[vbox-dev] python: launchVMProcess(session, 'sdl', None) segfaults

[Francisco J. Vázquez]

Thanks, now it works perfectly :)

Fran

2011/1/21 Nikolay Igotti <nikolay.igotti at oracle.com>:
>   Hi Francisco,
>
>
> Reproduced and fixed issue, fix will appear in next maintenance release. But
> as you're Gentoo guy :), try this patch:
>
>
> Index: src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxSDL/VBoxSDL.cpp
> ===================================================================
> --- src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxSDL/VBoxSDL.cpp      (revision 69582)
> +++ src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxSDL/VBoxSDL.cpp      (working copy)
> @@ -1332,10 +1334,22 @@
>    }
>
>    /*
> -     * Do we have a name but no UUID?
> +     * Do we have a UUID?
>     */
> -    if (vmName && uuidVM.isEmpty())
> +    if (!uuidVM.isEmpty())
>    {
> +        rc = pVirtualBox->FindMachine(uuidVM.toUtf16().raw(),
> pMachine.asOutParam());
> +        if (FAILED(rc) || !pMachine)
> +        {
> +            RTPrintf("Error: machine with the given ID not found!\n");
> +            goto leave;
> +        }
> +    }
> +    else if (vmName)
> +    {
> +        /*
> +         * Do we have a name but no UUID?
> +         */
>        rc = pVirtualBox->FindMachine(Bstr(vmName).raw(),
> pMachine.asOutParam());
>        if ((rc == S_OK) && pMachine)
>        {
>
>
>  Thanks for report,
>     Nikolay
>
>
> Nikolay Igotti wrote:
>>
>> 20.01.2011 13:09, Francisco J. Vázquez пишет:
>>>>
>>>> Any chance to inspect core generated by
>>>> VBoxSDL (as it was killed with SIGSEGV).
>>>>
>>> I would if I knew how :). Running gdb python and pasting the previous
>>> commands doesn't work. gdb doesn't "see" the segfault:
>>
>> Nope, that wouldn't help, VM process is launched with fork/exec or spawn.
>> Usually, if core dump generation is enabled,
>> see http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Core_dump, you'll have core file
>> generated for crashed processes.
>> Open it with gdb -c .  Hope that'll help.
>>
>>  Nikolay
>>
>>
>>
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