[vbox-dev] witch VMs from foreground to background and vice versa

[Andrew Brehm]

Hi.

On Tuesday, January 3, 2012, Joseph Smith <joseph1962smith at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> *** Oopsss ... re-replying to all ***
>
> Are you essentially asking to be able to start a VM in 'GUI' mode and
then, at some point later, make it headless ... and then even later ...
possibly making it 'GUI' (ie: non-headless) again?

Pretty much. Yes.


> Is the reason for your request to 'remove' the machine GUI from your
workspace and/or dock?  This could be accomplished by moving the VM to
another 'spaces' desktop.
>

I want the VM to survive my logout.


> Also ... if you are truly looking to 'disconnect' the GUI from the VM ...
wouldn't starting the VM in headless mode net you the same results?  The
only difference there being when you wanted to do 'GUI' related work you
would have to connect via VRDP.  All my VMs run headless on multiple
servers (SuSE, OS X, etc) and I connect via VRDP using a web client and/or
a RDP client (I use CoRD).
> I do agree that going the route of starting headless and connecting via
VRDP does introduce a number of challenges since features like drag-n-drop
and seamless desktop among others would no longer be available.
>

The GUI offers many ways to configure and interact with the VM (like
resizing the screen etc.). The feature would also allow users not to have
to decide in advance whether a given VM should run headless or not.



> Thanks,
> Joe
> ________________________________
> From: Andrew Brehm <ajbrehm at gmail.com>
> To: vbox-dev at virtualbox.org
> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 1:20 PM
> Subject: [vbox-dev] witch VMs from foreground to background and vice versa
>
> I would love a feature that would allow me to disconnect the
> VirtualBox GUI from a VM and reconnect it later, similar to the VRDP
> server but integrated into the GUI. (VRDP-based VMs running in the
> background cannot be controlled by the GUI at the moment.)
>
> I am willing to offer a bounty for this feature on Mac OS X.
>
> I have no idea how much work it would entail. I am willing to pay for
> development of this feature if someone of the VirtualBox team can tell
> me how much it would be and if the sum is still manageable.
>
> VMware 2.x on the Mac had this feature unofficially. But it was removed
in 3.0.
>
> Basically I want to be able to start VMs in the GUI and then decide
> whether they should run on the desktop or in the background and
> likewise change that state for each VM at will.
>
> If anyone will develop such a feature that works on all host platforms
> (or at least on Mac OS X), I am willing to pay for the time. Anyone
> interested please contact me (ajbrehm at gmail.com) so we can work out
> the details.
>
> Any takers? Ideas?
>
> Regards,
> Andrew
>
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