﻿ticket	summary	host	version	created	modified	_changetime	_description	_reporter
4189	Need ot be able to chunk large VMDK files when exporting an appliance	Linux	VirtualBox 2.2.4	2009-06-05T16:44:35Z	2009-06-05T16:44:35Z	2009-06-05T16:44:35Z	"We need an easy way to split up the files that comprise a virtual appliance so that they are easily distributed to our end users on media like DVDs and CDs. My preference would be a check box in the Export Appliance dialog box with an option like ""Split large files into 2 GB chunks."" Import Appliance should be smart enough to recognize that is importing a chunked vmdk and rebuild it as part of the import. (If that is too difficult to do, it would be acceptable if the user had to select an option in the Import Appliance dialog to tell VirtualBox to rejoin the vmdk.)

In the current release of VirtualBox, this exercise is left to the users. Sure, I can take a virtual appliance and split it up using my native OS utilities or an installer product of some sort, and then provide instructions for the end user to rebuild the file but there are some major disadvantages to doing things this way:

- The user requires extra disk space - some space for the split up file, and then some space for the rebuilt file

- It is an acceptance barrier to the end user to have to perform an additional step beyond File / Import Appliance to import an appliance

- Every developer who wants to redistribute virtual appliances on DVDs has to come up with their own methods of chunking, which likely vary depending on the operating system on which the appliance will be deployed.

Therefore, while the omission of any chunking capability might meet the OVF standard, it provides difficulties for those of us who want to send out virtual appliances using any medium other than file downloads.

Please consider this RFE. The lack of a chunking feature is causing some developers to have to do a lot of extra work. Please note that redistribution of VMware virtual machines on DVDs is trivial because that product support 2 GB chunks for their vmdk files.

Thanks and regards,

David"	David Goldsmith
10428	Need middle button simulation on MacBook Pro	Mac OS X	VirtualBox 4.1.12	2012-04-10T18:13:02Z	2018-05-27T17:42:27Z	2018-05-27T17:42:27Z	The native X11 that comes with OS X will treat the combination of the option key + left trackpad click as a middle button press and command key + trackpad click as a right button press event. It would be nice if Virtual Box supported this as this would make my life a bit easier when working in a Solaris 11 guest session on my MacBook Pro OS X host.	Will Fiveash
14852	Grouped command output lost when redirecting to file on shared folder	other	VirtualBox 5.0.10	2015-11-20T21:43:27Z	2015-11-20T22:25:42Z	2015-11-20T22:25:42Z	"I am not entirely sure how to describe this issue, but see the comments in the attached test file on how to reproduce.  What appears to happen is that I have a group of commands in a shell script that produce output that is redirected to a file, e.g.

{{{
{
  command1
  command2
} > some_file.txt
}}} 

regardless of whether the commands are shell built-ins or external, only the output of the last command ends up in the redirect file.  This only happens when the redirect file is on a shared-folder mount within the guest.  It does not happen in other directories within the guest.  It also does not happen if the commands are not grouped, i.e. they do not share access to the output file.

In all cases, the test script is run from within the guest, the difference being the current working directory.  I have observed this behavior on both Oracle Solaris 11.3 and OmniOS !r151006 guests. OmniOS is an illumos distribution, similar to Solaris.  In both cases, the Solaris Guest Additions are installed:

{{{
# modinfo | grep vbox
187 fffffffff8115000  29210 265   1  vboxguest (VirtualBox GstDrv 5.0.10r104061)
200 fffffffff8151000   3b28 266   1  vboxms (VBoxMouseIntegr 5.0.10r104061)
201 fffffffff8155000   88a8  24   1  vboxfs (VirtualBox ShrdFS 5.0.10r104061)
}}}

This was discovered while trying to run an autoconf ""configure"" script, which tried to echo a string, pipe it to sed, echo something else, and redirect all the output to a file.  The output from sed never made it to the file.  The attached test script is a condensed version of this.  The effect is that we cannot run configure in a shared folder.

I have verified with truss(1M) that in both cases, identical write(2) syscalls are issued with the same arguments, and succeed in all cases.  I also cannot reproduce this on a Linux guest.  I therefore suspect that the issue lies in the particular VFS implementation provided by the vboxfs Solaris driver."	Eric Sproul
15665	Mouse pointer graphic is messed up	Windows	VirtualBox 5.1.2	2016-07-22T15:17:57Z	2021-09-01T17:43:27Z	2021-09-01T17:43:27Z	"Host: Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit
Guest: Solaris 10

After installing 5.1.2, the graphic for the mouse pointer in my guest OS is messed up. It looks very bizarre. You can kind of see what the pointer should be, but it is heavily obscured by a bunch of dark ""noise"" that surrounds the pointer in a small rectangle. 

I think this only happened when Mouse Integration was enabled. 

Previous to the upgrade, I was using 5.0.16. I have now downgraded to 5.0.26, and the problem is no longer present. I can't imagine anyone who experiences this would consider it acceptable; I know that I won't be using any 5.1 versions unless this can be resolved. "	Gordon M
16517	Drag and drop not working	Windows	VirtualBox 5.1.14	2017-02-27T06:59:51Z	2017-02-27T06:59:51Z	2017-02-27T06:59:51Z	"I used to be able to drag and drop using solaris 11.4.2 but lost that when I upgraded to solaris 11.3. 
I am using a windows 7 (host )  and running solaris 13 as a guest on virtual box 5.1.14. 

Extension pack is updated. "	fg2017
18317	Can't install Guest Additions on Solaris 11.4 guest	all	VirtualBox 5.2.24	2019-01-16T14:04:11Z	2019-01-17T14:16:50Z	2019-01-17T14:16:50Z	"Hello,

The Solaris Guest Additions have a dependency on a svr4 package named ""SUNWuiu8"" (iconv support). In Solaris 11.3, this dependency was satisfied by installing the IPS package system/library/iconv/utf-8.

{{{
#------Solaris 11.3--------
vagrant@dev-main:~$ uname -a
SunOS dev-main 5.11 11.3 i86pc i386 i86pc
vagrant@dev-main:~$ pkg contents -m system/library/iconv/utf-8 | grep uiu8
legacy arch=sparc category=system desc=""Iconv modules for UTF-8 Locale"" hotline=""Please contact your local service provider"" name=""Iconv modules for UTF-8 Locale"" pkg=SUNWuiu8 variant.arch=sparc vendor=""Oracle Corporation"" version=11.0,REV=2010.12.06
legacy arch=i386 category=system desc=""Iconv modules for UTF-8 Locale"" hotline=""Please contact your local service provider"" name=""Iconv modules for UTF-8 Locale"" pkg=SUNWuiu8 variant.arch=i386 vendor=""Oracle Corporation"" version=11.0,REV=2010.12.06
#------Solaris 11.3--------
}}}

On Solaris 11.4, the utf-8 package was renamed. Also, no packages replacing the utf-8 package contain the legacy line.

{{{
#------Solaris 11.4--------
root@dev-11-4-main:~$ pkg info -r system/library/iconv/utf-8
          Name: system/library/iconv/utf-8
         State: Not installed (Renamed)
    Renamed to: consolidation/l10n/l10n-incorporation
                system/library/iconv/iconv-core@5.12,5.11-5.12.0.0.0.67.6
     Publisher: solaris
       Version: 5.12
        Branch: 5.12.0.0.0.67.6
Packaging Date:  9. Februar 2015 um 04:00:43 Uhr
          Size: 5.46 kB
          FMRI: pkg://solaris/system/library/iconv/utf-8@5.12-5.12.0.0.0.67.6:20150209T040043Z
root@dev-11-4-main:~$ pkg contents -m l10n-incorporation iconv-core | grep uiu8
depend fmri=pkg:/SUNWuiu8@0.5.11,5.11-0.175.1.0.0.9.1162 type=incorporate		  
#------Solaris 11.4--------
}}}

As no package installs the legacy package entry for SUNWuiu8 anymore, the Guest Additions installer complains about the missing package.
I don't know if the iconv stuff is really necessary. If not I would edit the manifest or something to remove the dependency.

Can I do anything else? Is this a VirtualBox bug or is this a Oracle Solaris bug?

Side note: Can't you provide an Guest Additions IPS package? Or is that too much work or can't be generated from the svr4 package?"	DANoWAR
18399	restore an acronis (.tib )backup of solaris10 OS into VM	Windows	VirtualBox 6.0.4	2019-01-31T06:34:04Z	2019-02-10T08:23:57Z	2019-02-10T08:23:57Z	"hello
i got a backup of my solaris10 OS with acronis 2018 and restored in VirtualBox.
the system comes up and restart periodictly !
please help"	bakia
19014	Imported OVA with SATA controller unbootable in BIOS mode	Linux	VirtualBox 6.0.12	2019-10-14T18:18:20Z	2019-10-14T18:21:06Z	2019-10-14T18:21:06Z	"'''Steps to reproduce:'''

1. Import OVA/OVF template with following entry for disk controller:

{{{
<Item>
<rasd:Description>SATA Controller</rasd:Description>
<rasd:Caption>sataController0</rasd:Caption>
<rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceType>20</rasd:ResourceType>
<rasd:ResourceSubType>AHCI</rasd:ResourceSubType>
<rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
<rasd:BusNumber>0</rasd:BusNumber>
</Item>
}}}

2. Try to boot...

'''Expected:'''

System booted up.

'''Actually'''

Got weird behavior -- on first boot strange error appears,
on second boot system freezes after passing GRUB.
Sometimes after several reboots system is booted.

'''Workaround'''
Seems it's similar to #6984.

SATA controller is created with port count equal to 30.
If port count is set to 1, system boots up flawlessly.

Also when SATA controlled is removed via VirtualBox UI,
and new is one added to the system, it's port count is 0.

Tested with Fedora 30. Screenshot attached."	Roman Valov
19395	Solaris guest appears to hang for minutes after keyboard bell	other	VirtualBox 6.1.4	2020-03-12T08:09:50Z	2021-03-30T22:56:38Z	2021-03-30T22:56:38Z	"There is an apparent misbehavior I noticed when running Solaris 11.4 and Solaris Trunk guest VMs, it appears to hang/freeze for a couple of minutes when you get the Gnome terminal to issue a keyboard bell, eg. when you delete more characters in the command line using the backspace key as there are. Then the keyboard bell rings and then the guests Gnome desktop appaers to
be frozen for a couple of minutes and then returns back to normal.
This is very simple and quick to reproduce.

{{{
Solaris 11.4 latest SRU
fail:
Host Driver: PulseAudio
Controller: ICH AC97

Solaris 11.4.0.15.0 aka 11.4 FCS
fail:
Host Driver: OSS Audio Driver
Controller: ICH AC97

Solaris Trunk 11.5.0.65.0
fail:
Host Driver: PulseAudio
Controller: ICH AC97
}}}

{{{
WORKAROUND:

Disable the audio device in the VM settings.
}}}

It sounds like some problem with audio, but I don't know if anyone runs Solaris on real hardware that has audio and can verify if that
happens as well on bare metal using Gnome.

This happen regardless whether or not one uses the Gnome terminal or just a simple Xterm. Same result.

That might be a bug in our audio emulation or in Solaris.

And when it is hung serial console access works fine so it is just Gnome that is stuck/frozen for a couple of minutes.

The problem does not show up with Solaris 10 or OpenIndiana based guest VMs running their corresponding Gnome desktops."	Frank Batschulat (Oracle)
19680	Clipboard doesn't work for 6.1.10-138449 and Solaris 11.4	Windows	VirtualBox 6.1.10	2020-06-25T12:03:23Z	2020-06-30T15:18:30Z	2020-06-30T15:18:30Z	"I've installed multiple times and the clipboard never works despite having enabled bidirectional. I have installed successfully before on a different laptop, earlier vbox and Linux Guest and the clipboard worked.
I don't know if it matters, but I get signature errors when installing the guest additions. See attached."	J_Nicholas
20029	Solaris 10 Guest operating slowly on Windows 10 host running 6.1.16 and other recent releases	Windows	VirtualBox 6.1.16	2020-11-09T17:00:04Z	2020-11-09T17:00:04Z	2020-11-09T17:00:04Z	"Running VBManagers earlier than 6.0, my Solaris 10 guest system operated with reasonable speed, but we had some problems with shared folders and creating/transferring data files to shared folders on the Windows 10 host system.
Now with 6.0.XX, the shared data folder problems seem to have been corrected, but the guest Solaris 10 system seems to run significantly slower than it did before.
Not sure if it is network issue - we have tried a variety of machine configuration options to optimize the guest system (more memory, more processors, anything else we could think of.)
Looking for ideas and suggestion, wondering if anyone else has seen this issue??"	CJK
20084	Virtual Box issues with kernel 5.9.12-lp152.50-preempt?	Linux	VirtualBox 6.1.16	2020-12-07T13:56:46Z	2021-04-02T05:22:04Z	2021-04-02T05:22:04Z	"Hi, folks,

I am encountering problems when using the kernel version described in the summary. I am running opensuse-Linux 15.2 as host and Solaris 11.4 as guest. (an image provided by Oracle) Installation of VirtualBox 6.1.16 goes fine, just booting the Solaris virtual machine doesn´t happen, it just hangs when reaching 20%. Any ideas? 

Yours,

Reinhard"	Reinardo
20255	Solaris 11.4 gnome continuous restarting - application 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' killed by signal 11	Linux	VirtualBox 6.1.18	2021-03-16T12:17:31Z	2021-03-18T14:18:08Z	2021-03-18T14:18:08Z	Guest created from Oracle Solaris 11.4 VM Template for Oracle VM VirtualBox	Andrew Belousoff
20958	No Solaris desktop keyboard or mouse with mounted ISO	Windows	VirtualBox 6.1.34	2022-05-26T14:20:05Z	2022-07-11T11:27:43Z	2022-07-11T11:27:43Z	"'''Successfully replicated in Windows 10 and Oracle Linux 7.9 hosts.'''
If an ISO is mounted before starting a Solaris 11 VM in desktop mode the keyboard and mouse are not usable. This occurs regardless of whether the ISO is VirtualBoxGuest, boot, repo, or other. If the ISO is disconnected and then the VM started it can be attached an used. This appears to only occur with Solaris 11, currently using the CBE. Have tried multiple rebuilds using both the release repository and the repo created from the downloadable zip files. May somehow be related to the guest extensions not remaining active. Had to re-install extension on both Windows and Linux hosts after OS updates."	spbarrett
21432	Importing Oracle Solaris 10 and 11 appliances fails to set the memory correctly	other	VirtualBox-7.0.6	2023-01-25T20:14:37Z	2023-01-28T00:38:46Z	2023-01-28T00:38:46Z	"This looks something like bug 4188 regressed.

Steps:
1. Download the Solaris 10 or 11 Admin VM templates from the Oracle Network.
2. Start VB 7.0.6
3. Select file/Import Appliance.
4. Select the ova file just downloaded and press ""next""
5. Scroll down to change the CPU and memory settings.
6. Observe non-sensical amount of RAM for the system. (see attached)
7. Set it to 4096 MB...
8. Allow the import to complete
9. Check the system settings of the imported VM.
10. Observer 0GB, and on going in, the VM is allocated a mere 4MB. This causes a memory issue on boot.

The issue can be worked around by manually setting RAM post-import... But there is something rotten in Denmark here."	bricowan
21437	Drag and Drop no longer works	Windows	VirtualBox-7.0.6	2023-01-27T19:40:16Z	2023-01-27T19:40:16Z	2023-01-27T19:40:16Z	"Version 7.0.6 r155176 (Qt5.15.2)

The drag and drop between my widows laptop and Virtual Box no longer works
Pretty sure it work in previous version of 6.0+"	pt519
