Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 08:23:38 -0500 From: Derek Schrock <dereks@lifeofadishwasher.com> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox VM hangs on shutdown / stopping [SOLVED] - VNC problem Message-ID: <20171211132338.GB40043@ircbsd.lifeofadishwasher.com> In-Reply-To: <5A2DC749.1090400@quip.cz> References: <5A2C6895.8030302@quip.cz> <20171210232728.GA37468@ircbsd.lifeofadishwasher.com> <5A2DC749.1090400@quip.cz>
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 06:46:17PM EST, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> Derek Schrock wrote on 2017/12/11 00:27:
> > On Sat, Dec 09, 2017 at 05:49:57PM EST, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> >> I did a fresh installation on FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE-p5 amd64 GENERIC.
> >>
> >> Whenever I need to stop the VM it hangs indefinitely. The OS in VM is
> >> also FreeBSD 10.4-p5 amd64. Virtual machine runs fine, but if is use
> >> shutdown -r now, shutdown -p now (in VM) or use ACPI PowerOff in
> >> phpVirtualBox or VBoxManage it always hangs after OS in VM is completely
> >> down (buffers synced etc.)
> >>
> >> Packages used:
> >> virtualbox-ose-kmod-5.2.0_1
> >> virtualbox-ose-nox11-5.2.0_1
> >>
> >> Built with Options :
> >> PYTHON : off
> >> R0LOGGING : off
> >> UDPTUNNEL : on
> >> VDE : on
> >> VNC : on
> >> WEBSERVICE : on
> >>
> >>
> >> The process is still running:
> >>
> >> # ps auxww | grep FBSD_104_tpl
> >> vboxusers 1268 0.0 5.3 1062960 891668 - I 11:30PM 0:32.43
> >> /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxHeadless --comment FBSD_104_tpl --startvm
> >> ba50a283-41fa-48ae-8ff2-87591c50bfed --vrde config
> >>
> >> # VBoxManage list vms
> >> "FBSD_104_tpl" {ba50a283-41fa-48ae-8ff2-87591c50bfed}
> >>
> >> but no running VMs listed by VBoxManage
> >>
> >> # VBoxManage list runningvms
> >>
> >> # VBoxManage controlvm "FBSD_104_tpl" poweroff
> >> VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine is being powered down
> >> VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE (0x80bb0002),
> >> component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole, callee nsISupports
> >> VBoxManage: error: Context: "PowerDown(progress.asOutParam())" at line
> >> 578 of file VBoxManageControlVM.cpp
> >>
> >> The above is the second try to stop VM after few minutes of waiting on
> >> "Stopping" in phpVirtualBox.
> >>
> >> It must be killed by "kill PID", then I can run the VM again.
> >> (phpVirtualBox says "Aborted")
> >>
> >>
> >> Can anybody help me to debug and fix this issues?
> >>
> >> I never see this problem on different machines with slightly older
> >> version of VirtualBox. We are using the same setup for years.
>
> > What are the chances that you're VNC'ed to the VM during shutdown? I've
> > yet to gather all the parts but there is a bug in libvncserver/vbox that
> > fails to allow a VM to quit if the VNC session isn't closed before the
> > the VM is shutdown.
>
> Thank you! You saved me a lot of time.
> Yes, this is the problem. When VNC is connected, the VM cannot be shut
> down. If I disconnect VNC then shutdown works fine.
> It is really annoying bug but at least I know a workaround now.
> Thank you.
>
> Do you know if this bug is reported somewhere?
>
> Kind Regards
> Miroslav Lachman
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I haven't reported to Oracle yet and I don't see anything in their bug
tracker. Maybe this weekend I'll try to get more information for the
bug.
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