vbox7.2.8 Logs should be saved to /var/log rather than the home directory.

[Tianyazi]

Logs should be saved to /var/log rather than the home directory.

ENV: UBUNTU budgie 26.04 (wayland) + virtualbox7.2.8

eg:2026-06-06-08-42-43.067-VirtualBoxVM-1009249.log

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Log created: 2026-06-06T03:14:57.136421000Z
Process ID:  1071277 (0x1058ad)
Parent PID:  1070509 (0x1055ad)
Executable:  /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBoxVM
Arg[0]: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBoxVM
Arg[1]: --comment
Arg[2]: Win7
Arg[3]: --startvm
Arg[4]: bf9a3212-e30c-4e35-984c-6cd9dad053df
Arg[5]: --no-startvm-errormsgbox
E1000 #0: port=d010 mmio=00000000f0200000 mac-cfg=08:00:27:a7:1e:c5 82540EM R0
General registers ------------------------------------------------------------------
   CTRL=00000a09  STATUS=00000081    EECD=00000100    EERD=00000000  LEDCTL=07068302
    FLA=00000000    MDIC=00000000                                  CTRL_EXT=00000000
   FCAL=00000000    FCAH=00000000     FCT=00000000     VET=00000000   FCTTV=00000000
    PBA=00000000    TXCW=00000000    RXCW=00000000              EXTCNF_CTRL=00000000
Interrupt registers ----------------------------------------------------------------
    ICR=00000000     ITR=00000000     ICS=00000000     IMS=00000000     IMC=00000000
Receive registers ------------------------------------------------------------------
   RCTL=00000000  PSRCTL=00040402   FCRTL=00000000   FCRTH=00000000  RXDCTL=00000000
  RDBAL=00000000   RDBAH=00000000   RDLEN=00000000     RDH=00000000     RDT=00000000
   RDTR=00000000    RADV=00000000   RSRPD=00000000  RXCSUM=00000000   RFCTL=00000000
Transmit registers -----------------------------------------------------------------
   TCTL=00000000    TIPG=00000000    AIFS=00000000
  TDBAL=00000000   TDBAH=00000000   TDLEN=00000000     TDH=00000000     TDT=00000000
   TIDV=00000000  TXDMAC=00000000  TXDCTL=00000000    TADV=00000000   TSPMT=01000400
Management registers ---------------------------------------------------------------
    WUC=00000000    WUFC=00000000     WUS=00000000
   IPAV=00000000    MANC=00000000    WUPL=00000000
Statistics registers ---------------------------------------------------------------
CRCERRS=00000000                 ALGNERRC=00000000 SYMERRS=00000000  RXERRC=00000000 
    MPC=00000000     SCC=00000000    ECOL=00000000
    MCC=00000000 LATECOL=00000000    COLC=00000000
     DC=00000000   TNCRS=00000000     SEC=00000000 CEXTERR=00000000    RLEC=00000000
 XONRXC=00000000  XONTXC=00000000 XOFFRXC=00000000 XOFFTXC=00000000   FCRUC=00000000
  PRC64=00000000  PRC127=00000000  PRC255=00000000
 PRC511=00000000 PRC1023=00000000 PRC1522=00000000
   GPRC=00000000    BPRC=00000000    MPRC=00000000    GPTC=00000000
  GORCL=00000000   GORCH=00000000   GOTCL=00000000   GOTCH=00000000    RNBC=00000000
    RUC=00000000     RFC=00000000     ROC=00000000     RJC=00000000
 MGTPRC=00000000  MGTPDC=00000000  MGTPTC=00000000     TPR=00000000     TPT=00000000
   TORL=00000000    TORH=00000000    TOTL=00000000    TOTH=00000000
  PTC64=00000000  PTC127=00000000  PTC255=00000000
 PTC511=00000000 PTC1023=00000000 PTC1522=00000000
   MPTC=00000000    BPTC=00000000   TSCTC=00000000  TSCTFC=00000000
Diagnostic registers ---------------------------------------------------------------
   RDFH=00000000    RDFT=00000000   RDFHS=00000000   RDFTS=00000000   RDFPC=00000000
   TDFH=00000000    TDFT=00000000   TDFHS=00000000   TDFTS=00000000   TDFPC=00000000

RA00: DST 08:00:27:a7:1e:c5

PHY registers ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    PCTRL=1340  PSTATUS=796d      PID=0141     EPID=0c24      ANA=01e1      LPA=01e0
      ANE=0000      NPT=2001      LPN=0000     GCON=1e00  GSTATUS=0000 EPSTATUS=3000
    PSCON=0868   PSSTAT=bc08    PINTE=0000    PINTS=0000  EPSCON1=0d60     PREC=0000
  EPSCON2=000c    R30PS=0000    R30AW=0000

PHY MDIO: state=MDIO_IDLE acc=0 cnt=0 addr=0

[multiOS]

This issue seems to be the same as that reported heare: https://github.com/VirtualBox/virtualbox/issues/645

If so, the 'fix' should be available in the current VirtualBox Test Builds ( https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds ) pending release of the next maintenance update.

[Tianyazi]

very good,Looking forward to the official fix.