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Re: [HTCondor-users] VirtualBox: Guest user vs. Condor account!?!



On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:42:18 -0600
"John (TJ) Knoeller" <johnkn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Another thing that is different is that jobs running under HTCondor
> don't have access to the Windows Desktop.  It's possible that the
> VirtualBox server won't start under those conditions.

This seems likely. vboxmanage.exe tries to open a window which won't
work if there is no desktop. Try using vboxheadless.exe to start the VM.

-- 
Rich Pieri <ratinox@xxxxxxx>
MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science