Discuss the 4.2.18 release

[frank]

Discuss the 4.2.18 release here.
You can download it from here.

[ChipMcK]

Forgot something?

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Last login: Fri Sep  6 22:49:59 on ttys004
XXxxYYyy-iMac:~ XXxxYYyy$ /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool ; exit;

Welcome to the VirtualBox uninstaller script.

The following files and directories (bundles) will be removed:
    /Users/XXxxYYyy/Library/LaunchAgents/org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist
    /usr/bin/VirtualBox
    /usr/bin/VBoxManage
    /usr/bin/VBoxVRDP
    /usr/bin/VBoxHeadless
    /usr/bin/vboxwebsrv
    /usr/bin/VBoxBalloonCtrl
    /usr/bin/VBoxAutostart
    /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.py
    /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.pyc
    /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.py
    /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.pyc
    /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/vboxapi-1.0-py2.5.egg-info
    /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.py
    /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.pyc
    /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.py
    /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.pyc
    /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/vboxapi-1.0-py2.6.egg-info
    /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.py
    /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.pyc
    /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.py
    /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.pyc
    /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi-1.0-py2.7.egg-info
    /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/
    /Library/Extensions/VBoxDrv.kext/
    /Library/Extensions/VBoxUSB.kext/
    /Library/Extensions/VBoxNetFlt.kext/
    /Library/Extensions/VBoxNetAdp.kext/
    /Applications/VirtualBox.app/
    /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/vboxapi/
    /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/vboxapi/
    /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/vboxapi/
And the following KEXTs will be unloaded:
    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB
    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt
    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp
    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv
And the traces of following packages will be removed:
    org.virtualbox.pkg.vboxkexts
    org.virtualbox.pkg.vboxstartupitems
    org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualbox
    org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualboxcli

Do you wish to uninstall VirtualBox (Yes/No)?
yes

The uninstallation processes requires administrative privileges
because some of the installed files cannot be removed by a normal
user. You may be prompted for your password now...

Please enter XXxxYYyy's password:
unloading org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB
unloading org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt
unloading org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp
unloading org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv
Successfully unloaded VirtualBox kernel extensions.
Forgot package 'org.virtualbox.pkg.vboxkexts' on '/'.
Forgot package 'org.virtualbox.pkg.vboxstartupitems' on '/'.
Forgot package 'org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualbox' on '/'.
Forgot package 'org.virtualbox.pkg.virtualboxcli' on '/'.
Done.
logout

[Process completed]

[Etepetete]

Can't download the windows version - only 21,6 MB are downloaded, it should be ca 75 MB - All checksums produce errors when checked, all downloads (Extension pack etc.).

Edit:  Tried again and no issues with checksums (Windows executable fails). Yet I still can't download the windows installer. I only receive a file which is 21.5 MB in size. When you go to the download directory the executable is listed there to be 95M. I downloaded the file using two different browsers and same result.

[frank]

Must be some mirror problem. Right now I removed the Windows binary from the server and uploaded it again. I assume it will take some time to synchronize the mirrors.

[EricF]

VMM: properly handle NMIs on Linux hosts with X2APIC enabled

I'm getting X2APIC kernel log entries on VM start and very poor performance in Windows 7 64bit guests that manifests a lot like the old I/O APIC problem. I will downgrade and see if I can isolate this to 4.2.18. My other host is still running 4.2.16 and runs the same VM fine, but it is a different OS so I will see if I can narrow this down.

Sep 9 19:50:19 PC15427 kernel: [ 6744.896855] CPUM: X2APIC 02 - ver 0x01060015, lint0=0x10700 lint1=0x10400 pc=0x10400 thmr=0x000fa
Sep 9 19:50:19 PC15427 kernel: [ 6744.896878] CPUM: X2APIC 00 - ver 0x01060015, lint0=0x10700 lint1=0x00400 pc=0x10400 thmr=0x000fa
Sep 9 19:50:19 PC15427 kernel: [ 6744.896881] CPUM: X2APIC 01 - ver 0x01060015, lint0=0x10700 lint1=0x10400 pc=0x10400 thmr=0x000fa
Sep 9 19:50:19 PC15427 kernel: [ 6744.896913] CPUM: X2APIC 03 - ver 0x01060015, lint0=0x10700 lint1=0x10400 pc=0x10400 thmr=0x000fa

Host:Ubuntu 13.04 3.8.0-19-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 1 16:35:23 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
on Toshiba R830 PT321A-01L002, i5-2520M, 16GB RAM

[frank]

EricF: These log entries are there by accident but they shouldn't cause any harm. With 4.2.18, support for host X2APIC mode was added. Without this change your host may crash when executing 64-bit on 32-bit hosts or when executing guests without VT-x/AMD-V.

[EricF]

Thanks Frank.

It looks like my issue is host rather than version specific. 4.2.16 showed the same behaviour as 4.2.18 in terms of performance under Ubuntu, while the same VM worked fine on a Windows 7 host (under different hardware).

[adasiko]

Can't download the windows version - only 21,6 MB are downloaded.

I have same problem on two PC with different OS, browsers, internet providers.

[jslegers]

Hello,

I have the same problem here. Download 21.6 MB big.

John

[mpack]

The download (of both the main windows installer and the extpack) worked fine for me just a moment ago.

[adasiko]

The download (of both the main windows installer and the extpack) worked fine for me just a moment ago.

I think there are problems with CDN

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> wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.18/VirtualBox-4.2.18-88780-Win.exe
--2013-09-09 22:07:52--  http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.18/VirtualBox-4.2.18-88780-Win.exe
Resolving download.virtualbox.org (download.virtualbox.org)... 137.254.120.26
Connecting to download.virtualbox.org (download.virtualbox.org)|137.254.120.26|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.2.18/VirtualBox-4.2.18-88780-Win.exe [following]
--2013-09-09 22:07:52--  http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.2.18/VirtualBox-4.2.18-88780-Win.exe
Resolving dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net (dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net)... 195.12.233.75, 195.12.233.247
Connecting to dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net (dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net)|195.12.233.75|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 22642688 (22M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘VirtualBox-4.2.18-88780-Win.exe’

100%[======================================>] 22 642 688   936KB/s   in 49s    

2013-09-09 22:08:41 (454 KB/s) - ‘VirtualBox-4.2.18-88780-Win.exe’ saved [22642688/22642688]

Length: 22642688 (22M) ...

[CatCheshire]

I have the same problem here. Download 21.6 MB big.
I said this in twitter . com / virtualbox

[AntonVK]

The same problem with download (4.2.18 main installer). And extpack downloaded fine.

[michaln]

I have the same problem here. Download 21.6 MB big.

I wonder how many "me too" posts we're going to get before folks realize that it's just a waste of electrons...

[a_ro]

Is there any ETA when this will be fixed? If it were an CDN issue I think this should be resolved after 24 hours - but still no luck...