GA crash after drag-n-drop

[Technologov]

Host: Win7, VBox 5.0.0-BETA1
Guest: WinXP, VBox 5.0.0-BETA1 GA.

Dragged a file from host desktop to guest desktop.
GA crashed.

[pentagonik]

Thanks for testing.

Is this reproducible with the same file?

Can you please add:

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VBOXTRAY_RELEASE_LOG=guest_dnd.e.l.f
VBOXTRAY_RELEASE_LOG_DEST=file=C:\Temp\VBox.log
VBOXTRAY_RELEASE_LOG_FLAGS=time thread

to the guest's system environment variables and reboot the guest? This should generate a logfile in "C:\Temp" (must be created first) which should help us debugging the problem further. Thanks!

[Technologov]

This is 100% reproducible crash.

Sadly, no log file gets created on the guest.

NOTE: The opposite direction works ! (file DnD, from WinXP guest to Win7 host)

[pentagonik]

Can you then please try creating a MiniDump from VBoxTray when it crashes: See: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Core_dump

What exact kind of file are you trying to copy over to the guest? Is this file read/write protected, too big, not accessible maybe?

[Technologov]

File is simple plain text. Full control permissions.

Bad news: Dump is NOT being created.
I can give you temporary Team-viewer access.

I will also try VBOXTRAY_RELEASE_LOG*

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VBOXTRAY_RELEASE_LOG=guest_dnd.e.l.f
VBOXTRAY_RELEASE_LOG_DEST=file=C:\Windows\Temp\VBoxGA.log
VBOXTRAY_RELEASE_LOG_FLAGS=time thread

Good news ! got log !

[pentagonik]

Just reproduced the crash. Investigating.

[pentagonik]

Found and fixed the issue; I'll provide you a new Guest Additions build soon.

[birdie]

Found and fixed the issue; I'll provide you a new Guest Additions build soon.

Speaking of which.

Is it possible to provide, say, daily VirtualBox 5 builds instead of beta 1/beta 2/beta 3/rc 1/rc 2/etc.?

This way it would be easier for us, beta testers, to see real progress.

[pentagonik]

Found and fixed the issue; I'll provide you a new Guest Additions build soon.

Speaking of which.

Is it possible to provide, say, daily VirtualBox 5 builds instead of beta 1/beta 2/beta 3/rc 1/rc 2/etc.?

This way it would be easier for us, beta testers, to see real progress.

Well, the issue Technologov reported.

We already defined our release scheme and therefore won't change it.

[pentagonik]

Here's the .ISO:

https://www.virtualbox.org/download/tes ... -99385.iso

Please update the guest with these new Guest Additions and restart. Please let me know if then works for you. Thank you.

[Technologov]

Thanks ! First bug solved. (VBoxTray crash).

Bug occurs, when drag-n-drop file from host to guest. (small text file)

Now we hit 2nd bug: (this time on host OS)

[birdie]

I can confirm that with the test version of GAs drag-n-drop works, but VirtualBox shows an empty error message:

[Technologov]

BLOCKER : This bug prevents me from starting mass scale GA testing on a variety of guests. (I won't start guest matrix test without drag n drop)

Please see if you can fix it by BETA2.

[pentagonik]

This is being worked on currently.