I'm currently running a script [0] to access a VM which starts headless via another script.

Since this guest doesn't need to be running 24/7, I'm working on implementing additional scripts & batch files so it can start, run its jobs, then shut down once it's done.

I was hoping there'd be a way to set some kind of indicator in KDE's system tray or something similar, to show if the guest is running or not. Otherwise, when I hit the launcher I generally use to view the headless guest, it'll start if it's not already running- when I'd rather it not. It tends to take a few minutes to get to where I can reach its shutdown menu entry.

Worst case, I can just launch the 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager' GUI & see if the 'Preview' area is on or not. Was just hoping there might be a way to see its status without any clicks.

Thanks.

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#!/bin/bash
VBoxManage startvm /home/user/VM/VMName/ VMName --type=separate
VBoxManage controlvm VMName setvideomodehint 1440 900 32