VBox 3.1.6 don't save the state of VM after exiting GUI

[viking86]

after closing guest with saving state and exiting GUI at next run showing that guest is shot down. normally works after saving one snapshot (host+S) and deleting it.

[viking86]

Log of bug mashine

[Frank Mehnert]

Sounds to me like your VM process dies instead of getting properly shut down. Any chance to provide a ​core dump?

[viking86]

problem comes back. no files core.* in directory after testing. current state of guest is drops to shot down after restarting GUI. before that it is possible to restore virtual machine's state.

[antix4]

Same on host:WinXP guest:WinXP VBox 3.1.8

[viking86]

VirtualBox OSE is free of this bug and I going to use it.

[antix4]

This is old defect - ​#5656, ​#6027 :)

[antix4]

Problem arise when snapshots is not on the same disk, where <VM>.xml file is. Moving <VM>.xml file to the directory where snapshots of the given <VM> are and patching ...\.VirtualBox\VirtualBox.xml to
<MachineEntry uuid="..." src="<NEW PATH><VM>.xml"/>
will enable next snapshots persist during reload of VirtalBox GUI ! :)

[viking86]

Replying to antix4:

Problem arise when snapshots is not on the same disk, where <VM>.xml file is. Moving <VM>.xml file to the directory where snapshots of the given <VM> are and patching ...\.VirtualBox\VirtualBox.xml to
<MachineEntry uuid="..." src="<NEW PATH><VM>.xml"/>
will enable next snapshots persist during reload of VirtalBox GUI ! :)

all .xml and snapshots are at the same disk. I have installed ver 1.0.8: VM with Debian saves snapshots fine. when I save snapshots it works fine. when I save current state with XP guest it restores fine due to restarting GUI.

I find that when I run GUI less then 5 seconds after close save state is good.

[viking86]

I tried to delete VM, that was created in 3.1.6 and create in 3.1.8 - looks fine.