[gentoo-user] Be cautious about virtualbox-4.2.8 and Win7 guests

[gentoo-user] Be cautious about virtualbox-4.2.8 and Win7 guests

[walt]

After updating vbox today I got crashes on login with two different
Win7 guests (gentoo ~amd64 host).

Luckily, only the most recent snapshot crashed and I was able to
boot normally with the second most recent snapshot (both guests).

I didn't lose anything important because the only thing I use
Windows for is to run Windows Update :) (know thine enemy, etc)

Maybe if you have important stuff on a Win7 guest you should make
an extra snapshot just before you update to vbox-4.2.8 in case you
need to delete the last one.

BTW, I had no problems with linux guests so far.

Re: [gentoo-user] Be cautious about virtualbox-4.2.8 and Win7 guests

[Nilesh Govindrajan]

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 2:06 AM, walt <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
> After updating vbox today I got crashes on login with two different
> Win7 guests (gentoo ~amd64 host).
>
> Luckily, only the most recent snapshot crashed and I was able to
> boot normally with the second most recent snapshot (both guests).
>
> I didn't lose anything important because the only thing I use
> Windows for is to run Windows Update :) (know thine enemy, etc)
>
> Maybe if you have important stuff on a Win7 guest you should make
> an extra snapshot just before you update to vbox-4.2.8 in case you
> need to delete the last one.
>
> BTW, I had no problems with linux guests so far.
>
>

What did the crashes say?

--
Nilesh Govindrajan
http://nileshgr.com

[gentoo-user] Re: Be cautious about virtualbox-4.2.8 and Win7 guests

[walt]

On 03/01/2013 10:34 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 2:06 AM, walt <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
>> After updating vbox today I got crashes on login with two different
>> Win7 guests (gentoo ~amd64 host).
>>
>> Luckily, only the most recent snapshot crashed and I was able to
>> boot normally with the second most recent snapshot (both guests).
>>
>> I didn't lose anything important because the only thing I use
>> Windows for is to run Windows Update :) (know thine enemy, etc)
>>
>> Maybe if you have important stuff on a Win7 guest you should make
>> an extra snapshot just before you update to vbox-4.2.8 in case you
>> need to delete the last one.
>>
>> BTW, I had no problems with linux guests so far.
>>
>>
> 
> What did the crashes say?

The usual :)  "Windows has encountered a problem and must close..."

Just now I updated a second gentoo machine that (I thought) is the
same as this one, but I didn't the crashes on that machine, so I don't
know what to think now.  I hope nobody else has the same problem.

[gentoo-user] Re: Be cautious about virtualbox-4.2.8 and Win7 guests

[walt]

On 03/02/2013 10:55 AM, walt wrote:
> On 03/01/2013 10:34 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 2:06 AM, walt <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> After updating vbox today I got crashes on login with two different
>>> Win7 guests (gentoo ~amd64 host).
>>>
>>> Luckily, only the most recent snapshot crashed and I was able to
>>> boot normally with the second most recent snapshot (both guests).
>>>
>>> I didn't lose anything important because the only thing I use
>>> Windows for is to run Windows Update :) (know thine enemy, etc)
>>>
>>> Maybe if you have important stuff on a Win7 guest you should make
>>> an extra snapshot just before you update to vbox-4.2.8 in case you
>>> need to delete the last one.
>>>
>>> BTW, I had no problems with linux guests so far.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> What did the crashes say?
> 
> The usual :)  "Windows has encountered a problem and must close..."
> 
> Just now I updated a second gentoo machine that (I thought) is the
> same as this one, but I didn't the crashes on that machine, so I don't
> know what to think now.  I hope nobody else has the same problem.

Crap, I just noticed that virtualbox-modules-4.2.8 won't compile against
the latest 3.8.x kernels :(  That means I've been using the 4.2.6 kernel
odules while running vbox-4.2.8.  That might explain the crashes but I
can't say for certain.  At least it's an excuse :)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Be cautious about virtualbox-4.2.8 and Win7 guests

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 03/03/2013 02:25:51 PM, walt wrote:
> On 03/02/2013 10:55 AM, walt wrote:
> > On 03/01/2013 10:34 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> >> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 2:06 AM, walt <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> After updating vbox today I got crashes on login with two  
> different
> >>> Win7 guests (gentoo ~amd64 host).
> >>>
> >>> Luckily, only the most recent snapshot crashed and I was able to
> >>> boot normally with the second most recent snapshot (both guests).
> >>>
> >>> I didn't lose anything important because the only thing I use
> >>> Windows for is to run Windows Update :) (know thine enemy, etc)
> >>>
> >>> Maybe if you have important stuff on a Win7 guest you should make
> >>> an extra snapshot just before you update to vbox-4.2.8 in case you
> >>> need to delete the last one.
> >>>
> >>> BTW, I had no problems with linux guests so far.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> What did the crashes say?
> >
> > The usual :)  "Windows has encountered a problem and must close..."
> >
> > Just now I updated a second gentoo machine that (I thought) is the
> > same as this one, but I didn't the crashes on that machine, so I  
> don't
> > know what to think now.  I hope nobody else has the same problem.
> 
> Crap, I just noticed that virtualbox-modules-4.2.8 won't compile  
> against
> the latest 3.8.x kernels :

virtualbox-modules-4.2.8 builds just fine with gentoo-sources-3.8.1 here
Helmut.


(  That means I've been using the 4.2.6 kernel
> odules while running vbox-4.2.8.  That might explain the crashes but I
> can't say for certain.  At least it's an excuse :)
> 

[gentoo-user] Re: Be cautious about virtualbox-4.2.8 and Win7 guests

[walt]

On 03/03/2013 05:45 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> On 03/03/2013 02:25:51 PM, walt wrote:
>> On 03/02/2013 10:55 AM, walt wrote:
>> > On 03/01/2013 10:34 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
>> >> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 2:06 AM, walt <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> After updating vbox today I got crashes on login with two different
>> >>> Win7 guests (gentoo ~amd64 host).
>> >>>
>> >>> Luckily, only the most recent snapshot crashed and I was able to
>> >>> boot normally with the second most recent snapshot (both guests).
>> >>>
>> >>> I didn't lose anything important because the only thing I use
>> >>> Windows for is to run Windows Update :) (know thine enemy, etc)
>> >>>
>> >>> Maybe if you have important stuff on a Win7 guest you should make
>> >>> an extra snapshot just before you update to vbox-4.2.8 in case you
>> >>> need to delete the last one.
>> >>>
>> >>> BTW, I had no problems with linux guests so far.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> What did the crashes say?
>> >
>> > The usual :)  "Windows has encountered a problem and must close..."
>> >
>> > Just now I updated a second gentoo machine that (I thought) is the
>> > same as this one, but I didn't the crashes on that machine, so I don't
>> > know what to think now.  I hope nobody else has the same problem.
>>
>> Crap, I just noticed that virtualbox-modules-4.2.8 won't compile against
>> the latest 3.8.x kernels :
> 
> virtualbox-modules-4.2.8 builds just fine with gentoo-sources-3.8.1 here
> Helmut.

Good.  Most days I'm running the latest kernel from Linus's git repository
instead of gentoo-sources, so that's probably the cause of my recent problem
and why virtualbox-modules-4.2.8 didn't install when I upgraded virtualbox.
Shame on me for not noticing the build failure :(

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Be cautious about virtualbox-4.2.8 and Win7 guests

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 03/03/2013 03:03:47 PM, walt wrote:
> On 03/03/2013 05:45 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> > On 03/03/2013 02:25:51 PM, walt wrote:
> >> On 03/02/2013 10:55 AM, walt wrote:
> >> > On 03/01/2013 10:34 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> >> >> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 2:06 AM, walt <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>> After updating vbox today I got crashes on login with two  
> different
> >> >>> Win7 guests (gentoo ~amd64 host).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Luckily, only the most recent snapshot crashed and I was able  
> to
> >> >>> boot normally with the second most recent snapshot (both  
> guests).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I didn't lose anything important because the only thing I use
> >> >>> Windows for is to run Windows Update :) (know thine enemy, etc)
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Maybe if you have important stuff on a Win7 guest you should  
> make
> >> >>> an extra snapshot just before you update to vbox-4.2.8 in case  
> you
> >> >>> need to delete the last one.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> BTW, I had no problems with linux guests so far.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> What did the crashes say?
> >> >
> >> > The usual :)  "Windows has encountered a problem and must  
> close..."
> >> >
> >> > Just now I updated a second gentoo machine that (I thought) is  
> the
> >> > same as this one, but I didn't the crashes on that machine, so I  
> don't
> >> > know what to think now.  I hope nobody else has the same problem.
> >>
> >> Crap, I just noticed that virtualbox-modules-4.2.8 won't compile  
> against
> >> the latest 3.8.x kernels :
> >
> > virtualbox-modules-4.2.8 builds just fine with gentoo-sources-3.8.1  
> here
> > Helmut.
> 
> Good.  Most days I'm running the latest kernel from Linus's git  
> repository
> instead of gentoo-sources, so that's probably the cause of my recent  
> problem
> and why virtualbox-modules-4.2.8 didn't install when I upgraded  
> virtualbox.
> Shame on me for not noticing the build failure :(
> 

No, that cannot be the reason for the failure on your machine.
I have been following  git-sources 3.8-rc 3..7 without any problems with
virtualbox.

Helmut.