virtualbox 7.0.8 file dragging doesn't work

[nuv4]

file dragging doesn't work

this is error

Codice uscita:
VBOX_E_DND_ERROR (0X80BB0011)
Componente:
GuestWrap
Interfaccia:
IGuest {00892186-a4af-4627-b21f-fc561ce4473c}

[scottgus1]

Start the VM from full normal shutdown, not save-state. Run until you see the problem happen, then shut down the VM from within the VM's OS if possible. If not possible, close the Virtualbox window for the VM with the Power Off option set.

Right-click the VM in the main Virtualbox window's VM list, choose Show in Explorer/Finder/File Manager. In the "Logs" subfolder, zip the VM's "vbox.log", and post the zip file, using the forum's Upload Attachment tab. (Configure your host OS to show all extensions so you can find the "vbox.log", not "vbox.log.1", etc.)

[nuv4]

i send log file with error

[scottgus1]

I see the logged error:

00:00:56.214263 DnD: Guest reported error VERR_TIMEOUT
00:00:56.214739 DnD: Receiving data from guest failed with VERR_DND_GUEST_ERROR
00:00:56.214830 DnD: Receiving data from guest failed with VERR_DND_GUEST_ERROR

Is your Ubuntu OS using X or Wayland?

[nuv4]

i use x11

[scottgus1]

I know that Drag-n-Drop does have glitches at times. What host folder and guest folder are you dragging from and to, and is it host to guest or guest to host?

[nuv4]

works from host to guest, but does not work from guest to host

[scottgus1]

I find it rather interesting that people only read (or at least respond to) the last question asked them and ignore everything else before.

[nuv4]

any folder for any folder, into c into documents from etc from mount etc. etc.
always error

[scottgus1]

Thanks for the info. Your VM's settings are Drag-n-drop Bidirectional. Since host-to-guest works, it appears that Drag-n-drop is set up. I am not sure what else to do. A forum guru may weigh in.

Meanwhile, Virtualbox Shared Folders are much more reliable.

[nuv4]

drag-n-drop is set on bidirectional and virtualbox shared folders it does not work

[scottgus1]

I have nothing else on the problem with Drag-n-drop. If you want to troubleshoot the Virtualbox Shared Folders problem, please start a new topic with a new zipped & posted vbox.log. Also see https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04. ... redfolders, in case something is not set up correctly.

[multiOS]

The Log provided shows:

00:00:22.573642 VMMDev: Guest Additions information report: Version 6.1.38 r153438 '6.1.38_Ubuntu'

i.e. an 'old' Ubuntu build of the Guest Additions from the Ubuntu repositories, not an original Oracle provided version. Other entries related to Guest Additions also suggest that features normally supported by Guest Additions aren't fully functional, which may be down to a conflict with VirtualBox 7.0.8, or an issue with 6.1.38 that may have been corrected in a later version.

For me, the Oracle 7.0.8 Guest Additions work fine with Debian/Ubuntu Linux derivatives.

[fth0]

'old' Ubuntu build of the Guest Additions from the Ubuntu repositories, not an original Oracle provided version.

Well, it's rather the situation of a user ignoring the (non-obvious) error messages during the GA installation (*). If you look more closely, the OP installed VirtualBox 7.0.8, the VirtualBox Extension Pack 7.0.6 and the VirtualBox Guest Additions (GA) 7.0.6 (look for "VBoxService").

(*) This is another example of reading only the last sentence of a bunch of text. But to be fair, the GA installer perhaps could do a better job by reverting the installation of the GA services and applications when building the GA kernel modules fails during the GA installation process. I'm not sure if this would be a small or large change, but since the automatic installation/upgrade of the GA (new in VirtualBox 7.x) is a work in progress, one could try and chat with the VirtualBox devs about it ...

@nuv4:
See 4.2.2.1. Installing the Linux Guest Additions.

[scottgus1]

fth0, I wonder if you'd mind explaining this again, please. I don't think I grasped it last time.

00:00:22.573642 VMMDev: Guest Additions information report: Version 6.1.38 r153438 '6.1.38_Ubuntu'
...
00:00:29.598961 VMMDev: Guest Log: 14:25:52.989612 main VBoxService 7.0.6 r155176 (verbosity: 0) linux.amd64 (Jan 11 2023 15:34:33) release log

If "Guest Additions information report" and "VBoxService" versions don't match, is this an indication of mismatched kernel headers requiring a purge and reinstall of prerequisites and Guest Additions? I seem to remember you may have mentioned that mismatched version numbers wasn't necessarily a problem, but I may not remember correctly? (O maybe we were discussing Virtualbox on the host last time?)