Random Crash => please retry with version 1.7 when it is released

[Armindo Silva]

I am running VirtualBox on Ubuntu 8.04.1 as host, when i run VirtualBox and choose a Guest it won't boot. From the logs I get:

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00:00:38.619 Changing the VM state from 'DESTROYING' to 'TERMINATED'. 00:00:38.677 ERROR [COM]: aRC=NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED (0x8000ffff) aIID={09789f63-4525-48e5-5e4-1080453b0eab} aComponent={Display} aText={The object is not ready} aWarning=false, preserve=false

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If i run VirtualBox -startvm <vm>, i get:

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kiosk@kiosk:~$ VirtualBox -startvm ttt2

Xlib: extension "XInputExtension" missing on display "127.0.0.1:1.0".

Qt WARNING: Failed to get list of devices Qt WARNING: X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3

Major opcode: 3 Minor opcode: 0 Resource id: 0x20001ad

Qt WARNING: X Error: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) 2

Major opcode: 78 Minor opcode: 0 Resource id: 0xb751f130

Qt WARNING: X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9

Major opcode: 55 Minor opcode: 0 Resource id: 0x20001ad

Qt WARNING: X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3

Major opcode: 2 Minor opcode: 0 Resource id: 0x20001ad

Qt WARNING: X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3

Major opcode: 2 Minor opcode: 0 Resource id: 0x20001ad

Segmentation fault kiosk@kiosk:~$

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If i increase ulimit -c from zero (ubuntu's default) to unlimited it works most of the time.

A core dump can be found ​here.

[Michael Thayer]

Backtrace:

(gdb) bt
#0  0x00000000 in ?? ()
#1  0xb758a1b5 in SDL_VideoModeOK () from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0
#2  0xb758a304 in SDL_WM_SetIcon () from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0
#3  0xb758a7b0 in SDL_GL_GetAttribute () from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0
#4  0xb758ae06 in SDL_UpdateRect () from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0
#5  0x081c92b2 in VBoxSDLFrameBuffer::resizeEvent ()
#6  0x0819c8e6 in VBoxConsoleView::VBoxConsoleView ()
#7  0x081b1ef3 in VBoxConsoleWnd::openView ()
#8  0x0815e9bc in VBoxGlobal::startMachine ()
#9  0x08140c26 in main ()

Note also:

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warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error.

warning: .dynamic section for "/usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0" is not at the expected address

warning: difference appears to be caused by prelink, adjusting expectations

[Michael Thayer]

mndo: can you try starting VirtualBox as

$ VirtualBox -startvm ttt2 -rmode image

and see if the crash is still reproducible?

[Armindo Silva]

Replying to michael:

mndo: can you try starting VirtualBox as

$ VirtualBox -startvm ttt2 -rmode image

and see if the crash is still reproducible?

Yes, it is..

Core dump ​here.

[Michael Thayer]

New URL for the core dump in comment 3: ​http://intra.eufinity.com/ams/VBox/core.16336.bz2

[Michael Thayer]

The backtrace is identical.

[Michael Thayer]

I checked in the source and "-rmode image" is not actually enabled for VirtualBox 1.6. For version 1.7 SDL mode is not defined, so I assume that this issue will go away in 1.7, which should arrive pretty soon.