Auto-VirtualBox!

[Mike McMullin]

On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 19:32 -0400, David McNally wrote:
> Hi again! 
> 
> VBoxManage startvm "Windows XP" worked perfectly! Thank you!
> 
> It took a little while to find out where to actually run that, and the
> first time I tried it I forgot the quotes around "Windows XP", but I
> was able to successfully boot up Ubuntu and put the username and
> password in the Ubuntu login screen and do nothing until XP loaded up
> perfectly.

  Odd, this thread piqued my interest so I snagged a shell, opened the
Virtualbox app, grabbed the virtual machine name, without the quotes and
it fired up perfectly.  Now if I can get the actual install to fire up
in Virtual box for WinXP, I'll kill that boot option.

> On the other hand, there was one problem. I have the VirtualBox Guest
> Additions installed, and I'm having it boot up in fullscreen. However,
> when I get to the login screen, it is not in fullscreen. Instead, it
> is centered in the screen and it's about 800 by 600, and the rest of
> the screen is just black. I can fix this by pressing Host + F twice,
> but this seems like I'm just making a stupid mistake. It's really not
> a big problem, but I feel like there's probably a very easy fix.
> 
> If anyone knows, please let me know.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> David
> 
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Tihomir Plachkov
> <tihomir.plachkov at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Hi David,
>         
>         I don't have VBox installed but try executing:
>         
>         VBoxManage startvm "exact-name-of-your-virtual-machine"
>         
>         If it launches good put that in a start up script.
>         
>         You might want to install also Virtualbox guest additions for
>         a full screen VM and common cursor without pressing the right
>         ctrl+F.
>         
>         Greetings
>         
>         Tish
>         
>         2009/8/25 David McNally <david3333333 at gmail.com>
>                 
>                 Hi! I know that's a weird subject, but this is a weird
>                 question.
>                 
>                 I'm setting up our new Ubuntu computer for me and my
>                 sister to use. I've set up our accounts. My dad says
>                 he wants me to have it dual-boot Windows XP. I tried
>                 to set it up, but I needed too many driver downloads
>                 and restarts and everything, so I just decided to put
>                 it in VirtualBox.
>                 
>                 Problem: my dad isn't good with Ubuntu yet (still
>                 using Windows XP on company computer). I decided to
>                 make it easy for him to login - but I'm not sure how
>                 to get this to work.
>                 
>                 Here's what I want to do: I've set up three accounts
>                 in Ubuntu: one for me, one for my sister, and one just
>                 for the Windows XP VirtualBox. When I'm done, my plan
>                 is that he can just sit at the login screen, click on
>                 "Windows XP VirtualBox" (which is the name of the
>                 account), and it will login, run VirtualBox as a
>                 startup program, and the automatically boot XP in
>                 fullscreen with no clicking or typing on his part
>                 between the login screen for Ubuntu and the login
>                 screen for XP.
>                 
>                 I also don't want the VBox account to need a password.
>                 Our computer is pretty secure, and no one cares about
>                 what my dad's printing (I've set up the printer for
>                 the XP VBox and Ubuntu, he just prefers to use XP).
>                 
>                 And, yes, I've already tried to convince him to just
>                 use Ubuntu. But I'm probably going to need to use that
>                 XP VBox at one point or another in the future, so I
>                 need to install it anyway.
>                 
>                 So, does anyone know how to not require passwords in
>                 Ubuntu or have VBox automatically boot XP in
>                 fullscreen mode when it loads?
>                 
>                 Thanks A LOT in advance,
>                 David!
>                 
>                 -- 
>                 David McNally
>                 david3333333 at gmail.com
>                 apt-get moo
>                 
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> David McNally
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> apt-get moo
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