#3586 closed defect (fixed)

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

Reported by:	Markus	Owned by:
Component:	GUI	Version:	VirtualBox 2.1.4
Keywords:		Cc:
Guest type:	Linux	Host type:	Linux

Description

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}]

Change History (5)

comment:1 by Frank Mehnert, 16 years ago

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

Thanks for this report! Fixed in SVN.

comment:2 by Frank Mehnert, 16 years ago

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?

comment:3 by Markus, 16 years ago

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

comment:4 by Frank Mehnert, 16 years ago

Ok, thanks. Problem found.

comment:5 by Frank Mehnert, 16 years ago

Resolution:	→ fixed
Status:	new → closed

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