Discuss the 4.0.6 Release

[frank]

This topic is for discussing the 4.0.6 release.

[pbelb]

when ever I access the settings of a VM, I get a dialog box - labelled as a warning, that virtualbox has failed to access the USB subsystem.

here are the details:


Result Code:
E_FAIL (0x00004005)
Component:
Host
Interface:
IHost {35b004f4-7806-4009-bfa8-d1308adba7e5}
Callee:
IMachine {662c175e-a69d-40b8-a77a-1d719d0ab062}

[Perryg]

@pbelb ,
Did you install the Extension Pack?

[Technologov]

Congrats on the new release !

-Technologov

[pshrutpark]

Thanks for update.

However, using Mac OS X (10.6.7) host, updating to 4.0.6 from 4.0.4 resulted in some shared folders not showing/detected in both Win7 (64bit) and Win 2000 guests.

Reverted to 4.0.4 and everything functioning normally.

Peter

PS Extension pack etc were installed.

[Ryssen]

When will the "removit" option start to work?

[Prometej]

when ever I access the settings of a VM, I get a dialog box - labelled as a warning, that virtualbox has failed to access the USB subsystem.

here are the details:


Result Code:
E_FAIL (0x00004005)
Component:
Host
Interface:
IHost {35b004f4-7806-4009-bfa8-d1308adba7e5}
Callee:
IMachine {662c175e-a69d-40b8-a77a-1d719d0ab062}

The same problem here. Here is how is problem manifested on my computer:
First had a corruption of VM after upgrading from Vbox 4.0.4. (it wasn't big deal, I wanted to upgrade to new folder structure anyway - had old folder structure from 3.2.x release)
Removed everything and made a clean install of this new version Vbox and extensions.
Created new VM (Windows XP SP3), needed to close vbox for a couple of minutes, when I came back to proceed with configuration before install, got this message.

Is it safe to continue with installation, or is there any other solution of this problem ?

[efraty]

confirming this on my machine after upgrading from 4.0.4 to 4.0.6 the host machine is running ubuntu 10.04.2
usb devices not recognized by the vm
already tried removing VB and reinstalling it, and also tried installing the matching extpack, Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.6-71344.

get the same warning, "failed to access the usb subsystem", NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x00004005).

Edit: rebuilding the dynamic kernel module and rebooting the host did not solve the problem for me. the host is running 2.6.32-31-generic. going back to 4.0.4 for now.

[zapata]

Unfortunately I can confirm this bug (USB not working) on Fedora 14 (Linux 2.6.35.12-88.fc14.x86_64 x86_64).
After downgrading to VirtualBox 4.0.4 I can access all my USB devices again.

[ess]

Seeing this failure as well on Xubuntu 10.04.2, 64-bit 2.6.32-31-generic. Prior to upgrade from 4.0.4, USB "just worked;" now I see the error when entering the settings dialog and no USB devices are visible to the guests. Updated extensions to the 4.0.6 version with no improvement.

[mmorris]

Host: Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit - kernel 2.6.35-28-generic
Guest: Windows XP Pro SP3 32-bit

VirtualBox 4.0.4 + VirtualBox 4.0.2 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack ==> no error, USB devices work
VirtualBox 4.0.6 + VirtualBox 4.0.6 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack ==> NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x00004005), USB devices do not work

Note the error shows up when clicking "Settings" in the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager.

I am using the Synaptic Package Manager, does anyone know how to tell it to revert back to 4.0.4?

Mike

[efraty]

does anyone know how to tell it to revert back to 4.0.4?

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_4_0

[Perryg]

For those having issues with the USB not working in 4.0.6.

How many upgraded VirtualBox while the guest was in a saved state and not shut down?

The reason I ask is there was a change in the USB subset from 4.0.4 and issues were worked out during building. I upgraded from 4.0.4 to 4.0.6 today including the Ext. Pack and do not have this issue. Also I noticed that if I did not upgrade the Extension Pack the USB was not available (greyed out) but it did not produce an error message which is understandable.

Another question is were these VirtualBox upgrades or from a distro VirtualBox upgrades?

[pvoigt]

I can confirm this USB error (Result Code: E_FAIL (0x00004005)) on my Win7 Pro x86_64 machine after upgrading from 4.0.4 to 4.0.6 (including extension pack). It shows up whenever I try to edit any of the VM settings.

However, on my Linux 2.6.35.10 x86_64 machine there seems to be no such error after upgrading. I used the following packages:
- http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... _amd64.run
- http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... ox-extpack

As I currently do not need any USB support I am going to stay with the 4.0.6 version.

[Perryg]

OK I finally got this on a Windows 7 host. Upgraded and installed new Ext. Pack. (all guests shut down)
Started the guest selected the USB device and the USB failed when Windows was installing the driver.
Closed the guest and VirtualBox and made sure that nothing VirtualBox was listed in the task manager and then started VirtualBox. This is where I got the message of missing USB subsystem and starting the guest shows that it is not available.

Login off and back in does not clear this up. Rebooting the host however did fix this for me.