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[Fixed] Error recording from CLI: "The machine is not mutable, saved or running" (#18723)
Posted: 21. Jun 2019, 18:26
by taszilo
ModEdit; related ticket: #18723: Error recording from CLI: "The machine is not mutable, saved or running"
Host: Win10 x64
Guest: Win10 x64
VirtualBox Version 6.0.8
VM is running in
headless mode. I would like to start to record the display from command line. Earlier it was possible by executing this command:
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VBoxManage controlvm <vm_name> videocap on
And when I wanted to stop the recording the following command was executed:
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VBoxManage controlvm <vm_name> videocap off
If I know it well from VBox 6.0(?) this is the valid command for my purpose:
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VBoxManage controlvm <vm_name> recording on
But now I got these error messages:
VBoxManage.exe: error: The machine is not mutable, saved or running (state is Running)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE (0x80bb0002), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine, callee IUnknown
VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: "COMSETTER(Enabled)(TRUE)" at line 1879 of file VBoxManageControlVM.cpp
When the GUI of the VBox is used for starting/stopping records (Settings\Display\Recording\Enable Recording), the process is done well, but executing from Command Prompt is getting me stuck...
Does anyone have any idea? Is it an issue that I haven't realized in the reported bugs, or it is no more possible to start/stop recordings (from console) when the VM is running?
Re: Error recording from CLI: "The machine is not mutable, saved or running"
Posted: 21. Jun 2019, 23:20
by socratis
Confirmed on OSX 10.11.6 with a random (WinXP) VM. And I couldn't find anything in the
Bugtracker, so I suggest you go ahead and file a new ticket.
Re: Error recording from CLI: "The machine is not mutable, saved or running"
Posted: 25. Jun 2019, 10:32
by taszilo
All right then a ticket was written by me:
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/18723
I hope something's gonna happen
Re: Error recording from CLI: "The machine is not mutable, saved or running" (#18723)
Posted: 25. Jun 2019, 18:33
by socratis
Thanks for the info. I updated the title, 1st post and added my experience to the ticket as well. I might ping a dev on IRC to see what they think...
Re: Error recording from CLI: "The machine is not mutable, saved or running" (#18723)
Posted: 26. Jun 2019, 17:06
by socratis
Moving to "Using VirtualBox" from "Windows guests" as this is a multi-host issue, not a Windows guest one.
Word has it that the problem has been identified and fixed. Will wait for the next test/dev. build to confirm the fix.
Re: Error recording from CLI: "The machine is not mutable, saved or running" (#18723)
Posted: 16. Jul 2019, 19:40
by socratis
Fixed with
VirtualBox 6.0.10, please try it and confirm.