﻿id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
2629	command line VBoxManage modifyvm -uartmode is not working	guillaume.prigent		"''VBoxManage modifyvm myVmName -uartmode1 server ""/tmp/mySocket""'' is not working.
Same setting, but configured through GUI is working fine. Calling it acording to VBoxManage usage help.

output of command:
{{{
minos@frodon:~/Devel/hynesim/hynesim-ng/trunk$ sudo VBoxManage modifyvm myVmName -uart1 0x3f8 4 -uartmode1 server ""/tmp/mySocket""
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.0.4
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All rights reserved.

[!] FAILED calling uart->SetHostMode (PortMode::HostPipe) at line 5353!
[!] Primary RC  = NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057) - Invalid argument value
[!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true 
[!] Result Code = NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057) - Invalid argument value
[!] Text        = Cannot set the host pipe mode of the serial port 0 because the pipe path is empty or null
[!] Component   = SerialPort, Interface: ISerialPort, {937f6970-5103-4745-b78e-d28dcf1479a8}
[!] Callee      = ISerialPort, {937f6970-5103-4745-b78e-d28dcf1479a8}
}}}

This problem appears in the OSE 2.0.4 and Commercial 2.0.4 Licenses.
"	defect	closed	VM control	VirtualBox 2.0.4	fixed	uartmode, uart, serial, VBoxManage		other	Linux
