id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
12678	vboxmanage guestcontrol execute: 'error: Session is not in started state' random error	YoannR		"When executing the following script from host Debian Wheezy 64 bits on guest Windows Sever 2008:

{{{
while [ 1 ]; do
    vboxmanage guestcontrol win2k8-newvbox execute ""C:\Windows\System32\ping.exe"" --username Administrator --password ""some_password"" --verbose --wait-stdout --wait-stderr --wait-exit -- ""-n"" ""20"" ""1.1.1.1"" >>vbox_exec.log
    vboxmanage guestcontrol win2k8-newvbox execute ""C:\Windows\System32\tasklist.exe"" --username Administrator --password ""Qarnot2013"" --verbose --wait-stdout --wait-stderr --wait-exit >>vbox_exec.log
done
}}}

I randomly (meaning once in a while with no particular regularity) see some errors like the following:

{{{
VBoxManage: error: Session is not in started state
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED (0x8000ffff), component GuestSession, interface IGuestSession, callee nsISupports
VBoxManage: error: Context: ""ProcessCreate(Bstr(strCmd).raw(), ComSafeArrayAsInParam(aArgs), ComSafeArrayAsInParam(aEnv), ComSafeArrayAsInParam(aCreateFlags), ctrlExecGetRemainingTime(u64StartMS, cMsTimeout), pProcess.asOutParam())"" at line 1327 of file VBoxManageGuestCtrl.cpp
}}}

Please find attached a VBox.log file.
If you need any further information, I will do my best to provide you with it.

NOTE: the execution of this script also comes with a memory leak of virtualbox as reported in bug #9068.

Thanks."	defect	closed	guest control	VirtualBox 4.3.6	worksforme			other	other