need to run a shutdown script

[Chris G]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 01:11:02PM +0200, Christoph Wickert wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 30.07.2009, 22:12 +0100 schrieb Chris G:
> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 04:47:15PM +0200, Christoph Wickert wrote:
> > > Virtual machines should not be started as a GUI process under X, simple
> > > as that. ;)
> > > 
> > So why do they provide a GUI startup?  
> 
> What virtualization are you talking about? VirtualBox?
> 
Yes, VirtualBox.


> > Once X has started how else would one start a new/multiple virtual
> > machines?
> 
> The machines should get started (and stopped) as a system service by an
> initscript. You only connect to the already running machines from your X
> session.
> 
The *machines* don't get started as a system service do they?  Apart
from anything else you can create new machines, etc. from the GUI so
they can't possibly be started as a system service.

-- 
Chris Green