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I have VirtualBox 2.2.0 installed on Ubuntu8.04
And I have two headless VMs running under user "A" on the host.
One headless VM act as a server and one headless VM act as a Desktop via rdp-connection.
What I want is, that these VMs start automatically, when a second user "B" starts up the host and savestate automatically and complete, when user B shuts down the host.
I've found a HowTo at: http://www.glump.net/howto/virtualbox_as_a_service
But neither the automatic shutdown where "/etc/default/virtualbox" and "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv" is involved,
nor the init-script for automatic starting worked for me.
Is it essential to run them VMs as a service, or is it also possible to start them via rc.local?
I'm not the only one who made the experience that automatic savestate does not work via vboxdrv and the corresponding entries in /etc/default/virtualbox. What changes I have to make for the VBox Version 2.2.0 to solve it?

Do you have any hints or suggestions?

Greetings

Crossposting isn't allowed here, please stick to one topic. I've removed your crosspost to keep it clean.

What you fail is some reading skills. You don't need /etc/init.d/vboxdrv, that is the script that starts and compiles the kernel module, not start and stop a VM. What you need to do is read the manual and learn about the different front-end options available in VB. VBoxManage is one, VBoxHeadless is another. The latter is what you need to run as startup, as that won't spawn a GUI, but keeps the VM in the background ready to be accessed through VRDP.