best way to run graphical BT4 from a server

[dninja at gmail.com (Robin Wood)]

2009/7/27 Nick Drage <nickd at funkyjesus.org>:
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:54:50PM +0100, Robin Wood wrote:
>
> > I'm building a server that is going to go into a data centre and I
> > want to some kind of virtual machine software, probably either
> > VirtualBox or Xen, and in that I'd like to run BT4. What is my best
> > option to get a full BT4 X session back to my linux desktop?
>
> I can't speak for Xen, although I know someone to ask if no-one here can
> help... which I suspect is extremely unlikely ;)
>
> For Virtualbox, Look at VRDP, which I would expect you can port forward
> over SSH. ?The "--vrddport" and "--vrdpaddress" options should be used
> here.

I like Virtualbox so would rather go with that so I'll have a look at
VRDP and see what it offers.

> BTW, if you use VMWare Server instead watch your firewalling, IIRC
> it opens several listening ports whether you want it to or not.

I tried it and didn't like it, didn't seem a patch on VirtualBox last
time I gave it a go.

Robin