RoadHazard
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- Nov 29, 2015
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Call me stupid, but I can't get even a rudimentary VM to start and connect with VNC.
I create a new VM using all the defaults. It's got the default NIC and VNC with a randomly assigned port. 'Wait to Boot' is enabled. No disk or CD-ROM yet.
I open RealVNC's VNC Viewer app v6.1.1, create a new connection, accept all the defaults *except* for picture quality, which is set to High.
I start the VM, point VNC Viewer to IP : port (where IP is the same IP address as the FreeNAS web UI, and port is the randomly assigned port number for the VNC device), and VNC Viewer responds with "The connection was refused by the computer." Retrying the connection over and over gives the same result. Stop the VM and try again. More of the same.
I then create a zvol, add it to the VM, and try again. No change. Add a CD-ROM and point it to an .iso (a Windows installation CD). No change. Remove the disk and/or the CD-ROM from the VM. Nuthin'.
So... I'm obviously leaving out something really basic. Any hints?
I create a new VM using all the defaults. It's got the default NIC and VNC with a randomly assigned port. 'Wait to Boot' is enabled. No disk or CD-ROM yet.
I open RealVNC's VNC Viewer app v6.1.1, create a new connection, accept all the defaults *except* for picture quality, which is set to High.
I start the VM, point VNC Viewer to IP : port (where IP is the same IP address as the FreeNAS web UI, and port is the randomly assigned port number for the VNC device), and VNC Viewer responds with "The connection was refused by the computer." Retrying the connection over and over gives the same result. Stop the VM and try again. More of the same.
I then create a zvol, add it to the VM, and try again. No change. Add a CD-ROM and point it to an .iso (a Windows installation CD). No change. Remove the disk and/or the CD-ROM from the VM. Nuthin'.
So... I'm obviously leaving out something really basic. Any hints?
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