Virtualbox: How to connect to the display when launched via vagrant?

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I've used vagrant to set up ubuntu 12.10. How can I actually connect to the graphical desktop? There doesn't seem to be a way in the Virtualbox manager. It shows a preview but the 'show' icon is disabled.

It's a bit of a fiddle but I can suspend the vagrant then use the VirtualBox manager to start the VM and it connects to the display. I'd rather I didn't have to do this though because it might mess up NFS shares/IP addresses, etc.

Also see this question: [enabling gui in Vagrantfile settings](http://stackoverflow.com/q/19013851) — TachyonVortex, Nov 11 '13 at 13:03
Seeing as the answer should not be part of the question, you should cut it out and submit it by using the "answer your own question" button. — Agi Hammerthief, Mar 23 '14 at 11:00
With VirtualBox 5.0, this becomes very simple; see here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/23297652/5419599 — Wildcard, Dec 10 '15 at 18:23

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 19 '14 at 08:35

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config.vm.boot_mode = :gui

See http://docs-v1.vagrantup.com/v1/docs/config/vm/boot_mode.html

answered Apr 19 '14 at 08:35

MichelZ

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This results in an error in vagrant 1.7 vm: * The following settings shouldn't exist: boot_mode – krd Apr 30 '15 at 15:45

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 24 '14 at 19:54

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you edit the Vagrantfile and you add this line in section provider:

   config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|

     vb.gui = true

   end

answered Nov 24 '14 at 19:54

intropedro

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Virtualbox: How to connect to the display when launched via vagrant?

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