Yesterday I updated on one of my systems the old VBox 1.6 installation to the latest 5.0.51. I also created a new virtual machine called 'WinXP_Banzai' with already working disk files (*.vdi) from another system. It worked yesterday. But I found out that this VBOX version needs a lot of lower shared RAM. 130MB - 170MB which pushes this system to the limits. Had to close some apps and reboot often but it worked yesterday. I tried to load high code segments of all vbox dlls but that does not help very much. VBox 1.6 seems to need less as it worked on this system for years.
Today when I try to start a virtual machine I get a error box with the message see subject. I got the same yesterday some times too but after a few tries it started. I've LIBCX_HIGHMEM=2 set. Attached the log.
I got this error when I start the machine with an object set to 'VBoxManage.exe startvm "WinXP_Banzai"'. Interestingly I could start the machine once from the VirtualBox.exe Manager Start button. But before I could see the log it crashed :-(
Log unsuccessful start -
VirtualBox XPCOM Server 5.0.51_OSE r159 os2.x86 (Mar 22 2018 02:52:37) release log
00:00:00.008000 main Log opened 2020-01-06T10:06:40.327000000Z
00:00:00.008000 main Build Type: release
00:00:00.008000 main OS Product: OS/2
00:00:00.008000 main OS Release: 1
00:00:00.008000 main OS Version: 2.45
00:00:00.008000 main Host RAM: 3327MB total, 2453MB available
00:00:00.008000 main Executable: P:\VIRTUALBOX5.0.51\BIN\VBOXSVC.EXE
00:00:00.008000 main Process ID: 1345
00:00:00.008000 main Package type: OS2_32BITS_GENERIC (OSE)
00:00:00.152000 Home directory: 'e:\HOME\DEFAULT/.VirtualBox'
00:00:00.162000 Loading settings file "e:\HOME\DEFAULT/.VirtualBox\VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.7-os2"
00:00:00.233000 HostDnsMonitor: old information
00:00:00.233000 no server entries
00:00:00.233000 no search string entries
00:00:00.233000 no domain set
00:00:00.233000 HostDnsMonitor: new information
00:00:00.233000 server 1: 195.3.96.67
00:00:00.233000 server 2: 213.33.98.136
00:00:00.233000 no search string entries
00:00:00.233000 domain: domain
00:00:00.233000 HostDnsMonitorProxy::notify
00:00:00.266000 VD: VDInit finished
00:00:00.279000 ERROR [COM]: aRC=NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) aIID={0eb668d2-495e-5a36-8890-29999b5f030c} aComponent={SystemPropertiesWrap} aText={Cannot determine default Guest Additions ISO location. Most likely they are not available}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:00:00.344000 Loading settings file "r:\W2k\W2k.xml" with version "1.3-os2"
00:00:00.416000 Loading settings file "r:\eCS2.0\eCS2.0.xml" with version "1.3-os2"
00:00:00.418000 Loading settings file "r:\WinXP_Banzai\WinXP_Banzai.vbox" with version "1.15-os2"
00:01:10.690000 Watcher ERROR [COM]: aRC=NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) aIID={f30138d4-e5ea-4b3a-8858-a059de4c93fd} aComponent={MachineWrap} aText={The virtual machine 'WinXP_Banzai' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:01:15.789000 main ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium 'r:\WinXP_Banzai\Snapshots/{d80d3bc7-9227-4ccf-8345-84cfeacfceb4}.vdi' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:01:15.789000 main ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium 'R:\WinXP\WinXP_Boot.vdi' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:01:15.789000 main ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium 'r:\WinXP_Banzai\Snapshots/{46b8216e-e107-429a-a4c5-2be610d29b83}.vdi' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:01:15.789000 main ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium 'R:\WinXP\WinXP_HD2.vdi' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:01:15.789000 main ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium 'r:\WinXP_Banzai\Snapshots/{4ac5ebdf-82ff-4800-8758-989971aacb20}.vdi' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:01:15.789000 main ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium 'R:\WinXP\WinXP_HD3.vdi' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:01:15.799000 Watcher ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_ACCESSDENIED (0x80070005) aIID={0169423f-46b4-cde9-91af-1e9d5b6cd945} aComponent={VirtualBoxWrap} aText={The object is not ready}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
Log successful start. When I copied this text from OS/2 editor (MED) to clipboard the VM crashed -
VirtualBox XPCOM Server 5.0.51_OSE r159 os2.x86 (Mar 22 2018 02:52:37) release log
00:00:00.009000 main Log opened 2020-01-06T10:14:22.412000000Z
00:00:00.009000 main Build Type: release
00:00:00.009000 main OS Product: OS/2
00:00:00.009000 main OS Release: 1
00:00:00.009000 main OS Version: 2.45
00:00:00.009000 main Host RAM: 3327MB total, 2437MB available
00:00:00.009000 main Executable: P:\VIRTUALBOX5.0.51\BIN\VBOXSVC.EXE
00:00:00.009000 main Process ID: 2273
00:00:00.009000 main Package type: OS2_32BITS_GENERIC (OSE)
00:00:00.150000 Home directory: 'e:\HOME\DEFAULT/.VirtualBox'
00:00:00.160000 Loading settings file "e:\HOME\DEFAULT/.VirtualBox\VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.7-os2"
00:00:00.226000 HostDnsMonitor: old information
00:00:00.226000 no server entries
00:00:00.226000 no search string entries
00:00:00.226000 no domain set
00:00:00.226000 HostDnsMonitor: new information
00:00:00.226000 server 1: 195.3.96.67
00:00:00.226000 server 2: 213.33.98.136
00:00:00.226000 no search string entries
00:00:00.226000 domain: domain
00:00:00.228000 HostDnsMonitorProxy::notify
00:00:00.259000 VD: VDInit finished
00:00:00.273000 ERROR [COM]: aRC=NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) aIID={0eb668d2-495e-5a36-8890-29999b5f030c} aComponent={SystemPropertiesWrap} aText={Cannot determine default Guest Additions ISO location. Most likely they are not available}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:00:00.337000 Loading settings file "r:\W2k\W2k.xml" with version "1.3-os2"
00:00:00.410000 Loading settings file "r:\eCS2.0\eCS2.0.xml" with version "1.3-os2"
00:00:00.412000 Loading settings file "r:\WinXP_Banzai\WinXP_Banzai.vbox" with version "1.15-os2"
00:06:30.244000 Watcher ERROR [COM]: aRC=NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) aIID={f30138d4-e5ea-4b3a-8858-a059de4c93fd} aComponent={MachineWrap} aText={The virtual machine 'WinXP_Banzai' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:06:34.109000 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001) aIID={edba9d10-45d8-b440-1712-46ac0c9bc4c5} aComponent={ExtPackManagerWrap} aText={No extension pack by the name 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack' was found}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:10:45.748000 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001) aIID={edba9d10-45d8-b440-1712-46ac0c9bc4c5} aComponent={ExtPackManagerWrap} aText={No extension pack by the name 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack' was found}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:13:09.705000 Watcher ERROR [COM]: aRC=NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) aIID={f30138d4-e5ea-4b3a-8858-a059de4c93fd} aComponent={MachineWrap} aText={The virtual machine 'WinXP_Banzai' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:13:24.318000 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001) aIID={edba9d10-45d8-b440-1712-46ac0c9bc4c5} aComponent={ExtPackManagerWrap} aText={No extension pack by the name 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack' was found}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:13:24.560000 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005) aIID={f30138d4-e5ea-4b3a-8858-a059de4c93fd} aComponent={SessionMachine} aText={Saved screenshot data is not available (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
Rest of log after crash -
00:14:54.126000 main ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium 'r:\WinXP_Banzai\Snapshots/{d80d3bc7-9227-4ccf-8345-84cfeacfceb4}.vdi' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:14:54.126000 main ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium 'R:\WinXP\WinXP_Boot.vdi' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:14:54.126000 main ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium 'r:\WinXP_Banzai\Snapshots/{46b8216e-e107-429a-a4c5-2be610d29b83}.vdi' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:14:54.126000 main ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium 'R:\WinXP\WinXP_HD2.vdi' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:14:54.126000 main ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium 'r:\WinXP_Banzai\Snapshots/{4ac5ebdf-82ff-4800-8758-989971aacb20}.vdi' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:14:54.126000 main ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c) aIID={4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} aComponent={MediumWrap} aText={Medium 'R:\WinXP\WinXP_HD3.vdi' cannot be closed because it is still attached to 1 virtual machines}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:14:54.132000 Watcher ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_ACCESSDENIED (0x80070005) aIID={0169423f-46b4-cde9-91af-1e9d5b6cd945} aComponent={VirtualBoxWrap} aText={The object is not ready}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
I guess the main problem is shortage of lower shared memory. After boot I've about 175MB free. Now with Seamonkey and the VirtualBox Manager (VirtualBox.exe) running there I have -
pm: 248192 sm: 150464 <---512---> pm: 1376256 sm: 957428
Seems a bit less for current VBox.
Suggestions?
Btw. I can't read the readme at
http://trac.netlabs.org/vbox/browser/trunk/doc/ReadMe-OS2.txt cause I constantly get -
Oops …
Trac hat einen internen Fehler festgestellt:
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 28: ordinal not in range(128)
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