtual machine> poweroff
Let me know if I'm wrong.

[TabletGuy]

I believe we can also shut down the virtual machine with the following command.
VBoxManage controlvm <Name of your Virtual machine> poweroff
Let me know if I'm wrong.

Nope that just cuts the power to the VM machine. It doesn't shut windows down properly.

[xboxer21]

Nope that just cuts the power to the VM machine. It doesn't shut windows down properly.

Thanks for the clarification.

[kilou]

I've installed the terminal server patch on my XP SP2 guest but I still cannot launch 2 different applications seamlessly :( I opened Internet Explorere and then tried to open MSPaint but it just switch to Internet Explorer again. Has anyone achieved to have the terminal server patch on XP Pro SP2 working properly??

[TabletGuy]

I've installed the terminal server patch on my XP SP2 guest but I still cannot launch 2 different applications seamlessly :( I opened Internet Explorere and then tried to open MSPaint but it just switch to Internet Explorer again. Has anyone achieved to have the terminal server patch on XP Pro SP2 working properly??

The terminal server patch lets more than one session be open at a time but you still can't have more than one session for each user for this setup under XP.

So there are two work arounds:
A) open explorerer (or another programme launcher) which you can use to start lots of apps
B) set up several user accounts, give each account remote desktop access and then use each account to start a new app.

You could set up an excel user, a word user, etc.

[TabletGuy]

I've installed the terminal server patch on my XP SP2 guest but I still cannot launch 2 different applications seamlessly :( I opened Internet Explorere and then tried to open MSPaint but it just switch to Internet Explorer again. Has anyone achieved to have the terminal server patch on XP Pro SP2 working properly??

The terminal server patch lets more than one session be open at a time but you still can't have more than one session for each user for this setup under XP.

So there are two work arounds:
A) open explorerer (or another programme launcher) which you can use to start lots of apps
B) set up several user accounts, give each account remote desktop access and then use each account to start a new app.

You could set up an excel user, a word user, etc.

[kilou]

Oh I didn't know that. It's probably easier to launch apps through the command prompt then. I wonder if creating multiple users would work because on a single user system the accont must be first logged in then logged off in order to work. I don't know if on a multi-user each user must first be logged in as well.....whcih would be a real pain :)

But what would be the command to launch the command prompt (cmd) and open internet explorer through it for instance??? For now I use:

rdesktop -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" IP:3389 -u user -p password

[ssc351]

ok i finally got everything going except for a couple of hopefully minor problems. All of my desktop items on the windows remote have disappeared, I can't do anything with the desktop as well, ie add icons. Next, the resolution chnages itself...here's what happens when i run the redesktop command:

Autoselected keyboard map en-us
WARNING: Remote desktop changed from 1440x900 to 720x400.
WARNING: Remote desktop changed from 720x400 to 640x480.
WARNING: Remote desktop changed from 640x480 to 1432x768.

so the screen doesn't full integrate into ubuntu...it still looks like another window in ubuntu. So my desktop screen is the basic ubuntu one then i click on the rdesktop and there is another window. Not seamless i guess is what I am getting at. I have a dell 640m with a widescreen and running fiesty. Let me know what you guys think! I will try and post a screen shot.

[ssc351]

here is a screenshot.

[hiazle]

so the screen doesn't full integrate into ubuntu...it still looks like another window in ubuntu. So my desktop screen is the basic ubuntu one then i click on the rdesktop and there is another window. Not seamless i guess is what I am getting at. I have a dell 640m with a widescreen and running fiesty. Let me know what you guys think! I will try and post a screen shot.

Please pardon me as this is my first post. I read through all the posts in this thread before I posted. However I am a little lost because I use VMware Server instead of VirtualBox. I can access my headless virtual machine from the command line by issuing the following commands:
vmrun start "/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx"

then
rdesktop -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" 192.168.3.103:3389 -u <username> -p <password>
where 192.168.3.103 is the IP reported in Windows. I too get my windows session in a "window" and not seamless. My understanding is that since I use VMware, I do not have to edit the rc.local file since VMware handles that for me.
Ah,...... I didn't do anything to rc.local, because vmware "should" resolve all the networking, NAT and bridging issues for you :-)
Did I understand this correctly? Would this be the reason why my windows desktop is not seamless?

T.I.A.

[hiazle]

* You should have seamless.......OH CRAP the whole desktop is viewable and you are not seamlessly integrated. That is because your Windows install has to be logged off first before seamless ability will work. You may be thinking, “Michael, you are an idiot. You told me to make my Windows install login automatically!” Hold your horses. If you didn't do that then you wouldn't get anything to show up at all. For reasons unbeknownst to me, Windows XP will not listen for Remote Connections until you have actually logged in once.
* Simply hold down your alt key and click anywhere on the Windows desktop and move it up so that you can see the Start button.
* Click the Start button and choose Log off.
* Ok, run that command one more time and hope that you followed all the instructions correctly.

To answer my own questions..... I had not read all of the instructions carefully. I thought this applied only to the "VERY FIRST" time you log in.

However, I have another question. I now get my taskbar on my Ubuntu desktop, but it keeps flashing very fast. I have to click it several times to catch it and get a response. Anyone experienced this at all?

[ssc351]

I tried all sorts of combinations, and using previous posts,etc but i still can't get it to be "seamless" Any input??? Anyone? Anyone?

[TabletGuy]

Oh I didn't know that. It's probably easier to launch apps through the command prompt then. I wonder if creating multiple users would work because on a single user system the accont must be first logged in then logged off in order to work. I don't know if on a multi-user each user must first be logged in as well.....whcih would be a real pain :)


No for some reason only the first terminal services connection needs to be logged off.

From then on each additional user just logs in and gets a seamless desktop as normal. I have this set up working quite well (with a VBS script to logout the user when I close the application). It is a bit of a hassel to set up though.

Because they are using rdesktop connections I can even cut and paste between the applications.

[TabletGuy]

ok i finally got everything going except for a couple of hopefully minor problems. All of my desktop items on the windows remote have disappeared, I can't do anything with the desktop as well, ie add icons. Next, the resolution chnages itself...here's what happens when i run the redesktop command:



You cannot access your icons on your windows desktop because of this step in the instructions:

Next, we need to set it up so that your Windows install only displays the Task bar and not the desktop on login.

* In the registry editor navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre nt Version\Policies\Explorer
* Create a new DWORD value that you'll call NoDesktop and set its value to 1


What this does is set you Windows so that the desktop icons and things are turned off.
At this point you can't have your desktop icons, background picutre, etc seamlessly - they need to be switched off.



Autoselected keyboard map en-us
WARNING: Remote desktop changed from 1440x900 to 720x400.
WARNING: Remote desktop changed from 720x400 to 640x480.
WARNING: Remote desktop changed from 640x480 to 1432x768.

so the screen doesn't full integrate into ubuntu...it still looks like another window in ubuntu. So my desktop screen is the basic ubuntu one then i click on the rdesktop and there is another window. Not seamless i guess is what I am getting at. I have a dell 640m with a widescreen and running fiesty. Let me know what you guys think! I will try and post a screen shot.

There are a couple of things that might be wrong with your set up:
A) This screen you are getting might be the initial log in screen which you need to log out of to enable the seamless connection.
Each time you power on the windows VM your first rdesktop connection needs to be manually logged out. Your second rdesktop connection will be the one which is seamless.

So you need to start the VM, connect using rdesktop, log out and the connect again.

This can be avoided using the instructions I posted earlier.

B) You need to check the command you are sending to start rdesktop. The remote desktop on initial connection should be the same size as your Ubuntu screen. The remote desktop window on your screenshot is smaller than your Ubuntu desktop.

[kilou]

No for some reason only the first terminal services connection needs to be logged off.

From then on each additional user just logs in and gets a seamless desktop as normal. I have this set up working quite well (with a VBS script to logout the user when I close the application). It is a bit of a hassel to set up though.

Because they are using rdesktop connections I can even cut and paste between the applications.

But is there a way to use a single user but launch programs through command prompt (cmd.exe) and do this automatically from Ubuntu?? For example it is possible to launche internet explorer from windows like this:

c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /C "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe"

However if I insert this command into the rdesktop command into Ubuntu it doesn't work :( There is probably a problem with the "", I tried to remove them or use ' but it didn't work either.

Also in your multi-user setup why do you have to logoff a user after using a program?? Isn't the user automatically logged off when you close the remote program?

[colonelmac]

I run Ubuntu Feisty Fawn on a Dell Inspiron B130. So far I have been lucky and the wireless card works fine with Network Manager. I have tried switching to Wifi Radar, but I couldn't figure out how to get WPA support (my home network uses WPA). Would switching to Wifi Radar suffice? If so can someone help me get WPA working? Thanks. :)

[TabletGuy]

For any one who is interested:

I have been using this set up full time for most of this week now and I have already decided to switch back from VirtualBox to VMware to run the virtual machine.

The performance is much better under VBox but it just can't match VMware's features:
1. Networking - this is a breeze on VMware. I just use a host only network and my VM and host are always on the same IP. I guess this is possible for VBox but its not easy to configure.

2. USB devices. Using VMWare I can just assign a device and it works. On VBox the devices just aren't always shared through to the VM. About 50% of the time my iPod doesn't come through.

3. Easier start up and shut down on host machine start.

4. VMware is now a package easily installed and thus updated at an official level.

So those who are struggling with VBox might want to give VMware a try.

[ssc351]

There are a couple of things that might be wrong with your set up:
A) This screen you are getting might be the initial log in screen which you need to log out of to enable the seamless connection.
Each time you power on the windows VM your first rdesktop connection needs to be manually logged out. Your second rdesktop connection will be the one which is seamless.

So you need to start the VM, connect using rdesktop, log out and the connect again.

This can be avoided using the instructions I posted earlier.

B) You need to check the command you are sending to start rdesktop. The remote desktop on initial connection should be the same size as your Ubuntu screen. The remote desktop window on your screenshot is smaller than your Ubuntu desktop.


Ya...i tried logging out manually, shutting down, restarting, logging out and it, etc. Pretty much tried every combo of logging out/in and shutting down/restarting. I followed all the instructions from the intial post exactly and quadruple checked. Then I also tried your logoff how to post and I couldn't get it to work properly, it wouldn't log off, just a terminal screen would pop up. Any ideas? Need my to post anything?

[lequytuan]

I try it but it not work . an error below :
cms@cms-laptop:~$ sudo rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" 192.169.3.131:3389 -u "cms" -p cms
Autoselected keyboard map en-us
ERROR: connect: No route to host
cms@cms-laptop:~$

file rc.local is :
#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.
tunctl -t tap0 -u <cms>
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
/usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
/sbin/ifconfig eth1 192.169.3.174 promisc
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth1
/sbin/dhclient br0
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 <192.169.3.131> up
bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
route add -host <192.169.3.174> dev tap0
arp -Ds <192.169.3.174> eth1 pub
exit 0

[bdalzell]

As of today - May 17 2007 - neither the apt installation nor the installation from the VirtualBox home page will work for me on my Edgie machine.

When trying to install automatix2 either with apt or with synaptic:

Package python-gtkhtml2 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

When trying to get VirtualBox from the projects web page:

I get an error that I have a missing library so the install will not work

Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libasound2

But i seem to have libasound2 installed according to synaptic. I reinstalled it anyway just to be sure.

I am only a beginnng linux person and I am at a loss what to do in this instance.

[kilou]

Stupid question about seamless MS applications in Ubuntu: do they use RAM from the host or the RAM that is assigned to the guest system in VirtualBox?

I'm now trying to launch multiple seamless MS application from the same rdesktop connection. This is not supposed to be possible with XP except with dirty tricks like creating several users but I came across this:

https://www.fontis.com.au/rdesktop

This is a patch for seamlessrdp and rdesktop that allow to launch multiple applications in a single rdesktop connection. Sounds good! I'm trying to install this and have succeeded in applying the patches but I can't understand how to compile this thing because there is no configure file inside (rdesktop folder has a configure.ac file and seamlessrdp folder doesn't have any such thing). Any help would be appreciated!

[kraz]

Thanks a lot..very usefull, and VMWare now goes to the bin!

[BaukeKeulen]

Great stuff! I managed to get it working on my dual screen desktop, just following instructions.

On my toshiba 1440x900 screen laptop i can't get headless windows, although I did exactly the same thing (I think)... I'm getting the full windows screen every time. And also: WARNING: Remote desktop changed from 1440x900 to 1024x768.

Is there something extra I should consider?

EDIT:
With ifconfig i'm receiving the following output:


br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:B0:A5:4D:36
inet addr:192.168.1.102 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:fea5:4d36/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:47349 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:31060 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:64225427 (61.2 MiB) TX bytes:3017704 (2.8 MiB)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:B0:A5:4D:36
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:fea5:4d36/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:47386 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:31080 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:64894592 (61.8 MiB) TX bytes:3032935 (2.8 MiB)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0xe800

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:CE:BD:A7:23
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0x8000 Memory:bc005000-bc005fff

eth1:avah Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:CE:BD:A7:23
inet addr:169.254.7.50 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:23 Base address:0x8000 Memory:bc005000-bc005fff

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:32189 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:32189 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:38609267 (36.8 MiB) TX bytes:38609267 (36.8 MiB)

tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 2E:26:B8:1D:3A:5D
inet addr:192.168.1.161 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2c26:b8ff:fe1d:3a5d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:53 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

And the LAN connection in the Windows session is on IP 10.0.2.15 while gateway is 10.0.2.2.

Also, the file /etc/rc.local is like this:

tunctl -t tap0 -u bauke
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
/usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
/sbin/dhclient br0
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 192.168.1.161 up
bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
route add -host 192.168.1.102 dev tap0
arp -Ds 192.168.1.102 eth0 pub

The virtual machine is started in a session: "BoxManage startvm "Windows XP Professional" -type vrdp".

The actual RDP is started with: rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" 192.168.1.161:3389 -u <"user"> -p <pass>

Also IP 192.168.1.102 can be used to get a RDP session (?!)

When trying to connect to IP 10.0.2.15 (this is the IP in the actual windows session) nothing happens exept: "Autoselected keyboard map NL". Only Ctrl-C helps to stop this command.

[kilou]

I finally got multiple applications openeing seamlessly with the rdesktop patch available here: https://www.fontis.com.au/rdesktop

I just had to install the following packages to be able to build/compile the patched rdesktop:
autoconf
automake
automake1.9
libX11-dev

Then just follow the instructions on the link above (download and unpack seamlessrdp_server.zip in c:\seamlessrdp on the xp guest) and you should be good to go.

I could launch the first app (command prompt) with:

cd /usr/local/bin
rdesktop -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" GuestIP:3389 -u username -p password

Then I could launch a second app (notepad) using:
rdesktop -l "notepad"

You can open multiple applications with a single rdesktop connection using this patch! The only thing is that Beryl's scale plugin is not very happy when multiple MS applications are opened in a superposed way in the guest and you see parts of other applications on the scaled windows. Not a big deal but it would be nice to have a workaround in beryl for this.....

[TabletGuy]

I finally got multiple applications openeing seamlessly with the rdesktop patch available here: https://www.fontis.com.au/rdesktop

I just had to install the following packages to be able to build/compile the patched rdesktop:
autoconf
automake
automake1.9
libX11-dev

Then just follow the instructions on the link above (download and unpack seamlessrdp_server.zip in c:\seamlessrdp on the xp guest) and you should be good to go.

I could launch the first app (command prompt) with:

cd /usr/local/bin
rdesktop -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" GuestIP:3389 -u username -p password

Then I could launch a second app (notepad) using:
rdesktop -l "notepad"

You can open multiple applications with a single rdesktop connection using this patch! The only thing is that Beryl's scale plugin is not very happy when multiple MS applications are opened in a superposed way in the guest and you see parts of other applications on the scaled windows. Not a big deal but it would be nice to have a workaround in beryl for this.....

Thanks for this - I had been trying to get this working for the last couple of days but hadn't realised the additional patches were necessary.

I sure hope this patch makes it's way into rdesktop - it is really useful to be able to launch apps from the same session.

To make this patch work on my machine I also needed to install:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
and
sudo apt-get install openssl libssl-dev libx11-dev

as detailed on this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224212

[tyfn]

when I tried start vbox I'll take this error :


VirtualBox kernel driver not accessible, permission problem. Make sure that the current user has write permissions to /dev/vboxdrv by adding him to the vboxusers groups. Don't forget to logout to take the change effect.
VBox status code: -1909 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE).


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}

[tyfn]

ok i did it :)

[kilou]

Now I'm also using an adapted version of the perl script proposed on www.fontis.com.au/rdesktop to launch the MS application seamlessly. As described the script allows to launch an application without having to know if it is the first application to start (need -A -s options) or if it is another one (need -l option). Here is the final script that works for me:

#!/usr/bin/perl

my $bin = '/usr/local/bin/rdesktop';
my $host = 'X.X.X.X'; #Put your guest IP address here
my $socket = '/home/username/.rdesktop/seamless.socket';
my $shell = 'C:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe';
my $username = 'username';
my $password = 'password';

if (@ARGV != 1) {
print "usage: rdesktop-wrapper \n";
exit;
}

# if socket and master session exist,
# launch command in slave mode
$numprocs = `pgrep -c -U username -x rdesktop`;
if (-e $socket and ($numprocs == 1)) {
exec($bin, '-l', $ARGV[0]);
# otherwise, start new master mode
# only if no other sessions running
} elsif ($numprocs == 0) {
exec ($bin, '-A', '-s', $shell . " $ARGV[0]", $host, '-u', $username, '-p', $password);
}

Change the things in red according to your settings. Now save this into a text file and name it rdesktop.pl. Make it executable by running sudo chmod +x ./rdesktop.pl (you must be in the directory where you saved the file)

Now you can launch any application simply by typing ./rdesktop.pl "application path" and it will launch any application. The same command is used to launch the first or subsequent applications. Really cool :) Now we are even closer to the perfect seamless experience. The last things I can think of would be to fix the beryl scale plugin issue with MS applications and maybe find a way to avoid the login screen that shortly appears after we launch the first MS aplication (peanuts though...). To fix the beryl issue I'm looking into installing virtual desktops in XP and make each new application start in a new desktop. I wonder if this would fix the problem with the scale plugin.....

[kilou]

Is it possible to disable the window decoration of windows and use Emerald on the seamless MS applications opened in Ubuntu instead???

[s1ightcrazed]

Is it possible to disable the window decoration of windows and use Emerald on the seamless MS applications opened in Ubuntu instead???

Short answer - no.

Long answer - Aahhhh, no.

:lolflag:

[kilou]

Why do some beryl functions work on the seamless windows but it is not possible to use Emerald?

[bsleys]

I could have missed it but if anyone using VMWare to do this could help I'd appreaciate it.

First off how do you have networking setup in VMware? I'm using VMServer and I had to set the Ethernet 1 for the virtual machine to Custome /dev/vmnet1. However in this config the virtual mathine can't access the web IE Windows can't access the web.

[TabletGuy]

I could have missed it but if anyone using VMWare to do this could help I'd appreaciate it.

First off how do you have networking setup in VMware? I'm using VMServer and I had to set the Ethernet 1 for the virtual machine to Custome /dev/vmnet1. However in this config the virtual mathine can't access the web IE Windows can't access the web.

I'm using Vmware now.

You need to run vmware-config-network.pl and alter your settings.

You should end up with three types of network adpater for your machine.
A) bridged,
B) NAT
C) Host only

Which one of these you will actually use will depending on the type of connection your machine has.

When using the vmware-config-network.pl script you might need to use the editor rather that the wizard to set up the connections.

For example I had to use the editor to change my bridged adapter from eth0 (wired) to eth1 (wireless).

Once the network adapters are set up you can use the VM machine settings to add more network adpaters to the virtual machine. I have two on my set up, a host only adapter and a bridged adapter. I use the host only one for my rdesktop connection as the IP doesn't change when I switch wireless networks.

If this doesn't work try searching the forums - there are lots of posts on networking in VMware.

Good luck.

[xolast]

I'm getting this error:

console output:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" 192.168.1.144:3389 -u WINDOWSUSER -p WINDOWSPASSWORD
Autoselected keyboard map es
ERROR: connect: No route to host
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I have this Ip 192.168.1.66
and I'm in a WIRELESS NETWORK

And I choose the 192.168.1.144

All Ip are set via DHCP but I always get the 66 in my machine

this is my rc.local file:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
tunctl -t tap0 -u LINUXUSERNAME
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
/usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
/sbin/ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 promisc
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth1
/sbin/dhclient br0
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 192.168.1.144 up
bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
route add -host 192.168.1.66 dev tap0
arp -Ds 192.168.1.66 eth1 pub

exit 0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When I start windows normaly in VM Window. Network late a little bit searching an Ip so it ends with a limited network with this Ip: 169.254.195.235


I tried doing with both Ips(169.254.195.235 and 192.168.1.144) and nothing.

this is my iwconfig output:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

tap0 no wireless extensions.

br0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"MYESSID" Nickname:"zd1211"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:18:3F:19:09:21
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s
Link Quality=73/100 Signal level=21/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

and my ifconfig output:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:CA:20:55:D5
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:17 Base address:0x6000

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:A3:02:F6:A9
inet addr:192.168.1.66 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::211:a3ff:fe02:f6a9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2317 errors:0 dropped:226 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1861 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:828596 (809.1 KiB) TX bytes:170498 (166.5 KiB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2906 (2.8 KiB) TX bytes:2906 (2.8 KiB)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Any Idea?

Thanks for your time.

[Neomanar]

I'm using feisty and VirtualBox. I've followed all the steps but when I click the "Windows" button it opens a window (which can't be maximized) containing the remote windows desktop. In the bottom panel appears "rdesktop 10.100.15.36" and the window is not seamless and has background. I can re-locate the window using the Alt key, but I guess this is not this tutorial proposes. Any guides, suggestions?

[animusFL]

Actually we don't have to disable ubuntu network manager to connect the vm to network.

These are the lines i added to rc.local file (I did it according to the VirtualBox user manual with a slight modification) :

tunctl -t tap1 -u <Ubuntu user name>
brctl addbr br0
ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
brctl addif br0 eth0
sudo ifconfig br0 <Host static IP> netmask 255.255.255.0 up
sudo route add default gw <Internet gateway IP> br0
brctl addif br0 tap1
ifconfig tap1 up

With this, I can connect my virtual machine to internet through the network. The real network of host machine also works fine.

Good luck
-RavinSP-

Thanks RavinSP! This worked wonderfully!

Thanks to MikeyTag for this awesome tweak! And also to TabletGuy for the mod
for vmware! Works with Kubuntu fiesty just great.:popcorn: Gots my friends eyes
buggin' out of their heads! Here's some of my info...

animus@green:~$ ifconfig
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:61:6C:73:49
inet addr:192.168.254.1 Bcast:192.168.254.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::204:61ff:fe6c:7349/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:16862 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:15651 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:10383554 (9.9 MiB) TX bytes:1642126 (1.5 MiB)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:61:6C:73:49
inet6 addr: fe80::204:61ff:fe6c:7349/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5478 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:22613 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4743937 (4.5 MiB) TX bytes:2375377 (2.2 MiB)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0xc000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1600 (1.5 KiB) TX bytes:1600 (1.5 KiB)

tap1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 56:0A:70:C7:3F:AA
inet6 addr: fe80::540a:70ff:fec7:3faa/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:807 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01
inet addr:192.168.62.1 Bcast:192.168.62.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:08
inet addr:192.168.129.1 Bcast:192.168.129.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

I used bridged in the vmware eth settings...

also omitted the -rsound option in rdesktop

If you have any questions, hollah!

animusFL

[animusFL]

BTW, anyone get this working with Win2kPro???? How do you setup the Win side? All the
googling I've done on it point to using VNC instead of having remote desktop like XP does.
Thanks in advance for any help.
animusFL
(SOLVED)
FYI this does NOT work with win2k PRO, you need 2003 SERVER or later. w2kpro doesnt have terminal server.

[chikko]

hey guys - i need some help with that procedure:

i've done everything right (i hope) but when i try and run the final command i get the "no route to host"
here are some details:

i'm working with a wireless router. the IP it gives me is 192.168.2.101 - on eth1.
the windows IP address is 10.0.2.15 when the gateway (if in any importance) is 10.0.2.2.

when i try to run kubuntu (feisty) with following change in rc.local i cannot access the internet anymore (so for now i'm simply "#"ing it so i can write you this post)

rc,local

tunctl -t tap0 -u chikko
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
/usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
/sbin/ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 promisc
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth1
/sbin/dhclient br0
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 192.168.2.111 up
bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
route add -host 192.168.2.101 dev tap0
arp -Ds 192.168.2.101 eth1 pub


when trying to run:
rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" 10.0.2.15:3389 -u "chikko" -p xxxxx
i get (as mentioned before) the no route to host error.

if i try to run the same command with the made-up ip address (192.168.2.111) i can see the windows screen correctly - but ofcourse - no seamless work..

ifconfig before changing rc.local

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:E4:D8:F6:4F
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0x2400

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:00:2B:F1:C6
inet addr:192.168.2.101 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::215:ff:fe2b:f1c6/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:447 errors:1 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:486 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:282876 (276.2 KiB) TX bytes:80899 (79.0 KiB)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0x2000 Memory:b0106000-b0106fff

eth0:avah Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:E4:D8:F6:4F
inet addr:169.254.9.190 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:18 Base address:0x2400

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1692 (1.6 KiB) TX bytes:1692 (1.6 KiB)


the ifconfig is a little different after running kubuntu with the changes in rc.local - but again: no working internet connection, so i'm trying to avoid the thing for now.. :)

i'm using virtualbox, and not VMware.

i read about something that has to do with making a bridge in kubuntu so that it will recognize windows's IP.. don't know if it is relevant, nor how to do such a thing.. :(

any help at all would be very appreciated! ;)


update:
same thing has happened when i tried to run it on another computer - this time it was one which is connected to the net via a "normal" IP (not via router). it's connectivity to the net was also destroyed after making the above changes to rc.local..
i guess it's the connection to the net which makes all the problems.. how can i fix it?.. :(

[nidzo]

i have a dual boot laptop: win xp and ubuntu feisty.
my question is: is there any way to start ubuntu and use some kind of virtualization (virtual machine?) in order to open also xp and its applications?

the point is that i don't want to reinstall everything, and i don't want another copy of xp on a virtual machine.

nidzo

[animusFL]

hey guys - i need some help with that procedure:

i've done everything right (i hope) but when i try and run the final command i get the "no route to host"
here are some details:

i'm working with a wireless router. the IP it gives me is 192.168.2.101 - on eth1.
the windows IP address is 10.0.2.15 when the gateway (if in any importance) is 10.0.2.2.

when i try to run kubuntu (feisty) with following change in rc.local i cannot access the internet anymore (so for now i'm simply "#"ing it so i can write you this post)


Hey, I think your client(WinXP) IP needs to be on the same subnet as everything else,
ie 192.168.2.* . I let my router assign IP's for everything then use ifconfig/ipconfig
to figure out what they are. If your gateway uses the subnet of 10.0.2.* then setting
your eth1 to 192.168.2.* will break your internet connection. Hope this helps
animusFL

[animusFL]

i have a dual boot laptop: win xp and ubuntu feisty.
my question is: is there any way to start ubuntu and use some kind of virtualization (virtual machine?) in order to open also xp and its applications?

the point is that i don't want to reinstall everything, and i don't want another copy of xp on a virtual machine.

nidzo

nidzo, try this website http://www.motin.eu/www/mirror/physvmware/ for some info,
I think this is what your trying to do. You might want to google it & see if there are other
techniques that work.
animusFL

[ssc351]

I still don't understand why I can't get the seamless to work...everything works, but its still another window. I followed TabletGuy's post and it works great. But, after it logs out, it brings up the windows log-in screen. I then need to log in manually...is this correct? Also, should I log in under my windows admin or my standard name (by the way, doing either still does not make it seamless.) Should I reinstall/redo the seamlessrdp file? I am getting fairly frustrated.

[chikko]

Hey, I think your client(WinXP) IP needs to be on the same subnet as everything else,
ie 192.168.2.* . I let my router assign IP's for everything then use ifconfig/ipconfig
to figure out what they are. If your gateway uses the subnet of 10.0.2.* then setting
your eth1 to 192.168.2.* will break your internet connection. Hope this helps
animusFL

umm.. i think you're right - but i really don't know how to assign a new IP address to the winXP..
do you think i should try and change the XP IP, or maybe the IP configuration in the router itself..?
can you guide me?... :(
:p

[animusFL]

umm.. i think you're right - but i really don't know how to assign a new IP address to the winXP..
do you think i should try and change the XP IP, or maybe the IP configuration in the router itself..?
can you guide me?... :(
:p
I haven't used virtualbox, just vmware, so I'm not sure how it handles your eth* and
DHCP. Quick question, forgetting the seamless part for a minute, when you fire up
your XP guest, does it get assigned an internal IP by your router ( ipconfig in a command
console) & can you surf the web, see your host (ubuntu) when browsing the local network?
If the answer is no, then I would assume virtualbox needs tweaking to allow your guest
OS onto your local network. Hope this helps.
animusFL

[animusFL]

I still don't understand why I can't get the seamless to work...everything works, but its still another window. I followed TabletGuy's post and it works great. But, after it logs out, it brings up the windows log-in screen. I then need to log in manually...is this correct? Also, should I log in under my windows admin or my standard name (by the way, doing either still does not make it seamless.) Should I reinstall/redo the seamlessrdp file? I am getting fairly frustrated.

SSC,
When I logon the first time & log off, it kicks me right off the rdesktop, then I have to run that again to get the seamless going. Sounds like you missed a step about the auto login
in XP. When you fire up your virtual machine/XP normally, and logoff XP does it log you right back in?? That's what needs to happen. If you get the xp login screen you might want to
dbl check your xp auto login settings. Hope this helps.
animusFL

[ssc351]

sorry, Im a little confused...based on Tableguy's post, don't I need 2 users? One to log-in then log-out, called "reboot" and another called "ME" to relog-in? Isn't this why it doesn't relog-in automatically? Do I need to get rid of one of the users? also Animus, you are correct, I think something needs to be fixed on my auto log-in. Before I set-up the 2 users, when I would logout it would not automatically log in. Also, I don't have the option to rerun the rdesktop command in terminal...should I be able to?

[animusFL]

ssc,
I think TG was just trying to automate the process & add a clean way of shutting down
XP inside of your virtual server. I just have one user. I'd remove a user and reset the
XP auto login again. as far as re-running rdesktop in a terminal, my terminal stays open,
the rdesktop program just closes & drops me back to a prompt. I just up arrow to the
rdesktop command & run it again, and I have a seamless login. Fall back to page one
of this thread & go thru MikeyTag's instructions again. Good Luck!
animusFL

[nidzo]

nidzo, try this website http://www.motin.eu/www/mirror/physvmware/ for some info,
I think this is what your trying to do. You might want to google it & see if there are other
techniques that work.
animusFL

i'll have a look, thanks a lot...
nidzo

[ssc351]

Ya went through the whole thing again and same thing...my problem is definitely stemming from the fact that when I logout of windows, it does not open up a new command prompt. I tried open up a new terminal and running it that way but nothing. Note, I deleted the other user and now it logs in automatically, so I am following mikeys tag.

[ran_foru]

Hi ...

Hey i m newbie in linux. I installed xp successfully through virtualbox and network is also working fine in xp.
but i m facing two problem

first..

when i write in rc.local file to create new tap i got connected network in xp but my ubuntu lost the internet connection

and second

the final command rdesktop ... gives error that no route to host


some one help me


Thx :(:(

[dannemil]

Ya went through the whole thing again and same thing...my problem is definitely stemming from the fact that when I logout of windows, it does not open up a new command prompt. I tried open up a new terminal and running it that way but nothing. Note, I deleted the other user and now it logs in automatically, so I am following mikeys tag.

I have exactly the same problem. I tried to follow the post but 2 problems persist:

1. When I run rdesktop -A -s blah blah, it automatically drops from full screen to windowed. My understanding is that it should open full screen, log you in and drop to the Windows taskbar. Instead, I get another window with Windows running in it, but of course no desktop/icons because I followed the post about setting a nodesktop value in regedit.

2. Although I have autologin set up for me as the user, when I log out, it just kicks me back to the Windows login screen instead of kicking me off the rdesktop and back to the terminal prompt or loggin me back in automatically.

I am running XP Pro SP2 in vbox. I looks like there is something I am doing wrong with rdesktop since it does not appear to be opening properly in full screen mode. I also tried opening it with the -f flag, but you can't use that with the -A (seamlessrdp) flag.

Thanks in advance for any help.:D

Added: Here is some output from an attempt to run rdesktop and seamless. You can see that it immediately starts changing the window size , but I can't figure out how to stop this.

Ubuntu:~$ rdesktop -A -s "c:\program files\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\windows\explorer.exe" 192.168.2.111:3389 -u xxxxxx -p xxxxxx
Autoselected keyboard map en-us
WARNING: Remote desktop changed from 1920x1200 to 720x400.
WARNING: Remote desktop changed from 720x400 to 640x480.
WARNING: Remote desktop changed from 640x480 to 1192x875.

[zach12]

coool!

[Ace2016]

Hi all

i made a howto entirely of screenshots ;) for every single step after you install virtualbox, it has everything from sharing folders with windows, to solving the first login/logout before being able to run rdesktop problem and after its setup all you have to do is use nice Alt+F2 commands :D

http://ace2016.net/tutorials/linux/run-windows-xp-applications-seamlessly-on-your-linux-desktop

(also this method for the login/out thing isn't as good as the new method so check the screenshots out)



ok here is what i did for an easier time starting the thing up;

HERE I HAVE USED GEOSHELL TO CUSTOMISE THE LAYOUT YOU CAN STILL USE PLAIN EXPLORER!!! AND RUN LOTS OF APPS

Screenshot of final desktop (see where geoshell at the bottom right, i use that as a start menu to run windows apps);

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8784/linuxoffice2009we8.th.png (http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=linuxoffice2009we8.png)

firstly make sure you have more than one user account, make these changes to the account that logs in by default when you start xp, this is also the one that you use when you run apps

i have 3 accounts;

Ace1 << autologs in on startup, and logs out (has a password)
Ace2 << runs programs, and is what you'll use to login (because of what the rest of the guide does Ace1 will not be usable) (has a password)
Ace3 << unsed backup, just incase (has no password)

(do this after you have followed the guide and have seamless stuff working)

download these two apps (geoshell if you want it) and install them;

can someone virus scan these, i know startup cpl is ok but directshutdown is untested

http://www.dlao.com/directshutdown/ (DirectShutdown)
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml (Startup Control Panel)
http://www.geoshell.com/ (GeoShell) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ignore if your going to use explorer as your shell, check out my screenshots to see what xgl+beryl+kde+rdesktop/seamlessrdp looks like

now start the virtual machine
let it autologin, in my case it logs in as Ace1
install the first two apps
open control pannel
switch to classic view
go into startup
HKCU/run tab
select DirectShutdown (right click) > Edit
where it says enter the path to the program, go to the very end of the text and add -l (thats L as in ...jkLmnop...
click ok
now test it :)
logout
relogin back in, the second you login it should kick you right back out to the login screen, if so success! :D

now login into Ace2 (MAKE SURE ACE2 HAS A PASSWORD)

install geoshell (SKIP THIS IF YOU PLAN TO USE EXPLORER)
(change the screen resolution of the xp to match your linux resolution, i know this may make it hard to work with but you need to make the toolbars and stuff align correctly)
customise it with a theme of your choise
This is what mine looks like in windows:

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/887/desktopfromwithinwindowac7.th.png (http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktopfromwithinwindowac7.png)

now logout of Ace2

(exit to linux)

now back in linux make these files;


sudo nano /usr/bin/startxp

#!/bin/sh
VBoxManage startvm XPPRO -type vrdp #change XPPRO to your virtualbox image
#(leave a blank line here, at the end)


sudo nano /usr/bin/xp

#!/bin/sh
rdesktop 192.168.1.16 #IP ADDRESS IFCONFIG SHOWS!!! not the one inside xp
#(leave a blank line here, at the end)


sudo nano /usr/bin/userxp (change the name to whatever you want)

(FOR GEOSHELL)


#!/bin/sh
rdesktop -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Shell\WinShellEx\WinShellEx.exe" -c "c:\seamlessrdp" 192.168.1.3 -u "Ace2" -p password #NOW USE THE IP ADDRESS YOU GET FROM INSIDE XP!!! and edit username and password and the command to run
#(leave a blank line here, at the end)


(FOR EXPLORER)


#!/bin/sh
rdesktop -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" -c "c:\seamlessrdp" 192.168.1.3 -u "Ace2" -p password #NOW USE THE IP ADDRESS YOU GET FROM INSIDE XP!!! and edit username and password and the command to run
#(leave a blank line here, at the end)


sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/startxp
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/xp
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/userxp (change the name to whatever you want)

now its time to run this yay!!

so Alt+F2, and run startxp, wait (might take some time) untill you should hear the startup sound of xp and the logout sound, wait a bit more (a few seconds should do) and it gets to the login screen

now Alt+f2 and run userxp, and this starts geoshell in the correct place on the desktop

TOSHUTDOWN; start > programs > DirectShutdown > Shutdown PC

QUICKER WAY; copy the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\DirectShutdown\ Shutdown PC link
to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu

Now you can do start > shutdown PC (at the top)

Tell me if you have any issues, i attached the apps just incase the servers go down or anything :D

[ran_foru]

Hi

hey i have guest as window xp and i m using Feisty.I m facing one problem. I m able to connect internet in window xp but my ubuntu has no internet connection. when i remove all the all the line in rc.local Feisty is get connected to internet but xp got disconnected.

In one line problem is I m not able to connect to internet in both os simeltiniously.


plz help me some one:(

[Ace2016]

Hi

hey i have guest as window xp and i m using Feisty.I m facing one problem. I m able to connect internet in window xp but my ubuntu has no internet connection. when i remove all the all the line in rc.local Feisty is get connected to internet but xp got disconnected.

In one line problem is I m not able to connect to internet in both os simeltiniously.


plz help me some one:(

Can you post the output of ifconfig before and after running the commands

[ran_foru]

right now i not having my pc

when rc.local is empty ( i have not remember exactly)
but if config show
eth0 .......
lo ......

when i write all those command as given(i dont have remember exactly)

br0......
br0.....
eth0
lo....
tap0.....





i ll post ifconfig exact output after some time

[pacut]

Well...first of all: this is GREAT !

I have easily installed under Feisty, even if I am currently making XP running into a window - next step will be the fully integration within Ubuntu.

The only difficulty I get is this: each time I launch the VM and then my XP, I get this:

============
Failed to open '/dev/net/tun' for read/write access. Please check the permissions of that node. Either do 'chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun' or change the group of that node and get member of that group. Make sure that these changes are permanently in particular if you are using udev.
VBox status code: -3100 (VERR_HOSTIF_INIT_FAILED).


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}
=======

Then if I run on a separate window the chmod command described above, everything gets working. What's wrong with my installation ? This is my rc.local

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.
tunctl -t tap0 -u paolo
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
/usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
/sbin/dhclient br0
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 192.168.1.20 up
bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
route add -host 192.168.1.2 dev tap0
arp -Ds <main_ip> eth0 pub
exit 0



THANKS

[ran_foru]

Well...first of all: this is GREAT !

I have easily installed under Feisty, even if I am currently making XP running into a window - next step will be the fully integration within Ubuntu.

The only difficulty I get is this: each time I launch the VM and then my XP, I get this:

============
Failed to open '/dev/net/tun' for read/write access. Please check the permissions of that node. Either do 'chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun' or change the group of that node and get member of that group. Make sure that these changes are permanently in particular if you are using udev.
VBox status code: -3100 (VERR_HOSTIF_INIT_FAILED).


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}
=======

Then if I run on a separate window the chmod command described above, everything gets working. What's wrong with my installation ? This is my rc.local

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.
tunctl -t tap0 -u paolo
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
/usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
/sbin/dhclient br0
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 192.168.1.20 up
bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
route add -host 192.168.1.2 dev tap0
arp -Ds <main_ip> eth0 pub
exit 0



THANKS


change arp -Ds <main_ip> eth0 pub to arp -Ds 192.168.1.2 eth0 pub


:D:D

[Ace2016]

Well...first of all: this is GREAT !

I have easily installed under Feisty, even if I am currently making XP running into a window - next step will be the fully integration within Ubuntu.

The only difficulty I get is this: each time I launch the VM and then my XP, I get this:

============
Failed to open '/dev/net/tun' for read/write access. Please check the permissions of that node. Either do 'chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun' or change the group of that node and get member of that group. Make sure that these changes are permanently in particular if you are using udev.
VBox status code: -3100 (VERR_HOSTIF_INIT_FAILED).


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}
=======

Then if I run on a separate window the chmod command described above, everything gets working. What's wrong with my installation ? This is my rc.local

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.
tunctl -t tap0 -u paolo
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
/usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
/sbin/dhclient br0
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 192.168.1.20 up
bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
route add -host 192.168.1.2 dev tap0
arp -Ds <main_ip> eth0 pub
exit 0



THANKS

Well instead of putting that stuff in rc.local i put it in a different place, i put it in ~/.kde/Autostart/net and made it executable, here is my net file;

ace@Linux:~$ cat ~/.kde/Autostart/net

#!/bin/sh
sudo modprobe vboxdrv (custom kernel needs this)
sudo tunctl -t tap0 -u ace
sudo chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
sudo chmod 666 /dev/net/tun (a different howto had this line and the net won't work without it)
sudo /usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
sudo /sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
sudo /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
sudo /sbin/dhclient br0
sudo /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
sudo ifconfig tap0 192.168.1.16 up
sudo bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
sudo route add -host 192.168.1.2 dev tap0
sudo arp -Ds 192.168.1.2 eth0 pub

[pacut]

Hello ran.

aaahg....what a shame ! I thought my file was accurate 100% ;)
THANKS

[ran_foru]

Originally Posted by ran_foru View Post
Hi

hey i have guest as window xp and i m using Feisty.I m facing one problem. I m able to connect internet in window xp but my ubuntu has no internet connection. when i remove all the all the line in rc.local Feisty is get connected to internet but xp got disconnected.

In brief problem is I m not able to connect to internet in both os simeltiniously.


plz help me some one

Can you post the output of ifconfig before and after running the commands

Hi
I m posting the some out put here

my rc.local file

# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.
tunctl -t tap0 -u ranjan
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
/usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
/sbin/ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 promisc
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth1
/sbin/dhclient br0
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 192.168.1.160 up
bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
route add -host 192.168.1.189 dev tap0
arp -Ds 192.168.1.189 eth1 pub!/bin/sh -e


exit 0


ifconfig command output

br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:5C:8B:20:B2
inet6 addr: fe80::208:5cff:fe8b:20b2/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:6544 (6.3 KiB) TX bytes:4935 (4.8 KiB)

br0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:5C:8B:20:B2
inet addr:169.254.6.92 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:E8:50:1B:59 #my ethernet without any cable
inet6 addr: fe80::200:e8ff:fe50:1b59/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:4 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:8
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0xd800

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:5C:8B:20:B2 # the usb throug i connect to net
inet6 addr: fe80::208:5cff:fe8b:20b2/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:8543 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9331 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:8581800 (8.1 MiB) TX bytes:1865551 (1.7 MiB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:228 (228.0 b) TX bytes:228 (228.0 b)

tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B2:CD:EB:03:8D:E5
inet addr:192.168.1.160 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::b0cd:ebff:fe03:8de5/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:29 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)



i m postin the outputs plz some one point out error why i m not able to connect to internet in both os
simeltiniouly


Thx in Advance

---------------------------------------------------------------------

[pacut]

change arp -Ds <main_ip> eth0 pub to arp -Ds 192.168.1.2 eth0 pub


:D:D

I did it and now it works !
I also have integrated the environment into my Ubuntu...wooowww !!! This is incredibly nice.
Finally I can remove my dual boot with Windows and my wife won't bother any longer (she will keep on using Windows...bleahhh !! :popcorn:

Another question: is there any way I can access to existing Windows' partitions that I currently have on my PC ?

Last question (I promise): I have set up the environment on running on 2G of hard disk. How can I increase fearlessly ?

Ciaoooo
Paolo

[ran_foru]

I did it and now it works !
I also have integrated the environment into my Ubuntu...wooowww !!! This is incredibly nice.
Finally I can remove my dual boot with Windows and my wife won't bother any longer (she will keep on using Windows...bleahhh !! :popcorn:

Another question: is there any way I can access to existing Windows' partitions that I currently have on my PC ?

Last question (I promise): I have set up the environment on running on 2G of hard disk. How can I increase fearlessly ?

Ciaoooo
Paolo


Hey ....

Can you post the output of ifconfig


Thx

[pacut]

Ifconfig ?
Here it is


paolo@paolo-desktop:~$ ifconfig
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:8F:8D:4B:85
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::213:8fff:fe8d:4b85/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:47607 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:34765 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:35465145 (33.8 MiB) TX bytes:3541057 (3.3 MiB)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:8F:8D:4B:85
inet6 addr: fe80::213:8fff:fe8d:4b85/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4791 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5308 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4991237 (4.7 MiB) TX bytes:568780 (555.4 KiB)
Interrupt:19 Base address:0xd800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1068 (1.0 KiB) TX bytes:1068 (1.0 KiB)

tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 4A:27:D5:7A:43:A1
inet addr:192.168.1.20 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::4827:d5ff:fe7a:43a1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:45872 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:33196 errors:0 dropped:61 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:32369583 (30.8 MiB) TX bytes:4289531 (4.0 MiB)


And all of this....for what ? I am confused
THANKS

[ran_foru]

Ifconfig ?
Here it is


paolo@paolo-desktop:~$ ifconfig
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:8F:8D:4B:85
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::213:8fff:fe8d:4b85/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:47607 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:34765 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:35465145 (33.8 MiB) TX bytes:3541057 (3.3 MiB)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:8F:8D:4B:85
inet6 addr: fe80::213:8fff:fe8d:4b85/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4791 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5308 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4991237 (4.7 MiB) TX bytes:568780 (555.4 KiB)
Interrupt:19 Base address:0xd800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1068 (1.0 KiB) TX bytes:1068 (1.0 KiB)

tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 4A:27:D5:7A:43:A1
inet addr:192.168.1.20 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::4827:d5ff:fe7a:43a1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:45872 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:33196 errors:0 dropped:61 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:32369583 (30.8 MiB) TX bytes:4289531 (4.0 MiB)


And all of this....for what ? I am confused
THANKS


Actuallly my internet is not working in Feisty although it is working in xp so i was just verifying that is any thing wrong in my configuration......

I m still looking for some help :(


Thx anyway

[pacut]

Mine works perfectly; I am sorry for you, also because I cannot provide any help :(
Good luck ;) I am sure you'll get rid of that issue.

[Ace2016]

ran_foru; what commands are you running in rc.local to start the system

remove it from rc.local and restart, then run the commands in the command line to see if there are any errors

sudo modprobe vboxdrv ## initng users need it unless you edit the scripts and stuff
sudo tunctl -t tap0 -u ace
sudo chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
sudo chmod 666 /dev/net/tun
sudo /usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
sudo /sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
sudo /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
sudo /sbin/dhclient br0
sudo /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
sudo ifconfig tap0 192.168.1.16 up
sudo bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
sudo route add -host 192.168.1.2 dev tap0
sudo arp -Ds 192.168.1.2 eth0 pub

does your eth0 have a static ip or a dynamic ip address? replace the 192.168.1.16 with the ip you want to give to vritualbox guest os, and change 192.168.1.2 to whatever your ip is when you first run ifconfig before these commands have been run

[QuarlesLT]

Hey guys,
I followed this HOWTO, using Feisty.

I am using eth0 that is static, not dhcp. First I followed the guide normally, using the steps listed. However, when I log into Windows, the LAN says it is aquiring an address for a few minutes, then says limited or no connectivity. Then I tweaked my rc.local file according to another user in this thread, I believe on page 3. Here is my current rc.local:

tunctl -t tap0 -u lamar
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
brctl addbr br0
ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
brctl addif br0 eth0
ifconfig br0 192.168.1.21 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add default gw 192.168.1.1 br0
brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 up

But when I log into Windows, the same thing happens, and I have no connectivity. Under my VirtualBox settings, I have the networking set to host and the name is tap0. The Internet on the host machine works fine.

[ran_foru]

Hi ..

I m Posting the detailed out put of command in rc.local file as some asked about that .

Again in brief my problem is that when i run this rc.local file i get connect in xp but my

Feisty get disconnected
Out is in next post

Thx ..

[ran_foru]

ran_foru; what commands are you running in rc.local to start the system

remove it from rc.local and restart, then run the commands in the command line to see if there are any errors

sudo modprobe vboxdrv ## initng users need it unless you edit the scripts and stuff
sudo tunctl -t tap0 -u ace
sudo chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
sudo chmod 666 /dev/net/tun
sudo /usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
sudo /sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
sudo /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
sudo /sbin/dhclient br0
sudo /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
sudo ifconfig tap0 192.168.1.16 up
sudo bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
sudo route add -host 192.168.1.2 dev tap0
sudo arp -Ds 192.168.1.2 eth0 pub

does your eth0 have a static ip or a dynamic ip address? replace the 192.168.1.16 with the ip you want to give to vritualbox guest os, and change 192.168.1.2 to whatever your ip is when you first run ifconfig before these commands have been run

Hi again....

here i m posting ouput of each line of rc.local command as u told
I m not able to connect internet in both os xp and Feisty simeltiniously
output of ifcommand when rc.local file was empty


ranjan@ranjan:~$ ifconfig

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:5C:8B:20:B2
inet addr:192.168.1.189 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::208:5cff:fe8b:20b2/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:58 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:52573 (51.3 KiB) TX bytes:11704 (11.4 KiB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:100 (100.0 b) TX bytes:100 (100.0 b)

### Here i want to show that my network is working fine ....
ranjan@ranjan:~$ ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.38 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.15 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=2.04 ms

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1998ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.158/1.862/2.388/0.517 ms


### now executing each command one by one which is inside rc.local
root@ranjan:~# modprobe vboxdrv
root@ranjan:~# tunctl -t tap0 -u ranjan
Set 'tap0' persistent and owned by uid 1002
root@ranjan:~# chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
root@ranjan:~# chmod 666 /dev/net/tun
root@ranjan:~# /usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0

#### up to here network is working fine
root@ranjan:~# ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.29 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.61 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1.44 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=1.29 ms

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3005ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.293/1.413/1.614/0.131 ms


root@ranjan:~# /sbin/ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 promisc

### Now problem get started network get disconnected
root@ranjan:~# ping 192.168.1.1
connect: Network is unreachable

root@ranjan:~# /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth1
root@ranjan:~# /sbin/dhclient br0
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 5576
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/br0/00:08:5c:8b:20:b2
Sending on LPF/br0/00:08:5c:8b:20:b2
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on br0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
DHCPDISCOVER on br0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
DHCPDISCOVER on br0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on br0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14

DHCPDISCOVER on br0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

root@ranjan:~#

root@ranjan:~# /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
root@ranjan:~# ifconfig tap0 192.168.1.160 up
root@ranjan:~# bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
root@ranjan:~# route add -host 192.168.1.189 dev tap0
root@ranjan:~# arp -Ds 192.168.1.189 eth1 pub

### Network is still unreachable
root@ranjan:~# ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.160 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.160 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.160 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 5001ms
, pipe 3


###Ifconfig after executing all these command

root@ranjan:~# ifconfig
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:5C:8B:20:B2
inet6 addr: fe80::208:5cff:fe8b:20b2/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:120 (120.0 b) TX bytes:11891 (11.6 KiB)

br0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:5C:8B:20:B2
inet addr:169.254.6.92 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:5C:8B:20:B2
inet6 addr: fe80::208:5cff:fe8b:20b2/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:79 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1117 (1.0 KiB) TX bytes:16237 (15.8 KiB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:772 (772.0 b) TX bytes:772 (772.0 b)

tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 42:3C:F0:A7:C7:3E
inet addr:192.168.1.160 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::403c:f0ff:fea7:c73e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:56 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


Some come with solution I m using Feisty and my network ip is static not dhcp ...........

Thx

[Ace2016]

http://ace2016.net/tutorials/linux/run-windows-xp-applications-seamlessly-on-your-linux-desktop

I modified the method i use;

Ifconfig before:

root@Linux:/home/ace# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:87:33:A6:3A
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:103 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:141 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:72347 (70.6 KiB) TX bytes:30627 (29.9 KiB)
Interrupt:20 Base address:0xd400

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


Commands i run

sudo modprobe vboxdrv (i use initng with a custom kernel)
sudo tunctl -t tap0 -u ace
sudo chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
sudo chmod 666 /dev/net/tun
sudo brctl addbr br0
sudo ifconfig br0 192.168.1.16 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
sudo ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 down
sudo ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up
sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.1 br0
sudo brctl addif br0 eth0
sudo brctl addif br0 tap0
sudo ifconfig tap0 up


this is my ifconfig after

br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:87:33:A6:3A
inet addr:192.168.1.16 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:184 (184.0 b) TX bytes:378 (378.0 b)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:87:33:A6:3A
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:109 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:146 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:72707 (71.0 KiB) TX bytes:30837 (30.1 KiB)
Interrupt:20 Base address:0xd400

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2240 (2.1 KiB) TX bytes:2240 (2.1 KiB)

tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 76:50:E9:F8:E9:5A
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:11 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


Router IP 192.168.1.1
XP's IP address; 192.168.1.20

i can ping 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.16 and when xp has started i can ping 192.168.1.20

these are the xp settings, hope it helps (Don't Forget to add the dns servers as 192.168.1.1, i just realised i forgot to add those and i was wondering why the net wasn't working in xp, lol)

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4373/linux2010cy1.th.png (http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=linux2010cy1.png)

[flowingfire]

I'm having a problem I've noticed several others mention, but nobody really answered it.

I have everything set up to-the-letter in Feisty, and Windows' networking integration seems to be working perfectly. I have all the registry entries perfect. I have seamlessrdp in the C: drive. I have a beautiful Windows XP installation fully interoperable with Kubuntu on a networking level.

BUT- Despite my best efforts, every single time I command the thing to open, it opens in a new window. Yes, I read carefully, and understand that you have to log out and log in again for it to work. I did that. No seamless integration. I'm still in a window marked "rdesktop <ip.a.d.d.r.e.s.s>," and when I "log out" it brings me to the Windows login screen.

I close the window and attempt to log back in-- same rdesktop window. I shut down the virtual machine, start it back up and do the same. Still in a window. I try everything. Still in a window.

So, in my desperation, I edited the registry with the suggestion to help Windows start up seamlessrdp. Bad more. Now, Windows opens in a window except now I don't have a start menu. Uhh... No icons, no desktop, no start menu... All still in a rdesktop session window....

ARRGH! Please, someone help me before my computer gets a brick thrown at it. (by me of course)

I don't want to have to re-install Windows, but I might have broken it. :(

If I re-install Windows and get it working again, how do I get it to NOT run in a window?

(It might be telling that I get this particular error when I run the virtual machine through rdesktop:
/dev/dsp: Device or resource busy

Seeking Help,
-David

[onosenday]

Thanks for the tuto!!!

It's working perfectly, but.... (Always a but)

How can a i setup the network connections to allow the guest get out by a different gateway than the host??

Thanks in advance!

[ran_foru]

I modified the method i use;

Ifconfig before:

root@Linux:/home/ace# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:87:33:A6:3A
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:103 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:141 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:72347 (70.6 KiB) TX bytes:30627 (29.9 KiB)
Interrupt:20 Base address:0xd400

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


Commands i run

sudo modprobe vboxdrv (i use initng with a custom kernel)
sudo tunctl -t tap0 -u ace
sudo chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
sudo chmod 666 /dev/net/tun
sudo brctl addbr br0
sudo ifconfig br0 192.168.1.16 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
sudo ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 down
sudo ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up
sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.1 br0
sudo brctl addif br0 eth0
sudo brctl addif br0 tap0
sudo ifconfig tap0 up


this is my ifconfig after

br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:87:33:A6:3A
inet addr:192.168.1.16 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:184 (184.0 b) TX bytes:378 (378.0 b)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:87:33:A6:3A
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:109 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:146 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:72707 (71.0 KiB) TX bytes:30837 (30.1 KiB)
Interrupt:20 Base address:0xd400

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2240 (2.1 KiB) TX bytes:2240 (2.1 KiB)

tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 76:50:E9:F8:E9:5A
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:11 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


Router IP 192.168.1.1
XP's IP address; 192.168.1.20

i can ping 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.16 and when xp has started i can ping 192.168.1.20

these are the xp settings, hope it helps (Don't Forget to add the dns servers as 192.168.1.1, i just realised i forgot to add those and i was wondering why the net wasn't working in xp, lol)

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4373/linux2010cy1.th.png (http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=linux2010cy1.png)




Thanks Bro !!
ur code worked perfectly

once again thx ..... :D:D:D:D

[dubravkor]

I run it from Feisty. Here are differences from this HOWTO:

1. Set network in NAT mode: Settings -> Network -> Attached To: NAT
2. Set port forwarding. Type in terminal:
VBoxManage setextradata "Windows XP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/guestssh/Protocol" TCP
VBoxManage setextradata "Windows XP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/guestssh/GuestPort" 3389
VBoxManage setextradata "Windows XP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/guestssh/HostPort" 3388

3. Run VM:
VBoxManage startvm "Windows XP" -type vrdp
4. Run rdesktop:
rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" localhost:3388 -u "<WINDOWS_USERNAME>" -p <WINDOWS_PASSWORD>

Sorry for my bad english ;)

[Ace2016]

Hi all

i made a howto entirely of screenshots ;) for every single step after you install virtualbox, it has everything from sharing folders with windows, to solving the first login/logout before being able to run rdesktop problem and after its setup all you have to do is use nice Alt+F2 commands, and it has working sound too

i made a howto with screenshots check it out here

http://ace2016.hostistry.com/index.php/2007/07/11/seamlessly-run-windows-apps-in-linux-using-seamless-remote-desktop/

:D

[ran_foru]

Hi all

i made a howto with screenshots check it out here

http://ace2016.65gb.com/index.html

:D

Edit:Site is back up again

HI again..

i want to share some folder as given manul i am running the command as below
root@ranjan:~# mount -t vboxfs share /media/MySharedFolder

but i m getting the error message
mount: unknown filesystem type 'vboxfs'


And in xp when i use the command
net use x: \\ranjan\shared
it is asking for user name and password
after entering both is giving error not valid user


Help me again

[Ace2016]

HI again..

i want to share some folder as given manul i am running the command as below
root@ranjan:~# mount -t vboxfs share /media/MySharedFolder

but i m getting the error message
mount: unknown filesystem type 'vboxfs'


And in xp when i use the command
net use x: \\ranjan\shared
it is asking for user name and password
after entering both is giving error not valid user


Help me again

*cough* vboxsf *cough*

Edit: I realised your using a linux guest ;)

[Ace2016]

Hi all

i made a howto entirely of screenshots ;) for every single step after you install virtualbox, it has everything from sharing folders with windows, to solving the first login/logout before being able to run rdesktop problem and after its setup all you have to do is use nice Alt+F2 commands, and it has working sound too

i made a howto with screenshots check it out here

http://ace2016.net/tutorials/linux/run-windows-xp-applications-seamlessly-on-your-linux-desktop

:D

OK now i just tested the entire site, the thumbnail problem is fixed and the images all work, tell me if you find anything, worng, PM me

[klisics]

Hi

after two days of trying I'm about to give up. of course network problem. I have pppoe.

Before connecting to net by pon dsl-provider
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <##HWaddr##>
inet6 addr: <inet addr>/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:7412 (7.2 KiB)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0xc000

eth0:avah Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <##HWaddr##>
inet addr:169.254.6.178 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:22 Base address:0xc000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1306 (1.2 KiB) TX bytes:1306 (1.2 KiB)


After connecting to net:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <##HWaddr##>
inet6 addr: <inet addr>/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:660 (660.0 b) TX bytes:9992 (9.7 KiB)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0xc000

eth0:avah Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <##HWaddr##>
inet addr:169.254.6.178 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:22 Base address:0xc000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2560 (2.5 KiB) TX bytes:2560 (2.5 KiB)

ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:91.120.64.84 P-t-P:194.149.1.53 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:54 (54.0 b) TX bytes:54 (54.0 b)

From the data above I couldn't manage to find out how to use the commands in the rc.local. I feel I've tried every combination exists on earth.

If you have time and want to help me pls don't hesitate :)

ps. virtualbox and xp install was succesfully done. It's feisty by the way...

thanks in advance

[MKdon]

Hi,
I have set up to run Vbox and windows XP pro under feisty, everything works but it is not seamless the whole windows frame appears every time it starts, logging in and out does not help. Anyone else tried this under feisty, with success?

[albesan]

Hello team,

I went through this how to a couple of times, including re-installation of windows.
I can get vbox working but I can't get seamless virtualization to work.

So everything works on the vbox, network, internet etc... I added vbox to the startup programs and when I reboot I can't see any part of the windows desktop. Not the desktop itself nor the start bar at the bottom of the screen.
If I open innotech virtual box app it says that it is running, but I can't use it.

any ideas??

thanks

a.

Edit: On start up I can even hear the windows welcome sound but I can't see anything.

[herbster]

Right when I am about to do the Windows install, after loading up VirtualBox and hitting Start on the virtual drive, I get this:


The VirtualBox kernel driver is not accessible to the current user. Make sure that the user has write permissions for /dev/vboxdrv by adding them to the vboxusers groups. You will need to logout for the change to take effect..
VBox status code: -1909 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE).


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}

Anyone? I really want to get this going, looks so good! :)

[klisics]

Right when I am about to do the Windows install, after loading up VirtualBox and hitting Start on the virtual drive, I get this:


The VirtualBox kernel driver is not accessible to the current user. Make sure that the user has write permissions for /dev/vboxdrv by adding them to the vboxusers groups. You will need to logout for the change to take effect..
VBox status code: -1909 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE).


Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}

Anyone? I really want to get this going, looks so good! :)

Maybe you can try add yourself to Group vboxusers in: Users and Groups/Manage Groups/vboxuser/Properties

Edit:
short status report
I can ping the guest IP (what XP uses) from linux but I can't ping anything from Windows.
I can connect with rdesktop to XP by that IP but I can't get it seamless.
I think it is because of my network settings (I copied in above post) but I can't figure it out.

[Ace2016]

tried my screenshot howto?

it has the networking setup and seamless settings all in there

Update: http://ace2016.net/tutorials/linux/run-windows-xp-applications-seamlessly-on-your-linux-desktop

[pascalp]

Hi,

I am trying to get seamless windows working but everything I tried didn't work.

I can connect to the host, but the desktop always show up and the application I choose to launch never came up...

I modified the registry with the NoDesktop Dword.

rdesktop -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" 100.0.7.11:3389 -u pascal -p *****

I can't find my anything, if anyone have an idea....

[Tyke91]

phew... not trying THAT again anytime soon... i followed the instructions on the first page and nearly wound up reinstalling ubuntu... spent two hours trying to figure out how to fix a problem where the entire screen goes black and you can only acess the terminal before i finally fixed it :D

hurray feeling of satisfaction!

[klisics]

tried my screenshot howto?

it has the networking setup and seamless settings all in there

http://ace2016.65gb.com/index.html

I tried it (it's very good indeed), but I can't make it work. First of all I don't know why the pingback from XP doesn't work.
by the way I did (or tried to do) everything by your howto. I used the nodesktop registry, the 3 users, etc. etc.

for now maybe I have to be satisfied with a working xp and leave seamless things for the (near) future...

regards

[Ace2016]

@klisics; Did you try using the instructions dubravkor gave on using nat instead?

I run it from Feisty. Here are differences from this HOWTO:

1. Set network in NAT mode: Settings -> Network -> Attached To: NAT
2. Set port forwarding. Type in terminal:
VBoxManage setextradata "Windows XP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/guestssh/Protocol" TCP
VBoxManage setextradata "Windows XP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/guestssh/GuestPort" 3389
VBoxManage setextradata "Windows XP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/guestssh/HostPort" 3388

3. Run VM:
VBoxManage startvm "Windows XP" -type vrdp
4. Run rdesktop:
rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" localhost:3388 -u "<WINDOWS_USERNAME>" -p <WINDOWS_PASSWORD>

Sorry for my bad english ;)

[albesan]

Hey Ace2016,

Thanks for the how to,very effective indeed.
I still can not get the desktop to go away.
I followed http://ace2016.65gb.com/index.html , and everything works, but I'm still getting a desktop and XP runing on a window.

Any ideas on what I could do to fix this?

thanks

a.

[Magimog]

I cant get the command to run virtualbox for some odd reason. this is my error output:

[!] 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 Professional'
[!] Component = VirtualBox, Interface: IVirtualBox, {d1a2295c-d257-4a4c-a9a6-843d87db6f45}
[!] Callee = IVirtualBox, {d1a2295c-d257-4a4c-a9a6-843d87db6f45}

But my machine name IS "Windows XP Professional". thats the weird part!

[Ace2016]

Hey Ace2016,

Thanks for the how to,very effective indeed.
I still can not get the desktop to go away.
I followed http://ace2016.65gb.com/index.html , and everything works, but I'm still getting a desktop and XP runing on a window.

Any ideas on what I could do to fix this?

thanks

a.

Only think i can think of is that you might be using the wrong ip to connect to xp, are you using the one that you see in the network properties in xp?

[ssc351]

I'm having a problem I've noticed several others mention, but nobody really answered it.

I have everything set up to-the-letter in Feisty, and Windows' networking integration seems to be working perfectly. I have all the registry entries perfect. I have seamlessrdp in the C: drive. I have a beautiful Windows XP installation fully interoperable with Kubuntu on a networking level.

BUT- Despite my best efforts, every single time I command the thing to open, it opens in a new window. Yes, I read carefully, and understand that you have to log out and log in again for it to work. I did that. No seamless integration. I'm still in a window marked "rdesktop <ip.a.d.d.r.e.s.s>," and when I "log out" it brings me to the Windows login screen.

I close the window and attempt to log back in-- same rdesktop window. I shut down the virtual machine, start it back up and do the same. Still in a window. I try everything. Still in a window.



Yup, I am still having the same problem as well. Still haven't gotten an answer from anyone....Any help? Anyone Anyone?

[Leftblank]

Only think i can think of is that you might be using the wrong ip to connect to xp, are you using the one that you see in the network properties in xp?

I was having the same issue, but following the instructions posted by Dawk solved it for me;
The problem I had with seamlessrdpshell.exe not being loaded (probably due to my vmware box being member of a domain) has been solved!
By editing HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit, changing it from
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,"
into
"c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,"
I got seamlessrdpshell to load automatically.
I still don't know what to do about the locked screen problem, though. If my XP has been idle for 10 minutes, the screen locks, and that makes the XP desktop visible. I'd like to avoid that if possible.

Dawk

A little showoff of my own setting; http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/8964/lindowszv4.th.png (http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/8964/lindowszv4.png) (direct link to the image, no popups)
I've installed the Clearlooks for XP theme to make it a bit more seamless, but I'll apply the mods to get rid of the sidebar soon, it's taking up a lot of space now ;)

[greg.hagen]

Whoa, there is a WAAAY easier way to set up the rdp forwarding for the network that doesn't involve host network adapters or anything. You can set up VirtualBox's NAT networking to forward ports!

Turn off your virtual machine, set your network card to NAT in the virtualbox settings menu and run this, replacing "Winxp" with the name of your VM:


VBoxManage setextradata "WinXP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rdesktop/Protocol" TCP
VBoxManage setextradata "WinXP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rdesktop/HostPort" 3389
VBoxManage setextradata "WinXP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rdesktop/GuestPort" 3389


Now you can connect with:


rdesktop -A -s "c:\SeamlessRDP\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" localhost:3389 -u "name" -p password


This has a bunch of advantages. You don't need to check your windows ip address before connecting. In fact, it should work without even being connected to a network. Also, it only exposes the windows rdp port to the network, so is less chance of your virtual machine getting owned by some dude if you are in a coffee shop. Also, this method has a SIGNIFICANT speed boost for things like video because you are not bouncing all of your window images off of the local router. Youtube videos went from unwatchable to perfectly normal.

The disadvantages: there is no separate ip address for the virtual machine and it will not automatically share anything. If you are planning to run some kind of server (including bittorrent and itunes music sharing) it's not going to work unless you forward those ports in the same manner.

[greg.hagen]

Oops, I meant to reply to the first post. Oh well.

I also found that you can use the Alsa sound driver in virtualbox and "-r sound:remote" instead of "-rsound" for better sound sync and no grabbing of /dev/dsp. :D

I can watch futurama in windows and it looks pretty good in virtualbox :D

[klisics]

@klisics; Did you try using the instructions dubravkor gave on using nat instead?

That works! Thanks to dubravkor & you.

[xl_cheese]

Does the seamless thing work for vista?

I'm able to run vista in vmware server. I'm also able to run the rdesktop commands from the command line to start vista.

However it is not seamless I have a black looking desktop with a ubuntu frame. Would someone mind taking a look? thanks.

I should also mention that running straight from vmware there is no lag, but when using rdesktop there is a lot of lag navigating inside of vista.

Here's my ifconfig:
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:8B:5B:EC:D0
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::218:8bff:fe5b:ecd0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:31338 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:29679 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:18795595 (17.9 MiB) TX bytes:3281229 (3.1 MiB)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:8B:5B:EC:D0
inet6 addr: fe80::218:8bff:fe5b:ecd0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12965 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30808 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:14793893 (14.1 MiB) TX bytes:3597639 (3.4 MiB)
Interrupt:19

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:652 (652.0 b) TX bytes:652 (652.0 b)

tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr D2:3F:20:60:28:94
inet addr:192.168.1.102 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::d03f:20ff:fe60:2894/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:320 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01
inet addr:192.168.13.1 Bcast:192.168.13.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:08
inet addr:172.16.161.1 Bcast:172.16.161.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)



My rc.local:

tunctl -t tap0 -u wes
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
/usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
/sbin/dhclient br0
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 Localhost up
bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
route add -host 192.168.1.255 dev tap0
arp -Ds 192.168.1.255 eth0 pub

I'm running using this:

rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" 192.168.1.2:3389 -u wesVirtual -p ****

[dannymichel]

Any tips for someone on a college campus for setting up the network?

[xl_cheese]

IThe problem I had with seamlessrdpshell.exe not being loaded (probably due to my vmware box being member of a domain) has been solved!
By editing HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit, changing it from
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,"
into
"c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,"
I got seamlessrdpshell to load automatically.
I still don't know what to do about the locked screen problem, though. If my XP has been idle for 10 minutes, the screen locks, and that makes the XP desktop visible. I'd like to avoid that if possible.

Dawk.

Well, I tried this on vista and now I only get a black screen trying to run the VM. I guess I'll reinstall the vm now.

[dannymichel]

I'm confused. it says "If you are thinking to yourself, “Well. it would just be easier to not have a password.” Stop right there and set one anyway. It is not an issue of security. If you don't setup a password then you will not be able to login to your Windows VM seamlessly.
Next, download this file: http://howtoforums.net/downloads/seamlessrdp.zip and extract it to C:\seamlessrdp"

C:?
Ho wam I going to download that file and put it in C: if the guide isn't done yet and I haven't been able to connect to the internet yet
THIS is very confusing

Here is what I have seen. I know that when I used the value that came up on BCAST after I typed ifconfig eth0 | grep inet is NOT the subnet mask that I was supposed to use because when I did use that value and re-booted my PC, I was NOT able to connect to the internet.
Bu twhen I changed it back to 192.168.1.(anything) I was able to connect to the internet
NOT THROUGH WINDOWS, but through my Ubuntu.
I was never able to connect via VM to the internet
I know I must be doing something wrong.
The thing is I'm on a college campus and my settings might be slightly different than others.

[Yumi32]

Hello,

Thanks for this tutorial. That works very good. I've used the LogOff.bat script to get the transparent desktop at the "first" connection.
But I have a question :

How can you change CD/DVD iso loaded in the VirtualBox systeme without rebooting it. Because when you don't use the VRDP method, you can click the icon on the bottom of the VBox window to change the iso while running. But without this window ?
Is that possible using VBoxManage ? I've tried but I get this :

10:25 yumi@Ubuntu ~% VBoxManage modifyvm "Windows XP" -dvd none

VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.4.0
(C) 2005-2007 innotek GmbH
All rights reserved.

[!] FAILED calling virtualBox->OpenSession(session, uuid) at line 3206!
[!] Primary RC = 0x80070005
[!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true
[!] Result Code = 0x80070005
[!] Text = A session for the machine 'Windows XP' is currently open (or being closed)
[!] Component = Machine, Interface: IMachine, {0332de0e-ce75-461f-8c6f-0fa42616404a}
[!] Callee = IVirtualBox, {d1a2295c-d257-4a4c-a9a6-843d87db6f45}
zsh: exit 1 VBoxManage modifyvm "Windows XP" -dvd none


Thanks for reply

[dannymichel]

This wont work for Vista Home Premium.

[NZ-Wanderer]

Hi all, well I have spent the last few days on this now, and I've lost count on the number of times I have installed XP and Vista Ultimate...

I'm not worried about the "seemingless" part of it, as I don't want it there all the time (just when I load it)

1) Installs XP Pro and Vista Ultimate without any trouble at all...
2) Both Vista and XP talk to the Internet with no trouble at all..

3) Both XP and Vista will NOT talk to Kubuntu, Kubuntu doesn't even show up in the networking of Vista or XP :(

I have followed all steps down to the beginning of step 3)

Anyone got any ideas?? (in newbie speech please :) )

(I know I can share cause up till a few days ago I was using Vmware server, and it saw my shared drive on Kubuntu.)

I really like this Virtualbox, but I really need to see my home network...

[Magimog]

I still cannot load the VBoxManage line because it says my machine (Windows XP Professional) cant be found. It is named EXACTLY that as well, so I'm lost.


Any help is appreciated!

[dannymichel]

I'd really like to do the same thing with VMWare.
I would really like to get VMWare running headless.

[dannymichel]

Having abandoned this approach using virtualbox, thought I would try it out with my VMware Server installation. It works! In much the same way and following the majority of mikeytag's howto to get set up. VMware also allows command line start ups for a headless VM, and the same command for rdesktop brings home the bacon!
I have not tested extensively, but I get the task bar and menus, and still have to logon twice! and no command prompt window either.

All this in uptodate Edgy


To run a vmware OS you can use the following command in Terminal:
vmrun start "/full/path/to/your//VirtualMachine/Windows XP Professional.vmx"
(you need the quotes if you have any spaces)

then run the rdesktop command:
rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" <VM-IP>:3389 -u "user" -p pass

I hope this adds to the good work done above :-)

[EDIT]

Found an alternative command line utility that works under this setup, to resolve the problem of the command prompt not showing up. Go here:
http://jameser.blogspot.com/2006/07/tip-21-customizable-command-prompt-for.html
and follow the link to download Console 2.0 :-)

I get
danny@danny-desktop:~$ vmrun start "/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines/Windows Vista (experimental)/Windows Vista (experimental).vmx"
danny@danny-desktop:~$ rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" 10.200.128.139:3389 -u "danny" -p danny123
Autoselected keyboard map en-us
ERROR: connect: Connection refused
danny@danny-desktop:~$ rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" 10.200.128.139:3389 -u danny -p XXXXXX
Autoselected keyboard map en-us
ERROR: connect: Connection refused
danny@danny-desktop:~$

[bradmayne]

i set up virtual box today and installed windows XP Pro. I can't get on the new with Win XP. I am using madwifi-ng and DHCP. I do have an old orinoco gold card from agere that i could use if it comes down to it. Can someone do a walkthrough and tell me what to edit in the /etc/rc.local file so i can go on wirelessly? I'd really appreciate it! thanks guys.

[ViperKnight]

This sounds great...although it didn't really work perfectly on my comp.

But I'm happy using the VBox Full-Screen mode and hiding the Gnome Panels. That way Windows only occupies one desktop space and avoids the remote desktop lag;)

Although, I'm going to try and see if somehow I can use "full-screen" but change the resolution so it is rendered in between my Gnome Panels.....no idea where to start though:p

[dannymichel]

I'm having a real hard time making my VMWare with Vista 32 bit Home Premium installed on my Ubuntu Feisty seamless as if it's a part of Ubuntu as I have seen on other guides and posts.

So far what I've done is:

Install RDesktop
Install Vista (Home Premium 32 bit) on VMWare
InstallVMWare Tools on my Vista (Home Premium 32 bit) VM


Some issues:

One issue is that I can't connect to the internet on my VM when I use a "Host Only" connection.
No sound card installed on VM

[Nigmah]

Ok i've follow the instructions almost exactly up to installation of windows everytime i try i get an error talking about my hardware. Heres the technical info it gives me

exit: 0x00000012 (0x00000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000)

[dannymichel]

Ok i've follow the instructions almost exactly up to installation of windows everytime i try i get an error talking about my hardware. Heres the technical info it gives me

exit: 0x00000012 (0x00000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000)

Isn't that a Qemu message?
I'm having a real hard time making my VMWare with Vista 32 bit Home Premium installed on my Ubuntu Feisty seamless as if it's a part of Ubuntu as I have seen on other guides and posts.

So far what I've done is:

Install RDesktop
Install Vista (Home Premium 32 bit) on VMWare
InstallVMWare Tools on my Vista (Home Premium 32 bit) VM


Some issues:

One issue is that I can't connect to the internet on my VM when I use a "Host Only" connection.
No sound card installed on VM

I guess noone knows how to do this with VMWare?

[Nigmah]

qemu? what do you mean?

anyways im going to try it with vmware

[EXCiD3]

Since i dont have a wired network, will using wireless effect any of this tut?

[yagood]

Nice HOWTO. One thing - there's really no need for setting up Host networking, you can just use VirtualBox's built-in DHCP and NAT. Just set guest's network adapter to NAT, it'll get IP like 10.0.2.15 from VirtualBox. Of course it's not going to be visible to the host system, but that's not a problem since VirtualBox has the ability to forward ports. Like this:


VBoxManage setextradata "xp" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rd/Protocol" TCP
VBoxManage setextradata "xp" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rd/GuestPort" 3389
VBoxManage setextradata "xp" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rd/HostPort" 6666


Now any communication sent to host's port 6666 will be forwarded by VirtualBox to guest's port 3389, so you need to change the connection command:

rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" localhost:6666 -u <username> -p <password>

And that's it.

Of course setting up Host networking has its advantages - guest becomes a part of the local network so you can easily do some resource sharing or whatever, but doing it the way I described above is a quick and easy set up if you want to just check how seamless integration works.

[jms830]

Help! How do I add myself? I tried doing it through the System>Administration menu, but it wont work

WARNING: You are not a member of the "vboxusers" group. Please add yourself
to this group before starting VirtualBox.

You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.4.0
(C) 2005-2007 innotek GmbH
All rights reserved.

[yagood]

Help! How do I add myself? I tried doing it through the System>Administration menu, but it wont work


Like this:


sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers <username>

[Magimog]

Can anyone explain why the NoDesktop entry does not work for me? All it did was turn the background color black...

[hotplainrice]

Thanks.. It rocks.

Running on vmware 6.0

Just wondering, anyone knows how can I have a hide button on the XFCE panel?

[T0MA]

After you made the changes in the registry restart the vm, log in and then log off! Otherwise rdesktop will bring the whole desktop.

[Magimog]

I finally got it working!

Now my only problem is that the start menu is continually blinking as if it has a border aorund it... anyway to stop that?

[Nigmah]

im trying to get windows running in ubuntu but everytime i try to i get this error

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

TRAP_CAUSE_UNKNOWN

If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any Windows updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x00000012 (0x00000001,0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00000000)

I believe it may be related to a bios error i get every time i start up ubuntu

MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
(though its missing a couple number at the beggining in [ ])

please help and much thanks for help!

[Magimog]

Nigmah -I'm not 100% certain on this but I don't think Vbox looks at your actual bios, just one that Innotek provides...

[Nigmah]

ok i managed to get it to install by pressing e when grub boots up and e on kernel and appending noapic nolapic acpi=off pci=noacpi
but the problem with that is that my computer doesn't recognise any of by usbs, very annoying for an external + wireless keyboard which both run off usb.

I've narrowed it down to needing noapic to get ride of the error but if i just use noapic then ubuntu won't boot.

alsoif someone knows a way to fix this how do i change the size of my xp install i'm already outa of the 5 gigs.

[robinl]

This is great... if it had worked... Following this tutorial in the networking part completely kills my host internet connection, so I went with VMWare Server instead and done everything except logging in with rdesktop. It keeps on saying "Connection Reset By Peer" and my guest OS can't really access my host OS (I can ping both ways, but I can't see samba shares and can't see my Apache server form my guest OS). It's set in bridged mode but I've tried NAT mode is well and have the same results. Anyone have any ideas?

[T0MA]

This is great... if it had worked... Following this tutorial in the networking part completely kills my host internet connection, so I went with VMWare Server instead and done everything except logging in with rdesktop. It keeps on saying "Connection Reset By Peer" and my guest OS can't really access my host OS (I can ping both ways, but I can't see samba shares and can't see my Apache server form my guest OS). It's set in bridged mode but I've tried NAT mode is well and have the same results. Anyone have any ideas?

You can use NAT with Virtualbox, just skip the networking part of the tutorial and port-forward a connaction to the vm by applying these settings:

VBoxManage setextradata "xp" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rd/Protocol" TCP
VBoxManage setextradata "xp" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rd/GuestPort" 3389
VBoxManage setextradata "xp" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rd/HostPort" 6666

You will be able to connect with rdesktop to the vm at localhost:6666

[robinl]

Ah yes THANK YOU that worked perfectly!

[althea]

Great tutorial. Everything works except no integration. I get the full desktop (minus desktop icons due to the policy change). Any ideas?

[Nigmah]

For future reference of anyone i believe i've found a fix to my problem by appending acpi_skip_timer_override to the end of my kernel options

ok new problem im on this part
rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" <IP recorded from Windows>:3389 -u "<Your Windows Username>" -p <Your Windows Password>
but everytime i do i get this
rdesktop: A Remote Desktop Protocol client.
Version 1.5.0. Copyright (C) 1999-2005 Matt Chapman.
See http://www.rdesktop.org/ for more information.

Usage: rdesktop [options] server[:port]
-u: user name
-d: domain
-s: shell
-c: working directory
-p: password (- to prompt)
-n: client hostname
-k: keyboard layout on server (en-us, de, sv, etc.)
-g: desktop geometry (WxH)
-f: full-screen mode
-b: force bitmap updates
-L: local codepage
-A: enable SeamlessRDP mode
-B: use BackingStore of X-server (if available)
-e: disable encryption (French TS)
-E: disable encryption from client to server
-m: do not send motion events
-C: use private colour map
-D: hide window manager decorations
-K: keep window manager key bindings
-S: caption button size (single application mode)
-T: window title
-N: enable numlock syncronization
-X: embed into another window with a given id.
-a: connection colour depth
-z: enable rdp compression
-x: RDP5 experience (m[odem 28.8], b[roadband], l[an] or hex nr.)
-P: use persistent bitmap caching
-r: enable specified device redirection (this flag can be repeated)
'-r comport:COM1=/dev/ttyS0': enable serial redirection of /dev/ttyS0 to COM1
or COM1=/dev/ttyS0,COM2=/dev/ttyS1
'-r disk:floppy=/mnt/floppy': enable redirection of /mnt/floppy to 'floppy' share
or 'floppy=/mnt/floppy,cdrom=/mnt/cdrom'
'-r clientname=<client name>': Set the client name displayed
for redirected disks
'-r lptport:LPT1=/dev/lp0': enable parallel redirection of /dev/lp0 to LPT1
or LPT1=/dev/lp0,LPT2=/dev/lp1
'-r printer:mydeskjet': enable printer redirection
or mydeskjet="HP LaserJet IIIP" to enter server driver as well
'-r sound:[local|off|remote]': enable sound redirection
remote would leave sound on server
'-r clipboard:[off|PRIMARYCLIPBOARD|CLIPBOARD]': enable clipboard
redirection.
'PRIMARYCLIPBOARD' looks at both PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD
when sending data to server.
'CLIPBOARD' looks at only CLIPBOARD.
-0: attach to console
-4: use RDP version 4
-5: use RDP version 5 (default)

or

ERROR: connect: No route to host

and i did make the toolbar
oh and yes i've chekced to make sure theres no toolbar below the toolbar

[ajeffreys]

One question before I follow this tutorial. Will it work with XP Home or is it only for XP professional?

[mr_byte]

Ajeffreys: This only works with Pro, or so they say.


I will attempt to consolidate what I did to make this work for me, as the information is in this post, but it's strewn thru and it's time consuming to parse the whole post to find it.

I run Kbuntu Feisty, I'm using VirtualBox and XP Pro. I have not yet made this autorun at KDE boot. I installed VBox via Automatix.

1. You do not need to disable network manager, nor do you need a configure a bridge. Using VBoxManage you can redirect a port on the host machine to connect to a port on the VM. Or, redirect the VM to a port on the Host. I use a script to run the VM and redirect the port:


VBoxManage startvm "SeamlessXP" -type vrdp
VBoxManage setextradata "SeamlessXP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rd/Protocol" TCP
VBoxManage setextradata "SeamlessXP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rd/GuestPort" 3389
VBoxManage setextradata "SeamlessXP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rd/HostPort" 6666

This allows you to redesktop using localhost:6666 as IP to connect to, without the nasty side effects of disabling network manager, if you are in the group that must have it, like me :D

2. It is possible to automagically logoff the VM, avoiding the need to do the "first logoff" bit.. I have my VM set to logon automatically as administrator:

Inside your VM, go to Start/Run -> control userpasswords2

Check then uncheck the "Require all users to log in" or some such at the top of this app, then apply.

Windows will ask you for a username and password to log in as. I use Administrator and my admin password. This would require you to have a seperate user account. I use Jeff for seamless goodness, and administrator within the VM, when running it in a window.

Now, to change a policy, ala TabletGuy:

3. Inside your windows machine make a bat file which will execute the shutdown command.
3.A) Open windows explorer and find the c:\ folder.
3.B) Right click in the folder and create a new text document (right click > new > text document).
3.C) Name the text document logoff.bat
3.D) Right click on your new logoff.bat file and choose edit, notepad will pop up
3.E) enter this command into the bat file:

I changed to this:

c:\windows\system32\logoff.exe
rem There is no need to download the Shutdown.exe program. XP has this stuff already.


Now we need to make windows call this bat file each time the machine starts (but not when a user logs on).
4. Add a call to the bat file to the startup scripts using the Group policy editor:
4.A) In your windows VM click start > run and type in mmc.
4. B) Open the group polcy editor:
Click File > Add/Remove Snap-In (up pops the add/remove dialog box)
Click Add
Scroll down to Group Policy and select it
Click Add, then finish, then close
Click ok

4. C) Find the Windows start up/shutdown scripts
Expand the Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Windows Settings and select Scripts (Startup/Shutdown)

4.D) Double click on StartUp

4.E) Click Add to add a new script

4. F) In the script name box enter:
c:\logoff.bat

4.G) Click OK and Ok again and you done.

No more need to log off on first rdesktop connection.


3. Using VBoxManage to power off the VM seems to work ok for me. When I run the VM in windows mode, there is never a CHKDSK window that you'd expect from a non-normal shutdown. I suppose an alternative to this would be a link in the quicklaunch bar to shutdown the VM. There is probably a way to get this onto the start menu, overriding the behavior that removes shutdown from the menu when we are connected "remotely" by editing some registry entry, but I'm not Windozy enough to know this. :D

I'm not yet KDE'y enough to have figured out how to make this all autorun at startup, but I'll get that, or someone may generously post it here ;)

This is what works for me. YMMV.

Jeff

[JAmerican]

Amazing work!! Works great. I haven't read every post but my solution to the Log On then Log Off problem is to just run XP in VBox and log in then log out. Then I place it in my fourth workspace. This is so that I can still mount CDs and disk images as well as still have control of the virtual machine.

JAmerican :) I'm installing Visual Basic as well. BTW, I did your tutorial over NoMachine's NX Remote Desktop software with minor problems that delt with permissions and VBox. Other than that, works great :)

So I did the tutorial remotely wih my Mac laptop connected to Ubuntu installing Windows. That's everything in one :).

JA

[spiderman1369]

Ace2016,

The link for the download.zip file at http://ace2016.atspace.com/seamless/index.html doesn't seem to be working. Can you please update the link or the file? Thanks!

[mr_byte]

Amazing work!! Works great. I haven't read every post but my solution to the Log On then Log Off problem is to just run XP in VBox and log in then log out. Then I place it in my fourth workspace. This is so that I can still mount CDs and disk images as well as still have control of the virtual machine.

VBoxManage controlvm <VM Name> dvdattach <full path and name of file> mounts CD images.

VBoxManage controlvm <VM Name floppyattach <full path and name of file> mounts floppy images.


I added some stuff to my seamlessstart script, and to my logoff.bat to coordinate when to start the remote session.

seamlessstart:

# first delete the flag file.
rm -f /home/jeff/flag.txt


VBoxManage startvm "SeamlessXP" -type vrdp
VBoxManage setextradata "SeamlessXP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rd/Protocol" TCP
VBoxManage setextradata "SeamlessXP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rd/GuestPort" 3389
VBoxManage setextradata "SeamlessXP" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/rd/HostPort" 6666


while [ ! -e /home/jeff/flag.txt ] ; do
sleep 10
done

rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\windows\explorer$


logoff.bat

net use x: \\vboxsvr\jeff
echo done!>>x:\flag.txt
logoff.exe


Note that you will need to set up a share in VirtualBox sharing your home directory (mine is jeff...) to do the flag.txt thing.

There might be a better way to do this, using something less ugly, but this works well enough for me. I grabbed the windows-logo from the OP's post and used that for my icon and stuck it in my quicklauncher.

Still working on a shutdown script for the windows session. I tried Start/Run -> shutdown -f but that leaves the machine running according VirtualBox.

Probably google up an answer, eventually.

Jeff

[SyberKowboy]

For anyone who has had trouble getting this too work here are some of my suggestions!

1. Make sure you install Beryl before you start doing anything. Not really sure what this thing does other then somekind of gui framing software and I could have read about it on the site but I just jumped straight to the wiki and followed the how-to for Ubuntu install. Not to terribly hard to follow. I think that was why it didn't work the first go around.

2. Use the "localhost" method first posted by dubravkor and quoted by others. It is way easier to play with. I followed the first section by mikeytag to get the VM setup. Ace2016's image set is really good too, but a couple of the later links are down or something and his first set is great if you have a fixed network with static IPs or your router is set to hand out the same IPs all the time. If you have a network manager(i.e. wireless) or are using a large DHCP network I would let VirtualBox handle the IP, DHCP, and bridging via NAT. I think mr_byte has an excellent explanation with a little added goodness. I'm using the logoff.bat he and miketag suggested. Make sure you set up the admin acount as default and use the "user" account for terminal (RDP).

3. If you use the port mapping technique, write a script to map the the ports on start up and either do as mr_byte did and then start the VM during your system startup with Preferences>Sessions>Startup "Add". The way I did it was to create a new script in /usr/bin (or anywhere else for that matter) and add the mapping lines and/or the vmstart command (if you are really confused by this point this mod is not for you) and then call it at startup. Then make another script to start the rdesktop command and make a new quick launch icon on you Ubuntu taskbar. Or if you don't want it running all the time (the VM version of XP) write a script that starts the vm and waits 35 seconds or so with the sleep command and then launches rdesktop. Then within xp you can run taskmanager and shut the vm down when you're done. In this way I can control when the vm runs, log in via rdp or VirtualBox's gui, and can free up resources when I need to.

Anyway this is a badass thread and thanks to everyone who help clear up the massive confusion about the rc.local bit. BTW has anyone got the vm working with a network manager and dhcp for all us wireless junkies? seems like you could create some kind of script with conditional resolution to set the guest ip etc. I'd love to see that work. Thanks again,

:KS

[SyberKowboy]

Note that you will need to set up a share in VirtualBox sharing your home directory (mine is jeff...) to do the flag.txt thing.

There might be a better way to do this, using something less ugly, but this works well enough for me. I grabbed the windows-logo from the OP's post and used that for my icon and stuck it in my quicklauncher.

Still working on a shutdown script for the windows session. I tried Start/Run -> shutdown -f but that leaves the machine running according VirtualBox.

Probably google up an answer, eventually.

Jeff

This is some good stuff. I was using a 35 sec sleep delay but the flag is way better. BTW, if you want to shutdown easy just start "Task Manager" by right clicking the taskbar select task manager and then goto Shutdown>Turn off. You most likely know this but others may not.

[mitsuo]

after appending the following lines to rc.local i cant access the internet anymore:

tunctl -t tap0 -u mitsuo
chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
/usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
/sbin/dhclient br0
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 192.168.10.5 up
bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
route add -host 192.168.10.4 dev tap0
arp -Ds 192.168.10.4 eth0 pub

what did i miss out?

[Ace2016]

Hi all my exams are now over and i made this new guide:

http://ace2016.net/tutorials/linux/run-windows-xp-applications-seamlessly-on-your-linux-desktop

Its a much better version than the one before :KS

Its back, new hosts, paid one this time, and a new domain, should work fine from now on :)

[ZX3Junglist]

Hi all my exams are now over and i made this new guide:

http://ace2016.hostistry.com/index.php/2007/07/11/seamlessly-run-windows-apps-in-linux-using-seamless-remote-desktop/

Its a much better version than the one before :KS

Edit: The server had some downtime but now its working fine

Absolutely awesome!!!!

I plan on using this when I find the time.

[mitsuo]

indeed, helped me solve the issue..
but there is an issue i can't solve yet, the video i play has awful lag.. when i play it naturallyin the vm its ok..
another thing id when i load video into aegisub in vm, i can see the video, wherease when i load it via rdesktop, video sections appears pitch black... however the sound is still there..

[two-sheds]

I came across this howto as part of trying to get rdesktop setup for use on my Nokia 770. I came up with an interesting setup which works rather well. If there was any need to use Windows more often, I can actually run both simultaneously. The Windows XP was upgraded to a Vista like shell that seems to run a lot smoother than explorer.

Take a look at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imBqb6vK2x4

[two-sheds]

indeed, helped me solve the issue..
but there is an issue i can't solve yet, the video i play has awful lag.. when i play it naturallyin the vm its ok..
another thing id when i load video into aegisub in vm, i can see the video, wherease when i load it via rdesktop, video sections appears pitch black... however the sound is still there..

In a sense, the video is all being streamed to a remote client even though they are on the same screen. When trying to watch videos, both the screen and the video have to be streamed from the server to the client. As a consequence there will be a decrease in performance.

[Espreon]

Will this work with XP Home? and If I want to do this on an nLighted install what components do I need to keep?

[SyberKowboy]

Looks super! Thanks for the great work! :)

[SyberKowboy]

Will this work with XP Home? and If I want to do this on an nLighted install what components do I need to keep?

I don't think XP Home supports terminal services (RDP) and that is the main component of this process working so no, I don't think it'l work on XP home.

[mitsuo]

In a sense, the video is all being streamed to a remote client even though they are on the same screen. When trying to watch videos, both the screen and the video have to be streamed from the server to the client. As a consequence there will be a decrease in performance.

is there any workaround for that?

[EXCiD3]

Umm, yeah...watch the video in Ubuntu, not with Windows.

[Tuxbee]

logoff.bat

net use x: \\vboxsvr\jeff
echo done!>>x:\flag.txt
logoff.exe


Note that you will need to set up a share in VirtualBox sharing your home directory (mine is jeff...) to do the flag.txt thing.

Jeff

This script worked for me, but only after I put it in the menu 'Startup', under 'Start', 'all programs'
If I add it to 'startup scripts' with the 'group policy manager' I get an error window, no flag file written, and then logout.

thx

[two-sheds]

is there any workaround for that?

export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 globally or launch rdesktop with XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 rdesktop "$@"

http://www.davtar.org/blog/?p=25

[two-sheds]

is there any workaround for that?

I am not sure that there is a perfect solution but you can try:

export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 from the command prompt before running rdesktop
or launch rdesktop with XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 rdesktop "$@"

http://www.davtar.org/blog/?p=25

[xl_cheese]

Can someone please help me out?:confused:

ifconfig:
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:8B:5B:EC:D0
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::218:8bff:fe5b:ecd0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:150608 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:105329 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:198077662 (188.9 MiB) TX bytes:13576419 (12.9 MiB)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:8B:5B:EC:D0
inet6 addr: fe80::218:8bff:fe5b:ecd0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:150516 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:106240 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:201030335 (191.7 MiB) TX bytes:14198964 (13.5 MiB)
Interrupt:19

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:86716 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:86716 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:322441147 (307.5 MiB) TX bytes:322441147 (307.5 MiB)

tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B6:A9:47:A0:BE:39
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::b4a9:47ff:fea0:be39/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:2796 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01
inet addr:192.168.13.1 Bcast:192.168.13.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:57 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:08
inet addr:172.16.161.1 Bcast:172.16.161.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


rc.local: I've been trying either variation posted in this thread.

#tunctl -t tap0 -u wes
# chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun
# /usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0
# /sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
# /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0
# /sbin/dhclient br0
# /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0
# ifconfig tap0 192.168.1.163 up
# bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp'
# route add -host 192.168.1.2 dev tap0
# arp -Ds 192.168.1.2 eth0 pub
####################################
tunctl -t tap1 -u wes
brctl addbr br0
ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
brctl addif br0 eth0
sudo ifconfig br0 192.168.1.169 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.2 br0
brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 up
exit 0

Executing:

rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe C:\Windows\explorer.exe" 10.0.2.15:3389 -u wes -p password

It doesn't work.

I've been trying to do it on both of my computers with no sucess. Trying vista ultimate on one and xp pro on the other.

the virtual box is able to boot to windows, but I can't get these scripts working.

-seamlessrdp.exe exists in the correct location
-reg keys are configured correctly

From windows VM:

IPv4 IP Address 10.0.2.15

Not really sure what I'm doing wrong?

thanks.

[Nigmah]

using this guide(as posted before)
http://ace2016.hostistry.com/index.php/2007/07/11/seamlessly-run-windows-apps-in-linux-using-seamless-remote-desktop/#comment-27
i get up to step(or stage whichever you wan’t to call it) 188, or the stage where i'm starting up remote desktop (i’m not running kubutu but ubuntu)

i get an error
upon trying to boot the vm i get this error Failed to start VM execution (VERR_PDM_CFG_MISSING_DRIVER_NAME).
Result Code:
0×80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}

I tried using sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup multiple times and i also reinstalled vbox using synaptic package manager, which didn’t work.
sudo modprobe vboxdrv doesn’t not give me an output as it should.


help much appreciated

[xl_cheese]

Hi all my exams are now over and i made this new guide:

http://ace2016.hostistry.com/index.php/2007/07/11/seamlessly-run-windows-apps-in-linux-using-seamless-remote-desktop/

Its a much better version than the one before :KS

Edit: The server had some downtime but now its working fine

I followed your guide to the T. Started fresh. Double checked EVERY step. Still would not work completely. I got closer tho. Was able to get vista with a black desktop.

At any rate I have since not been able to boot up my ubuntu box. It hangs during boot just before the splash screen.

Reinstalling the entire OS now.:(

I don't know why I can't do this? I'm a F#$kin' moron.

[John Jason Jordan]

Thanks for the great tutorial. I got VirtualBox installed with no problems on my Feisty amd64 desktop. Then I installed Windows 2000 Pro. (I have a spare license for XP, but MS allows you to use the newer license for the older OS if you wish.) Windows 2000 runs great and everything is working - sound, network, etc.

I have Crossover Office installed as well, and everything I need works fine, except I can't get InDesign to install under Crossover Office. Therefore, that is my whole purpose for installtin VirtualBox. I installed InDesign 1.5 and the setup went fine. However, when I tried to launch it I got an error message that it requires at least 256 colors. Checking the desktop properties I find that I was running Windows 2000 at 640 x 480, 16 colors. You can change it to 800 x 600 (and I did), but you still can't get more than 16 colors.

Feisty is running at 1680 x 1050 on my 20" widescreen with nVidia GeForce 6150. I don't need the VM to run that high, but I do need a bigger screen and decent color depth. I skimmed through this entire thread (pages and pages and pages!) but I didn't see any discussion of this. Have I missed it? If so, would someone kindly point me to it? Or just tell me the answer?

Edit: Installed Guest Additions and problem resolved.

[Nigmah]

Just to let Ace know if he doesn't already, his site is down.

[Ace2016]

Just to let Ace know if he doesn't already, his site is down.

Thanks, it got deleted by hostistry, no warning and no reason at all was given, now i'm back with a paid host and a good domain name

http://ace2016.net/tutorials/linux/run-windows-xp-applications-seamlessly-on-your-linux-desktop

I had a backup but lost the comments

[Zyrshnikashnu]

This is an excellent tutorial, and the NAT method is a great way to avoid losing NetworkManager. It's bloody nice to have this VM available anywhere.

However, the seamless integration is failing for me. Everything else is flawless. Logging out and calling rdesktop fails. It simply takes me back to the login screen, where I left it. Shouldn't the command log me in at the least?

[rjs82vette]

I just got done doing this to my system...... All I got to say is that you guys are sick.......

what nut wants to have Ubuntu and Windows on the same desktop?

well besides me that is.........

^ ^ ^ Joke ^ ^ ^ before any really up tight person get offended ^ ^ ^ Joke ^ ^ ^

Good job on the howto, I only had a few small issues because I cant follow directions...

and when I run "VBoxManage startvm "WindowsXP" -type vrdp" in terminal it says my sound card is busy so I don't get any sound in windows.... other than that it seems to be working good....

Thanks for sharing.....

[John Jason Jordan]

... Checking the desktop properties I find that I was running Windows 2000 at 640 x 480, 16 colors. You can change it to 800 x 600 (and I did), but you still can't get more than 16 colors.

Feisty is running at 1680 x 1050 on my 20" widescreen with nVidia GeForce 6150. I don't need the VM to run that high, but I do need a bigger screen and decent color depth. I skimmed through this entire thread (pages and pages and pages!) but I didn't see any discussion of this. Have I missed it? If so, would someone kindly point me to it? Or just tell me the answer?

Edit: Installed Guest Additions and problem resolved.

OK, that worked, but I later discovered that 4 GB is not a big enough disk size, so I had to start over. I successfully created a new machine and installed Windows 2000 in it. To get a decent resolution I clicked on Machine > Install Guest Additions. Last time after doing this I could select lots of resolution options, but this time it doesn't work. I'm still stuck with 16 colors and VGA at either 640x480 or 800x600.

When I clicked on Machine > Install Guest Additions nothing happened. I wonder if they're really installed. It seems to me that last time there was a little icon for Guest Additions down in the lower right corner of the VM window. This time there is no icon there at all.

Why would clicking on Machine > Install Guest Additions not install the guest additions? How can I be sure they are or are not installed? Is there an alternate way to install the guest additions?

[SyberKowboy]

I just got done doing this to my system...... All I got to say is that you guys are sick.......

what nut wants to have Ubuntu and Windows on the same desktop?

well besides me that is.........

^ ^ ^ Joke ^ ^ ^ before any really up tight person get offended ^ ^ ^ Joke ^ ^ ^

Good job on the howto, I only had a few small issues because I cant follow directions...

and when I run "VBoxManage startvm "WindowsXP" -type vrdp" in terminal it says my sound card is busy so I don't get any sound in windows.... other than that it seems to be working good....

Thanks for sharing.....

I think I had a similar problem when I was messing about with it. I'm not sure but I think the problem has something to do with ALSA running some process. If I wasn't running any sound related devices it worked great. Might need to have the Guest side apps installed too. Either way I don't have that problem anymore.

[Ace2016]

You have to unmount any isos that are mounted at the moment and also remove any disks from your physical drive, virtualbox installs the addons using an iso, its is located here:

/opt/VirtualBox-1.4.0/additions/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso

[T0MA]

does anyone know if there is a way to automatically save the state of the virtual machine when I restart or power off my computer?

[starfry]

Hi, after following the above parrot-fashion I thought I'd delve in and try and understand it. I've found the networking setup is very simple. All I needed was:

To create a bridge and put eth0 into it: replace the eth0 setup in /etc/network/interfaces with this:

auto br0
iface br0 inet dhcp
bridge-ports eth0


In a virtualbox network "start application" script:

iface=$(/usr/sbin/tunctl -b -u $SUDO_USER)
/sbin/ifconfig $iface up
/usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 $iface


In a virtualbox netwok "terminate application" script:

sudo /usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 $2
sudo tunctl -d $2


These scripts can then be called from Virtualbox on startup by putting their paths (prefixed with "gksudo") in the appropriate places on the Network Settings screen.

The only other thing needed is to make "/dev/net/tun" world writable.

That's it! No promiscuous mode, no proxy_arp, no adding routes or priming the arp cache. I've read the theory and I think some of these should be needed but my tests have shown they aren't.

I have tested this on Feisty with both Virtualbox and QEmu and it seems fine. I can't help thinking the other commands are needed for other reasons I haven't encountered and, if so, would like to know what these reasons are. Can anyone enlighten me...

[rjs82vette]

Now I have it all setup the way I want it...... I have a few question....

Video performance is really bad, and as I understand it there is not much I can do about it.

Would the performance be any better if I was running xp on a different box? That way my system would only run Ubuntu and rdesktop and the other machine would run windows xp.

if I take the virtual machine part out all together can I still make it seamless?

[dirken]

hey everyone,

i was wondering if anyone could help me.
My laptop is a dell inspiron 6000 and is having wireless internet on an ubuntu feisty system.
I get my ip through dhcp but i am having always the same ip: 192.168.1.2
My gateway address is 192.168.1.1. In VirtualBox i have set up a network card with NAT.
Can you help me getting it all to work. Tried almost everything in this topic but nothing happens.
I installed Windows XP pro, did all the modifications concerning the registery and the automatic logon.
I already was able to get it working with VMware but that's slowing down my system a lot so i prefer VirtualBox. What I need to know is how my rc.local file must look like and if i have to do extra things in my VM.
Little note: i am using feisty WITH network manager and don't like to disable it :)

Really hopes anyone can help me!!!

Kind Regards,

[airbornespent]

hey everyone,

i was wondering if anyone could help me.
My laptop is a dell inspiron 6000 and is having wireless internet on an ubuntu feisty system.
I get my ip through dhcp but i am having always the same ip: 192.168.1.2
My gateway address is 192.168.1.1. In VirtualBox i have set up a network card with NAT.
Can you help me getting it all to work. Tried almost everything in this topic but nothing happens.
I installed Windows XP pro, did all the modifications concerning the registery and the automatic logon.
I already was able to get it working with VMware but that's slowing down my system a lot so i prefer VirtualBox. What I need to know is how my rc.local file must look like and if i have to do extra things in my VM.
Little note: i am using feisty WITH network manager and don't like to disable it :)

Really hopes anyone can help me!!!

Kind Regards,
dirken:
Follow the steps below and go to VBox settings and change the network from NAT to attached to and put tap1 in the interface name box below. These settings worked fine for me. Also pay particular attention to the HOWTO where michael mentions to get the IP from inside the windows VM, use that to login with rdesktop.

Actually we don't have to disable ubuntu network manager to connect the vm to network.

These are the lines i added to rc.local file (I did it according to the VirtualBox user manual with a slight modification) :

tunctl -t tap1 -u <Ubuntu user name>
brctl addbr br0
ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc
brctl addif br0 eth0
sudo ifconfig br0 <Host static IP> netmask 255.255.255.0 up
sudo route add default gw <Internet gateway IP> br0
brctl addif br0 tap1
ifconfig tap1 up

With this, I can connect my virtual machine to internet through the network. The real network of host machine also works fine.

Good luck
-RavinSP-

[airbornespent]

I've got it mostly working, but my windows taskbar is acting quirking, though it could be due to the age of the machine I am working on. When I have my ubuntu taskbar on the bottom, the windows bar sits on top of it, black with a gray border pulsing about once a second. If I move the ubuntu bar to the top or to the side the windows bar drops and is readable, but is still pulsing/flashing once a second. When I open a program via the start menu however, their windows display just fine.

Like I said though, it could be because this is a dual PIII 800 with a rage 128 and only 256 megs of RAM. I think the only reason XP runs is because I used nlite (http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html) to remove just about everything I didnt need and the install footprint is about 820MB and memory usage just after boot is only around 50MB.

[dirken]

dirken:
Follow the steps below and go to VBox settings and change the network from NAT to attached to and put tap1 in the interface name box below. These settings worked fine for me. Also pay particular attention to the HOWTO where michael mentions to get the IP from inside the windows VM, use that to login with rdesktop.

Hey airbornespent, thx for helping me out here but it isn't quite working.
When making the changes you told me to do i rebooted the computer just to make sure everything should be ok, with this computer i still can connect to the internet but my VM won't get a valid ip. I'm getting this ip: 169.254.94.137

Using ifconfig in Ubuntu i'm getting this ouput (cleared what's not important!)
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:CE:2D:9C:48
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::213:ceff:fe2d:9c48/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3561 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2615 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3889311 (3.7 MiB) TX bytes:312804 (305.4 KiB)

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:CE:2D:9C:48
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::213:ceff:fe2d:9c48/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6182 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2751 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3917551 (3.7 MiB) TX bytes:320227 (312.7 KiB)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000 Memory:dfcfd000-dfcfdfff

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1633 (1.5 KiB) TX bytes:1633 (1.5 KiB)

tap1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 32:30:F2:5A:C2:00
inet6 addr: fe80::3030:f2ff:fe5a:c200/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:141 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:32 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:22680 (22.1 KiB) TX bytes:684 (684.0 b)

My rc.local file looks like this:
#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

tunctl -t tap1 -u dirk
brctl addbr br0
ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 promisc
brctl addif br0 eth1
sudo ifconfig br0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.1 br0
brctl addif br0 tap1
ifconfig tap1 up

exit 0

Any more help plz!
Greetz...

[T0MA]

yes, it did this to me as well but if I run compiz it doesnt blink anymore