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How to connect to VirtualBox remote desktop client using VNC?

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Mar 15, 202699662 views
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I am using VirtualBox 4.0 on Ubuntu Narwhal with guest OS Windows XP. I've installed the VB extensions and enabled remote access through port 3389 as suggested on several sites. I am trying to access this desktop with a Mac OS X 10.5 using Chicken of the VNC. I am not able to connect to the machine…

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Fix for: How to connect to VirtualBox remote desktop client using VNC?

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VNC doesn't work in this manner because VirtualBox doesn't support RFB; it supports RDP instead. RFB and RDP are entirely different protocols that are not compatible. RFB is VNC's open Remote Frame Buffer protocol -- it uses TCP port 5900 by default…

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