[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#767651: virtualbox: no useful error message on outdated extension package

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

Control: severity -1 wishlist

On 11/01/2014 10:10 PM, Wilfried Klaebe wrote:
> ineffective:
> - click "start" on a VM
> - watch it beginning to boot
> - see the VM's window vanish
> - see the VM's state is now "Aborted"
>
> effective:
> - find "segfault", "error 4 in VBoxDD.so" in dmesg
> - google
> - find solution


This is what the extension download page says:

  * *VirtualBox 4.3.18 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack*  All
    supported platforms
    <http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.18/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.18-96516.vbox-extpack>

    Support for USB 2.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel
    cards. See this chapter from the User Manual
    <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#intro-installing> for
    an introduction to this Extension Pack. The Extension Pack binaries
    are released under the VirtualBox Personal Use and Evaluation
    License (PUEL) <https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL>.
    /Please install the extension pack with the same version as your
    installed version of VirtualBox! /
    /If you are using *VirtualBox 4.2.26
    <https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_4_2>*, please
    download the extension pack * here
    <http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.26/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.26-95022.vbox-extpack>*./
    /If you are using *VirtualBox 4.1.34
    <https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_4_1>*, please
    download the extension pack * here
    <http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.32/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.34-95024.vbox-extpack>*./
    /If you are using *VirtualBox 4.0.26
    <https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_4_0>*, please
    download the extension pack * here
    <http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.24/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.26-95035.vbox-extpack>*./



I agree that a check for the extension against the version of VBox would
be a good thing. But that's something I'd defer to the upstream devs. I
really don't have the time/enthusiasm to do it. If you really care about
it, please file a bug report upstream.

-- 
Ritesh Raj Sarraf
RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com
"Necessity is the mother of invention."

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