Frank Mehnert wrote: > On Thursday 27 October 2011 13:12:23 Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > > as there is not such an option yet: > > why not have the possibility to have a VM continue running headless > > when closing the VBox Gui? Of course this may (or may not) only sense > > when VRDP is turned on, otherwise only SSH or RDP inside the VM would > > be the only means to re-connect. > > I'd add this as a fourth option besides "save machine state", > > "send shutdown signal" and "poweroff". > > How about this? > > This is more difficult than you might think. In the current architecture > a VirtualBox process does not only contain the VMM for virtualizing the > guest but the same process is also responsible for handling the user > frontend. Doing what you propose would mean that a VM is always started > in headless mode and the VM does only connect if necessary. Of course > this would be possible but for now the architectural changes are too > intrusive for too little benefit. Maybe later.
yes, I can imagine that it's about dividing the whole program into 2 pieces. If the sources aren't a total mess (what I'm expecting from an open-source tool of that class), then the functionality is already encapsulated in proper pieces. So I thought it could be done somehow: therefore "[wishlist]" ... ;-) > > is it possible to add an option to the VBManager to start a VM in headless > > mode? > Do you mean VBoxManage? This is already possible. If you mean the > VirtualBox GUI VM manager, then this will be possible with the next > major release. I meant the latter one, so I'm looking forward to see that, thanks! Have a nice day, Bernhard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
