Virtulabox error "Machine is not locked for session"

[Srikanth]

Hi Gurus,

I have a personal PC with Windows 8 OS. Installed virtualbox 4.2.6 in my machine and tried to install "Windows XP SP3".
Getting some error after copying all setup files.
Need help on this, below is the log message from virtualbox.

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VirtualBox COM Server 4.2.6 r82870 win.amd64 (Dec 19 2012 14:42:41) release log
00:00:00.156000 main Log opened 2012-12-31T15:29:15.250923800Z
00:00:00.156000 main OS Product: Windows 8
00:00:00.156000 main OS Release: 6.2.9200
00:00:00.156000 main OS Service Pack:
00:00:00.265000 main DMI Product Name: Inspiron 3420
00:00:00.281000 main DMI Product Version: Not Specified
00:00:00.281000 main Host RAM: 1925MB total, 661MB available
00:00:00.281000 main Executable: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxSVC.exe
00:00:00.281000 main Process ID: 9320
00:00:00.281000 main Package type: WINDOWS_64BITS_GENERIC
00:00:00.312000 usbLibDevStrDrEntryGet: DeviceIoControl 1 fail winEr (31)
00:00:04.593000 VDInit finished
00:02:50.015000 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE (0x80bb0002) aIID={22781af3-1c96-4126-9edf-67a020e0e858} aComponent={Machine} aText={Machine is not locked for session (session state: Unlocked)}, preserve=false
00:02:50.812000 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005) aIID={22781af3-1c96-4126-9edf-67a020e0e858} aComponent={SessionMachine} aText={Saved screenshot data is not available (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)}, preserve=false
00:10:30.828000 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE (0x80bb0002) aIID={22781af3-1c96-4126-9edf-67a020e0e858} aComponent={Machine} aText={Machine is not locked for session (session state: Unlocked)}, preserve=false
00:10:33.265000 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005) aIID={22781af3-1c96-4126-9edf-67a020e0e858} aComponent={SessionMachine} aText={Saved screenshot data is not available (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)}, preserve=false
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Thanks,
Srikanth

[mpack]

That is the VBoxSVC log, which isn't useful to us unless your problem is with VBoxSVC. If you have a problem with an individual VM then we need that VMs log - the complete log that is, and posted as a .zip attachment. The VM log file is called "VBox.log", and can be found in the "Logs" subfolder of your VM folder.

I note however that in the log fragment you provided shows only 661MB free RAM, which does not leave much room for a VM running a modern OS.

[Srikanth]

Hi

Thanks for the quick reply.

Here am attaching virtualbox log files.
Please review and help me.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks,
Srikanth

[mpack]

Thanks for providing three logs, however only one was required.

All three logs show the same problem - "No bootable medium found", meaning that no operating system is installed on any disk available to the VM, nor are there any bootable floppies or CDs etc attached.

I assume you understand that after the VM is created you must use a genuine Windows setup CD (or ISO image of same) to install a guest OS. I see that you do have an CD(ISO) attached to the VM, but it doesn't seem to be a setup CD. It might just be the service pack 3 upgrade CD for XP systems?

[Srikanth]

Hi

Thanks for the update.
I am using ISO for installing XP and not sure if it is setup or a patch.
I will try today again with another setup cd or ISO and let you know.
thank you so much
Thanks
Srikanth