Save State stuck at 0% since recent update (Arch Linux, Vbox 7.0.16r162802; SOLVED)

[Winelover19]

Same saving issue on a Windows 11 host trying to save a Windows Server 2012R2 guest.

[gusnan]

(If anyone has missed it) - from the bug report (https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/22059):

It looks like a regression in the USB OHCI support was introduced in VirtualBox 7.0.16 which thus affects VMs configured to use either a USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 controller. Rather than downgrading a workaround is to configure the VM to use a USB 3.0 (xHCI) controller.

And this solves the problem for me.

[notandor]

(If anyone has missed it) - from the bug report (https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/22059):

It looks like a regression in the USB OHCI support was introduced in VirtualBox 7.0.16 which thus affects VMs configured to use either a USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 controller. Rather than downgrading a workaround is to configure the VM to use a USB 3.0 (xHCI) controller.

And this solves the problem for me.

Works! Thx! This saves my day!

Now I need to remember what was the issue with w7 & usb3. You previously did need the extension pack for usb 3.0 but there was some other issue? Let's wait and see.

[lemppari]

Setting USB to 3.0 also fixed this for me.

[HansWerner]

Thank you for posting the new status. I did not look into it until now, as I've already opted for the downgrading option.

I tried to disable, enable and play around with the USB Controller Options before, so not sure if this works. But if so, I am happy for everyone.

My take away of all this: I will not trust new vbox versions for now. Breaking things that work without notifying the user, not auto-fix mechanism in place, no warning popup etc. No we have to literally spam here to get a reply by the guys at Oracle and VBox.

This can be closed for now, I guess.