VBOXSDL(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, the manual name is VBoxSDL 💖 and it's an x86 virtualization solution 🦋 (this page is from the User Commands section, btw 💅)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

ngl this is the Oracle VM VirtualBox SDL GUI, version 7.0.16, and the copyright line is (C) 2005-2024 Oracle Corporation All rights reserved. 💅 Basically it's a lightweight window for running your VMs.

🎀 Usage 🎀

• --startvm <uuid|name> — pick which VM to boot up, either by its UUID or its name 🧚
• --separate — run it as its own VM process, or attach to one that's already running 🫶
• --hda <file> — make this file the temporary first hard disk 💜
• --fda <file> — make this file the temporary first floppy disk 💾
• --cdrom <file> — point the temporary CDROM/DVD at a file or device. use 'none' to unmount it 📀
• --boot <a|c|d|n> — pick a temporary boot device: a = floppy, c = 1st HD, d = DVD, n = network 🌈
• --memory <size> — temporary memory size, in megabytes ✨
• --vram <size> — temporary video memory size, also in megabytes 🎨
• --fullscreen — start the VM already in fullscreen mode 🖥️
• --fullscreenresize — resize the guest when it's fullscreen 🔥
• --fixedmode <w> <h> <bpp> — use a fixed SDL video mode with the width, height and bits per pixel you give it 📐
• --nofstoggle — no switching to/from fullscreen, sorry not sorry 🙅‍♀️
• --noresize — makes the SDL frame non resizable 🚫
• --nohostkey — disables all hostkey combos 💀
• --nohostkeys ... — disables only specific hostkey combos. check the key bindings below for the valid keys 🔑
• --nograbonclick — no mouse/keyboard grabbing on click when the additions aren't installed 🖱️
• --detecthostkey — grabs the hostkey identifier and modifier state for you 🕵️‍♀️
• --hostkey <key> {<key2>} <mod> — sets the host key to whatever you got from --detecthostkey 🗝️
• --termacpi — sends an ACPI power button event when you close the window ⚡
• --vrdp <ports> — listens for VRDP connections on one of the ports you specify. if you don't specify any, it uses the default 🛰️
• --discardstate — tosses the saved state (if there is one) and reverts to the last snapshot (if there is one too) 🗑️
• --settingspw <pw> — the settings password 🔐
• --settingspwfile <file> — a file that holds the settings password 📂
• --securelabel — shows a secure VM label at the top of the screen 🛡️
• --seclabelfnt — the TrueType (.ttf) font file for the secure session label 🔤
• --seclabelsiz — font point size for the secure label. default is 12 📏
• --seclabelofs — font offset within the secure label. default is 0 ↔️
• --seclabelfgcol <rgb> — the secure label text colour, as a 6 digit hex RGB value, like FFFF00 💛
• --seclabelbgcol <rgb> — the secure label background colour, as a 6 digit hex RGB value, like FF0000 ❤️
• --[no]rawr0 — enable or disable raw ring 3 🧪
• --[no]rawr3 — enable or disable raw ring 0 🧪
• --[no]patm — enable or disable PATM 🌀
• --[no]csam — enable or disable CSAM 🌀
• --[no]hwvirtex — permit or deny using VT-x/AMD-V ⚙️

🦋 Key bindings 🦋

ok so these are the combos you press while the VM is running. the <hostkey> is your host key, and you hit it plus one of these letters:

• <hostkey> + f — switch to full screen, or restore your previous view 🖼️
• <hostkey> + h — press the ACPI power button 🔌
• <hostkey> + n — take a snapshot and keep going, no pause 📸
• <hostkey> + p — pause or resume execution ⏯️
• <hostkey> + q — power off 👋
• <hostkey> + r — VM reset 🔄
• <hostkey> + s — save the state and power off 💾
• <del> — sends <ctrl><alt><del> to the guest 💻
• <F1>...<F12> — sends <ctrl><alt><Fx>, where Fx is whichever F key you pressed 🎹

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Okay that's the whole page, bestie! 🫶 You're looking at VBoxSDL from April 2024, manual page VBOXSDL(1) 💜 now go slay your VMs 💅🔥