[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#696643: virtualbox-qt: inaccurate error message when fiddling with VDI files

[Cyril Brulebois]

Package: virtualbox-qt
Version: 4.1.18-dfsg-1.1
Severity: normal

Hi folks,

I'm usually using virtualbox to perform my d-i tests, with mini.iso most
of the time. This works fine, and stopping/starting the VM is sufficient
to get the new mini.iso taken into account.

I've recently needed to use a hard disk image instead, so I've used the
following command to generate a VDI file from the mini.iso image:
  VBoxManage convertfromraw dest/netboot/gtk/mini.iso dest/netboot/gtk/mini.vdi

After a rebuild, I ran it again (removing the old one since VBoxManage
complained about its existing already), and virtualbox was unhappy; I'm
copying-pasting manually since the dialog doesn't allow for text
selection…
| VirtualBox - Error
|
| Failed to open a session for the virtual machine <b>wheezy-test</b>
|
| UUID <i>{foo}</i> of the medium <b>'…/dest/netboot/gtk/mini.vdi'</b>
| does not match the value <i>{bar}</i> stored in the media registry
| (<b>'/home/kibi/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml'</b>).

That's not true; my VMs are stored in ~/vms, and the media registry
appears to be VM-specific, with the {bar} value being stored in:
  ~/vms/wheezy-test/wheezy-test.vbox

under this path:
  Virtualbox/Machine/MediaRegistry/HardDisks/HardDisk

Mraw,
KiBi.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages virtualbox-qt depends on:
ii  dpkg                      1.16.9
ii  libc6                     2.13-37
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.7.2-4
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]  8.0.5-3
ii  libqt4-network            4:4.8.2+dfsg-2
ii  libqt4-opengl             4:4.8.2+dfsg-2
ii  libqtcore4                4:4.8.2+dfsg-2
ii  libqtgui4                 4:4.8.2+dfsg-2
ii  libsdl1.2debian           1.2.15-5
ii  libstdc++6                4.7.2-4
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.5.0-1
ii  libxcursor1               1:1.1.13-1
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.1-2
ii  libxinerama1              2:1.1.2-1
ii  virtualbox                4.1.18-dfsg-1.1

virtualbox-qt recommends no packages.

virtualbox-qt suggests no packages.

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