Opened 5 years ago
Last modified 5 years ago
#18846 new defect
'VBoxManage showvminfo' while VM Settings is open causes VirtualBox to think the VM is running
| Reported by: | Socratis | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 6.0.10 |
| Keywords: | VBoxManage showvminfo, VM Settings | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | all | Host type: | all |
Description
Steps to recreate
- Create a new VM, or use an existing one.
- Open the VM Settings for the VM.
- On a Terminal run the command "
VBoxManage showvminfo <VM>". - VirtualBox warning complains that the VM is running:
The virtual machine that you are changing has been started. Only certain settings can be changed while a machine is running. All other changes will be lost if you close this window now.
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Yes, I can reproduce this in Linux Mint 19.2 with a Windows 10 Guest VM as well.
The CLI shows the following state for the VM before I open the settings dialog in the GUI:
State:powered off (since 2019-08-17T07:59:33.950000000)
clearly this is a bug. VBoxManage showvminfo <vm> should work in that state.