python 64 for windows 64. This is because VirtualBox uses MS COM, which cannot work in 32-bit mode on Windows 64-bit.
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Mikhail Kovalev <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, I've just noticed that there was already a thread on this topic earlier > this month (I joined the dev list later, so I did not see this mail). The > problem is that I am using 32 bit python on 64bit Win7. With 64bit Python > the problem disappears. So currently there is no way to connect to 64 bit > VBox from a 32 bit app (to get the console)? and what if I connect to a 32 > bit VBox (on 32bit Win) from a 32 bit app, is this supposed to work? > > Thanks, > Mikhail. > > > 2014-07-30 17:23 GMT+02:00 Mikhail Kovalev <[email protected]>: > >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to use Python API bindings on Windows to control virtualbox. I >> have the following problem: when I create a session and lock a non-running >> VM with this session, I do not get a reference to the console object. As a >> result, I cannot control the non-running VM (e.g., I cannot restore a >> snapshot). I've tried to use the following code: >> >> from vboxapi import VirtualBoxManager >> vbox_mgr = VirtualBoxManager(None, None) >> vm = machByName(vbox_mgr, "win64") >> snap = vm.findSnapshot("1") >> session = vbox_mgr.mgr.getSessionObject(vbox_mgr.vbox) >> vm.lockMachine(session, 2); >> # session.console == None here >> >> I've also tried to restore a snapshot using vboxshell frontend, and I get >> the same result: >> >> 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'restoreSnapshot' >> >> I've tried it on 4.3.12 and on 4.3.14 - same result. >> >> For a running VM the console object is there and everything works fine. I >> can also start VMs using "lauchVMProcess". >> >> Is it a bug or is it a problem of my installation? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Mikhail > > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev > -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
