Running sikuli on Virtual machine

There seem to be many problems in different combinations when trying to run Sikuli inside a virtual machine. The symptoms vary depending on the combination used. (newest report: bug 752065).

I am running Mac OS X 10.6 and use Parallels and Virtual Box.

Parallels/Windows7: IDE shows black screen, but Sikuli basic features (click, find, ...) run, when running a script from commandline. Does not matter which screen mode is used (problems with cursor symbol, highlight() and other minor odds)

V-Box/Ubuntu 10.10 64Bit: IDE and everything else runs fine (using fullscreen mode, did not try windowed)

When having Parallels/Win7 in windowed mode, a script running in host (Mac), works fine: finding and clicking inside the V-Box window is no problem (with the addition, that on Mac you always have to solve the App.focus() problem).

So my guess is, that it is a problem with the native Java interfaces accessing the screen in a virtual environment.

I have already posted a request bug, to get some Java based test tool, that runs some Sikuli related checks and reports problems with the current environment.

Without this it is always a good idea, to check the Sikuli basics using the new interactive commandline feature:

java -jar path-to-siculi-script.jar -i

which opens an interactive Jython session, with Sikuli initialized, so you can just do some tests like:

img = capture()
print find(img)

and other tests, that help to analyze the situation, while getting instant feedback.

Perhaps you need to install VirtualBoxAdditions or VMwareTools? I tried using a script without VBoxAdditions and it didn't work until I installed it. The captured and uncaptured positions of the mouse pointer not match.

Hello,

Thanks for your replies and help. We have been able to resolve the issue and it works fine in VMs now.

Possible to post some more specific info regarding your solution?

Connecting to the host VM via RDP seems to have helped me.