How to get Sikuli working in headless mode

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I successfully got sikuli running in headless mode (no physical monitor connected)

Ubuntu: check Xvfb.

Windows: install display driver on the machine (to be headless) from virtualbox guest additions display drivers and use TightVNC to remotely set resolution from another machine.

Detailed steps for windows 7

Assume that:

  1. Machine A: to be headless machine, windows 7, with vnc server ready (e.g. TightVNC server installed and waiting for connections).
  2. Machine B: will be used to remotely setup the virtual display driver on machine A.

steps:

  1. Download virtualbox guest additions iso file on Machine A from here (for latest version check latest version here and download VBoxGuestAdditions_x.y.z.iso)
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  2. Extract iso file (possibly with winrar) into a directory (let us call it folder D)
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  3. using command prompt cd to D folder

  4. Driver extraction

    -To extract the 32-bit drivers to “C:\Drivers”, do the following:

    • VBoxWindowsAdditions-x86 /extract /D=C:\Drivers

    -For the 64-bit drivers:

    • VBoxWindowsAdditions-amd64 /extract /D=C:\Drivers

    drivers extracted

  5. Goto device manager
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  16. Restart and connect with VNC viewer, now you should be able to change screen resolution
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other valuable info on launchpad.

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