Long running VirtualBox produces VBoxSysInfo.sh zombie processes => Fixed in SVN

[Markus]

Long running VirtualBox process produces one VBoxSysInfo.sh zombie process every 24 hours (around midnight).

Host: Debian Lenny 5.0, VirtualBox 2.1.4

$ ps axu | grep VBoxSysInfo:

user  20608  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Mar12   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>
user  22734  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Mar13   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>
user  24539  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Mar14   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>
user  26665  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Mar15   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>
user  28566  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Mar16   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>
user  31242  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Mar17   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>
user   1171  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Mar18   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>
user   3306  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Mar19   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>
user   5573  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Mar20   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>
user   8059  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Mar21   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>
user  10614  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Mar22   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>
user  13755  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Mar23   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>
user  15837  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Mar24   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>
user  18429  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    09:27   0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] <defunct>


$ pstree:

init-+
     |-VBoxSVC-+-VirtualBox-+-14*[VBoxSysInfo.sh]
     |         |            `-21*[{VirtualBox}]
     |         `-10*[{VBoxSVC}]

[Frank Mehnert]

Thanks for this report! Fixed in SVN.

[Frank Mehnert]

Hmm, which version of VirtualBox is that exactly? Are you sure that you are talking about 2.1.4 PUEL? Or is that 2.1.4 from Debian experimental? Or the 2.2.0 Beta 1?

[Markus]

It is 2.1.4 PUEL installed via http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian repository

[Frank Mehnert]

Ok, thanks. Problem found.