Unable to select bridged/host only connection

[Kessa]

Hi,

I'm new to VirtualBox and I'm having issues with allowing my host to view my dev environment on the guest machine (don't ask why it's that way around - long story!)

FYI - I'm running:
Guest = Ubuntu x64 (14.04 LTS)
Host - Windows 8
VM Version - 4.3.22

I've tried to change the Network connection to either Bridged or Host only but when I select either option I get a dropdown where "not selected" is the only option.

Screengrab - "Not Selected"

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I've had a good look around the forums and have tried some of the solutions (i.e. some suggest changing the MaxNumFilters in the registry. I had a look and it didn't actually existing so I created it but that still didn't seem to have any impact)

Some suggest uninstalling/reinstalling but as I've got my dev environment already setup I'd like to avoid having to get that re-done as it was a pain to do the first time (like I say, long story! )

I also tried using he 'repair' option but that failed as apparently it couldn't find part of the required package.

I've also tried updating the Network settings under the "preferences" section but when the tool runs I get the following error code:

Error code

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Any other ideas?

[Perryg]

The only way that none selected would show is if VirtualBox does not see a NIC on the host. Various reasons can cause this but are usually a bad install or one where the user stripped out the bridge network at install. The host-only will not see or need a NIC on the host but it does require that you install the host-only networking at install ( default is to install )

So what happened Kessa? Did you select to not install any of these features? Are you using some third party control?

[Kessa]

Hi PerryG.

I didn't actually install it (A colleague setup the environment, etc for me) so can't say for sure.

[Kessa]

I did wonder if I could add it by using the 'repair' option but when I try to use repair or change I get the following error msg:

Location error

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I've gone to the temp folder and it's definitely not there and I tried to download a fresh install package but that doesn't have the required .msi file (the install package is an .exe) so I can't run it from that.

[Perryg]

You should get your colleague to investigate this. For some reason they did an install that would place the msi in a folder that normally gets cleaned out. Not a good idea if you want to repair anything.

[Kessa]

Is there a way I can backup the whole of the VM (inc my dev environment it contains) and then do an unstall/reinstall and then reapply the VM to the new install?

[Perryg]

Well not knowing how this was installed all I can tell you is VirtualBox regards the guests you create as data and like anything to do with data removing and installing the program does not touch with data.

So the guests should not be bothered. Of course it really depends on how the original install was done and exactly what you mean by your dev environment. Are you using something like vagrant?

[Kessa]

That's interesting as I'd anticipated deleting the VM and VirtualBox would effectively remove all data stored on the VM? Are you saying it stores VM data in a separate folder outside of the VM somewhere?

By dev environment, it's running things like Django, git, etc

[Perryg]

VirtualBox = program | VMs = VirtualMachines.

Removing the program is just like removing word, it does not touch the data ( saved files ) which is what the VMs are considered to be.

So unless you manually delete the guest/s or do not uninstall/reinstall properly they will remain if you remove the program.