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I have virtualmachine running Virtualbox 4.1.12.

Started it using:

vboxmanage startvm Ubuntu --type headless

which works just fine, but I can't find if it is possible, and if yes - how, to enable VNC for such, already running, machine.

If it's not possible - is it somehow possible when using vboxmanage to start machine (as opposed to vboxheadless) ? I prefer vboxmanage because it automaticaly, and cleanly detaches from terminal.

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You can install a VNC-Server within the virtual machine and access this one then from the host System.

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Sure, I know. But I was hoping for VNC showing standard console (tty). – depesz Nov 10 '12 at 15:49

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