[gentoo-user] Re: Access Windows XP running in VirtualBox

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>]

Joseph wrote:
> On 03/15/09 00:59, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> [snip]
>>> XP (that is good), but:
>>> 1.) the terminal I'm connecting to has to accept my connection, is it 
>>> possible to set it up so I connect to it automatically.
>>> 2.) I'm taking control of the mouse and keyboard of the remote 
>>> workstation (in this case my server).
>>> What I need is to connect to the server being able to use it without 
>>> taking control of the desktop mouse or keyboard.
>>
>> Then you need to enable the "terminal client" service of Windows XP 
>> instead (XP Professional has this).  For this to work, you need to 
>> disable the RDP of VirtualBox or use another port.  Also, since XP's 
>> RDP is a service, you need port forwarding if you're using NAT 
>> networking in VBox.
>>
>> You can Google on how to enable RDP/terminal services inside XP.
> 
> I'm trying now nxserver-freenx but it is giving me problem with 
> configuration; do you know anything about setting up freenx?

I use x2go (it's also based on NX and is in the "nx" overlay).  But you 
can't connect to Windows XP with NX.