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From: Vahis on 4 Apr 2010 14:06 On 2010-04-04, noi ance <noi(a)siam.com> wrote: > On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:24:47 +0000, Vahis typed this message: > >> Is there a way I can leave them running while being logged out from the >> host? > > Yes, you should be able to logout without killing the individual running > VB sessions but not out of Virtual Box, ie, the VB server. > That's exactly my question. How can I do that? Vahis -- http://waxborg.servepics.com openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 4 (x86_64) 2.6.33-6-desktop 21:02pm up 1 day 4:21, 9 users, load average: 0.26, 0.29, 0.36
From: Vahis on 4 Apr 2010 14:48 On 2010-04-04, Vahis <waxborg(a)gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > I've run VMware Server 1.x for quite some time with no issues during > several versions of openSUSE as host. >> I'm trying Sun VirtualBox now, it's quite good I must say. <snip> > Is there a way I can leave them running while being logged out from the > host? > I'm afraid I found an answer to my question and I don't like it: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=25928 Back to VMware unless someone knows better.... Vahis -- http://waxborg.servepics.com openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 4 (x86_64) 2.6.33-6-desktop 21:46pm up 1 day 5:05, 9 users, load average: 0.49, 0.54, 0.54
From: David Bolt on 4 Apr 2010 14:47 On Sunday 04 Apr 2010 07:24, while playing with a tin of spray paint, Vahis painted this mural: > I've run VMware Server 1.x for quite some time with no issues during > several versions of openSUSE as host. > > I'm trying Sun VirtualBox now, it's quite good I must say. > > I tried the ose version briefly but there was a USB issue, which was > easy enough to overcome by switching to Sun's version. > I found instructions to do it in the ose but that can wait for now. > > But, there's one problem or lack of knowledge on my side: > > With VMware I am able to log out from the host machine and the virtual > machines keep running. > > In VBox this does not seem to work. Nope. I think this is some missing functionality and, if it bugged me enough, I'd probably search to see if someone else had requested this ability, and what had been said, or request it myself. > If I log out the VBox wants to shutdown or hibernate or what not the > virtual things. > > Is there a way I can leave them running while being logged out from the > host? VBox doesn't let you detach and reattach to a virtual machine. However, a possible workaround is to start the machine in headless mode and log in remotely. This will rely on you having ssh open on it and also knowing the IP address. You can then either start up vnc or nx if you want to use the GUI, or you could just use X-forwarding. Regards, David Bolt -- Team Acorn: www.distributed.net OGR-NG @ ~100Mnodes RC5-72 @ ~1Mkeys/s openSUSE 11.0 32b | | | openSUSE 11.3M4 32b openSUSE 11.0 64b | openSUSE 11.1 64b | openSUSE 11.2 64b | TOS 4.02 | openSUSE 11.1 PPC | RISC OS 4.02 | RISC OS 3.11
From: Vahis on 4 Apr 2010 15:18 On 2010-04-04, David Bolt <blacklist-me(a)davjam.org> wrote: > On Sunday 04 Apr 2010 07:24, while playing with a tin of spray paint, > Vahis painted this mural: > >> With VMware I am able to log out from the host machine and the virtual >> machines keep running. >> >> In VBox this does not seem to work. > > Nope. I think this is some missing functionality and, if it bugged me > enough, I'd probably search to see if someone else had requested this > ability, and what had been said, or request it myself. I found this: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=25928 > >> If I log out the VBox wants to shutdown or hibernate or what not the >> virtual things. >> >> Is there a way I can leave them running while being logged out from the >> host? > > VBox doesn't let you detach and reattach to a virtual machine. However, > a possible workaround is to start the machine in headless mode and log > in remotely. This will rely on you having ssh open on it and also > knowing the IP address. You can then either start up vnc or nx if you > want to use the GUI, or you could just use X-forwarding. I will go back to VMware Server. There the virtual machines are "real" opposite to VBox guests which act like apps run by the logged in user. Vahis -- http://waxborg.servepics.com openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 4 (x86_64) 2.6.33-6-desktop 22:13pm up 1 day 5:32, 9 users, load average: 0.58, 0.59, 0.56
From: David Bolt on 4 Apr 2010 15:55
On Sunday 04 Apr 2010 20:18, while playing with a tin of spray paint, Vahis painted this mural: > On 2010-04-04, David Bolt <blacklist-me(a)davjam.org> wrote: >> Nope. I think this is some missing functionality and, if it bugged me >> enough, I'd probably search to see if someone else had requested this >> ability, and what had been said, or request it myself. > > I found this: > http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=25928 Read that after you posted it. I'm quite surprised at the separation, and wonder if they might have a plan to fix this omission some time in the future. Regards, David Bolt -- Team Acorn: www.distributed.net OGR-NG @ ~100Mnodes RC5-72 @ ~1Mkeys/s openSUSE 11.0 32b | | | openSUSE 11.3M4 32b openSUSE 11.0 64b | openSUSE 11.1 64b | openSUSE 11.2 64b | TOS 4.02 | openSUSE 11.1 PPC | RISC OS 4.02 | RISC OS 3.11 |