Changeset 69558 in vbox

Timestamp:

Nov 3, 2017 2:23:38 AM (7 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

testdriver/vbox.py: experimental hack for bugref:9037

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testdriver/vbox.py (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testdriver/vbox.py

@@ -1357 +1357 @@
             reporter.logXcpt("getVirtualBox / API version exception");
             return False;
+
+        # HACK ALERT! Keep COM alive past the python garbage collection on in case of dangling objects. @bugref{9037}
+        #             This is a bit of an experiment at the moment...
+        if self.sHost == 'win':
+            try:
+                import pythoncom;           # pylint: disable=F0401
+                pythoncom.CoInitializeEx(0);   # pylint: disable=no-member
+                pythoncom.CoInitializeEx(0);   # pylint: disable=no-member
+            except:
+                reporter.logXcpt("pythoncom.CoInitializeEx");
 
         # Done