v3 regression: startvm does not work

[Ramon Casha]

When I try to start VirtualBox with the -startvm parameter giving a UID it fails, giving the following error message:

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine . Could not find a registered machine with UUID {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}.

The command to start the vm supplied the correct UID and was working before the upgrade to v3.

No VBox.log was created. The host is Ubuntu 9.04. The VM starts correctly if launched from the main application. It also works if I supply the VM machine name instead of the UID to the startvm parameter.

[Frank Mehnert]

Please could you post the exact command line you used to start the VM using the UUID?

[Ramon Casha]

Here's a command I used: VirtualBox --startvm "{67ef5aa1-3c92-4429-a190-7fb6f9787225}"

[Frank Mehnert]

Please remove the '{' and '}' and this command will work.

[Ramon Casha]

Thanks Frank, that worked. May I suggest a clearer error message though, and/or allow the {} characters?

[Frank Mehnert]

The next major release will accept the form with '{...}' as well.

[Technologov]

FIXED in v4.0

-Technologov

[Frank Mehnert]

Correct.