Discuss the 5.0.8 release

[klaus]

FWIW, The 5.0.8 GAs break shared folders in LMDE 2 on a OSX 10.11 host as do the 5.0.6 GAs. The folder mounts in /media but none of the files load. The 5.0.4 GAs work.
FWIW, The 5.0.8 GAs work fine with a Linux Mint 17.2 guest. Same host.

When updating the GAs to 5.0.8 I get this error message…

*** Error in `systemctl': double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x00007fbae90be2a0 ***

This is outside our influence - older systemd installs ran into this error many months before we started providing systemd service descriptions (search for the error message...). Check if the distro has updates for systemd or report the bug there.

[loukingjr]

thanks klaus

FWIW, when you Remove a guest from the GUI and choose Delete all files, The guest's folder and its .vbox file are still left over maybe 70% of the time. At least on OSX hosts. Obviously not a huge problem but it's been ongoing for at least a couple years.

[p060477]

if i choose bridged instead of NAT vm doesn't strat and this is the error:

Failed to open/create the internal network 'HostInterfaceNetworking-Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller' (VERR_SUPDRV_COMPONENT_NOT_FOUND).


Codice 'uscita:
E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Componente:
ConsoleWrap
Interfaccia:
IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}

any ideas?

[mjanicki]

No problems with this release on a GNU/Linux Host, once I got VirtualBox built. It took me a bit to determine what was causing the build fail, and I managed to determine that 5.0.6 build fails under the same conditions.

Linux box (Slackware 64 14.1 base, but by now it's really a custom distro)
Linux kernel 4.2.4
VirtualBox 5.0.8 souce (also 5.0.6 source)

Using the acpica iASL version 20150930, VirtualBox fails to build (details below); however, using acpica iASL version 20150818 (or ealier in the 2015xxxx series) VirtualBox 5.0.8 and 5.0.6 build successfully.

20150930 is the first acpica iASL version to "Implement enhanced ASL operand typechecking." As far as I can tell, the build failure is coming from some type of 'operand mismatch' but I don't know enough to elaborate. Hopefully someone else can take my information and see what's happening. But, as it is the first version to implement such checks, I imagine that either: a) the VirtualBox code has an operand problem that has gone unchecked in the past, or b) the new checking done by this particular iASL is incorrecty parsing code.

Just thought I'd pass along the information. Thanks.

-- Mike

Build Fail Details
--------------------
The final error report:
Compilation complete. 1 Errors, 0 Warnings, 32 Remarks, 72 Optimizations
kmk: *** [/var/tmp/SBo/VirtualBox-5.0.8/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/VBoxDD/vboxssdt-cpuhotplug.hex] Error 255
kmk: *** Deleting file `/var/tmp/SBo/VirtualBox-5.0.8/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/VBoxDD/vboxssdt-cpuhotplug.hex'
kmk: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
kmk: *** Exiting with status 2

The "1 Errors" referenced above:
/var/tmp/SBo/VirtualBox-5.0.8/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/VBoxDD/vboxssdt-cpuhotplug.hex.pre 35: Device (SCKL) { Name (_HID, "ACPI0004") Name (_UID, "SCKCPUL") Processor (CPUL, 0x15, 0x0, 0x0 ) { Name (_HID, "ACPI0007") Name (_UID, "SCKL-CPU0") Name (_PXM, 0x00) Method(_MAT, 0) { Name (APIC, Buffer (8) {0x00, 0x08, 0x15, 0x15}) IF (CPCK(0x15))
[*** iASL: Very long input line, message below refers to column 451 ***]
Error 6058 - Invalid type ([Processor] found, Store operator requires [Integer|String|Buffer|Package|DebugObject|Reference])


And since the "32 Remarks" seems excessive, I'll note that they are all of the form (just on different source lines):
/var/tmp/SBo/VirtualBox-5.0.8/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/VBoxDD/vboxssdt-cpuhotplug.hex.pre 34: Device (SCKK) { Name (_HID, "ACPI0004") Name (_UID, "SCKCPUK") Processor (CPUK, 0x14, 0x0, 0x0 ) { Name (_HID, "ACPI0007") Name (_UID, "SCKK-CPU0") Name (_PXM, 0x00) Method(_MAT, 0) { Name (APIC, Buffer (8) {0x00, 0x08, 0x14, 0x14}) IF (CPCK(0x14))
[*** iASL: Very long input line, message below refers to column 185 ***]
Remark 2120 - Control Method should be made Serialized (due to creation of named objects within)

[klaus]

No problems with this release on a GNU/Linux Host, once I got VirtualBox built. It took me a bit to determine what was causing the build fail, and I managed to determine that 5.0.6 build fails under the same conditions.

Using the acpica iASL version 20150930, VirtualBox fails to build (details below); however, using acpica iASL version 20150818 (or ealier in the 2015xxxx series) VirtualBox 5.0.8 and 5.0.6 build successfully.

Thanks for the detailed report - the Debian package maintainer was faster, and we provided the following quick fix: http://pastebin.com/4fuKRNV6 (ultimately it's caused by the identifier CPU0 now being considered ambiguous in this context).

It's nice that Intel starts seriously thinking about their ACPI table description language almost 2 decades after introducing it, and if they continue to tighten the rules it might not be the last sudden breakage.

[mjanicki]

... we provided the following quick fix: http://pastebin.com/4fuKRNV6 (ultimately it's caused by the identifier CPU0 now being considered ambiguous in this context).

Patch works as advertised for successful build on a Slackware box using acpica iASL 20150930. Thanks very much, klaus.

[Trinity]

Hi

It seems I cannot get bidirectional drag and drop to work when running VirtualBox 5.0.8 extension pack on Windows 10 64-bit Host (guest is Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit). It works if I had the 5.0.6 extension pack installed (along with VirtualBox 5.0., so it seems the issue is caused after I upgraded the extension pack. Does anybody else have the same problem? Apologies for this re-post if this is a known issue.

Thanks!

[loukingjr]

I just checked my Xubuntu 15.04 guest with the 5.0.8 GAs and it's working. See if disabling 3D acceleration for the Ubuntu guest helps.

[Trinity]

I just checked my Xubuntu 15.04 guest with the 5.0.8 GAs and it's working. See if disabling 3D acceleration for the Ubuntu guest helps.

Thanks for the response, however I don't have 3D acceleration enabled. I'll rollback to 5.0.6 which seems to work for me.

[Giusi]

me too have not 3d accel for guest,win xp, but drag and drop works only from guest to host,win 10 home 64
and only NAT works for network

[Trinity]

I got it to work now by reinstalling the 5.0.8 guest additions (removing 5.0.8 and replacing with 5.0.8 again) in Ubuntu.

Guisi: I can connect to the internet via bridged adapter (haven't tried NAT because I don't use it), but I also saw some other people having the same problem as you about internet connection via NAT only. I tried a win xp sp3 guest and it works fine via bridged connection as well. I am using Win 10 Pro 64-bit as host.

[Giusi]

thxs so much!

i'm using test build 5.09.103713 with ext pack and gas installed,r103662,
win 10 64 host
win xp sp3 guest
drag and drop only from guest to host
and if i choose bridge network my vm xp guest fails to start
no issue if i choose NAT

cheers!!

[alip1]

Hello
I have a problem: I can't download version 5.0.8, when I click on a window installer. I have windows 8.1 (64-bit) and my last version is 4.3.30.
Why?
Thanks for all

[loukingjr]

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

[johnlee]

Running test build 103998, win 7 64
When I install it the VB VM manager doesn't start as it should (installation box ticked) and as it used to do. It starts ok from win 7 start menu & vms are fine, so not big deal - think this has happened in the last one or 2 test builds, after a change to the installer? Anyone else see this?