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Using SLIC for Windows 7 Guest doesn't work
Posted: 14. Feb 2019, 19:24
by Chris0
I am trying to use a Windows 7 guest with a Ubuntu 18.04 host, but the ACPI table is not being recognized. I've added the SLIC to these two paths as you can see from my terminal output:
~$ VBoxManage getextradata "Windows Development Clone" "VBoxInternal/Devices/acpi/0/Config/CustomTable"
Value: /home/chris/SLIC
~$ VBoxManage getextradata "Windows Development Clone" "VBoxInternal/Devices/acpi/0/Config/CustomTable0"
Value: /home/chris/SLIC
Depending on where I looked for information, some sources said to use "CustomTable" and some said to use "CustomTable0". Neither has worked and I'm still getting this error when attempting to start the VM:
Configuration error: Invalid config key for ACPI device (VERR_PDM_DEVINS_UNKNOWN_CFG_VALUES).
Any help is appreciated
Re: Using SLIC for Windows 7 Guest doesn't work
Posted: 14. Feb 2019, 19:44
by klaus
The official VirtualBox docs say CustomTable0 (to 3), and if you have any typos in such extradata tweaks (and if you have the CustomTable entry as mentioned below that's one) the chance is high that the VM doesn't start. Make sure that you delete such extradata tweaks again, then try again.
In this case: $ VBoxManage setextradata "Windows Development Clone" VBoxInternal/Devices/acpi/0/Config/CustomTable
Re: Using SLIC for Windows 7 Guest doesn't work
Posted: 14. Feb 2019, 19:48
by Chris0
I removed the "CustomTable" value and it's now returning "No value set!" when using getextradata. However, I'm still receiving the same error and I tried restarting the service (service virtualbox restart).
Re: Using SLIC for Windows 7 Guest doesn't work
Posted: 14. Feb 2019, 20:06
by klaus
There must be some other issue then related to extradata. The easiest way to sort it out would be if you'd provide VBox.log for the VM (in ~/VirtualBox VMs/<vmname/Logs by default) which doesn't start, plus the output of $ VBoxManage getextradata "Windows Development Clone" enumerate
This would speed up spotting what other incorrect tweaks you might have in place...
Re: Using SLIC for Windows 7 Guest doesn't work
Posted: 14. Feb 2019, 20:16
by Chris0
I've attached the log file and here is the enumerate output:
Key: GUI/LastCloseAction, Value: PowerOff
Key: GUI/LastGuestSizeHint, Value: 1855,1056
Key: GUI/LastNormalWindowPosition, Value: 633,179,640,480,max
Key: GUI/LastScaleWindowPosition, Value: 640,297,640,508,max
Key: GUI/MiniToolBarAlignment, Value: Top
Key: GUI/RestrictedRuntimeDevicesMenuActions, Value: HardDrives
Key: GUI/RestrictedRuntimeMachineMenuActions, Value: SaveState,PowerOff
Key: GUI/ScaleFactor, Value: 1
Key: GUI/StatusBar/Enabled, Value: false
Key: GUI/StatusBar/IndicatorOrder, Value: HardDisks,OpticalDisks,FloppyDisks,Network,USB,SharedFolders,Display,VideoCapture,Features,Mouse,Keyboard
Key: VBoxInternal/Devices/acpi/0/Config/CustomTable0, Value: /home/chris/SLIC
Key: VBoxInternal/Devices/acpi/0/Config/SLICTable, Value: /home/chris/SLIC
Re: Using SLIC for Windows 7 Guest doesn't work
Posted: 14. Feb 2019, 20:18
by klaus
Get rid of VBoxInternal/Devices/acpi/0/Config/SLICTable
Re: Using SLIC for Windows 7 Guest doesn't work
Posted: 14. Feb 2019, 20:33
by klaus
That was your real issue actually... CustomTable should work actually when looking at the code, but let's stick to the documented stuff.
Re: Using SLIC for Windows 7 Guest doesn't work
Posted: 14. Feb 2019, 21:16
by Chris0
I removed SLICTable, but I'm still receiving the same error.
Re: Using SLIC for Windows 7 Guest doesn't work
Posted: 15. Feb 2019, 16:54
by klaus
Oh, sorry - didn't read your log file carefully enough. You're using VirtualBox 5.2, which doesn't have the "multiple custom ACPI table" feature (and won't get it). My look at the 6.0 code wasn't useful.
Delete the CustomTable0 and put the CustomTable variant back (which will also work when you're upgrading to 6.0).
These config tricks work in a place where we can't offer full compatibility across versions. In this case it's possible, with CustomTable.