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

Cyril Brulebois kibi at debian.org
Tue Dec 25 16:03:45 UTC 2012


Cyril Brulebois <kibi at debian.org> (24/12/2012):
> 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

FWIW the same happens with: VBoxManage showhdinfo path/to/file.vdi

Mraw,
KiBi.
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