id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 3586 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] user 22734 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Mar13 0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] user 24539 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Mar14 0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] user 26665 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Mar15 0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] user 28566 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Mar16 0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] user 31242 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Mar17 0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] user 1171 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Mar18 0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] user 3306 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Mar19 0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] user 5573 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Mar20 0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] user 8059 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Mar21 0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] user 10614 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Mar22 0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] user 13755 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Mar23 0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] user 15837 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Mar24 0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] user 18429 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 09:27 0:00 [VBoxSysInfo.sh] $ pstree: init-+ |-VBoxSVC-+-VirtualBox-+-14*[VBoxSysInfo.sh] | | `-21*[{VirtualBox}] | `-10*[{VBoxSVC}] }}}" defect closed GUI VirtualBox 2.1.4 fixed Linux Linux