Opened 3 years ago
#20032 new defect
vboxautostart-service (auto-start) ignores guest settings and blocks guest VMs audio output.
| Reported by: | Vm User | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 6.1.16 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Spent quite awhile tracking the culprit for this!
Running 6.1.16 (appears in recent older versions as well.)
Using a Linux Mint 20 Host, Windows 7 guest although tested with a Linux Mint 20 guest and it has issue as well.
Started 2 different VMs using the following command
VBoxManage modifyvm xxxxx --autostart-enabled on --autostop-type acpishutdown --autostart-delay xx
Rebooted Host - everything launches correctly HOWEVER Windows Guest has NO AUDIO even though VM setting has Audio enabled. (With correct selections)
Issuing the following command:
systemctl disable vboxautostart-service
Thereby disabling Autostart service
And rebooting and starting the VMs via script with the command:
vboxmange startvm xxxxx
Correctly allows guest audio.
There are a couple of annoying assumtions with Autostart as well. It FORCES headless (and audioless) operation of the client. Why? The Autostart feature should have a --type option as with the vboxmange startvm command (enhancement request)
Thank you for an otherwise great product and your attention to these issues.
