id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 6133 Windows guest VM becomes a zombie -> recheck with 3.1.4 James Moe "host: opensuse v11.1, linux 2.6.27.42-0.1-default x86_64. guest: win XP sp3 After some undefined amount of idle time, more than 12 hours (maybe 24), the Windows guest VM becomes a zombie. All of the VM menu items have disappeared, no response whatsoever to key or mouse input, the guest window area is completely black. Only the window frame is active; when I click on Close (the ""X"" icon), the ""Terminate this non-responding application?"" dialog pops up. That is the only solution. vbox-1.log is a normal log file. vbox-2.log is from the session that became a zombie. " defect closed guest smp VirtualBox 3.1.2 fixed guest, zombie Windows Linux