Package: virtualbox-ose Version: 1.5.0-dfsg2-1 After upgrading from 1.4.0svn4130-dfsg-1 the one VM I had been using to play around with failed to start. It complained about a variable being missing from the VM config file.
This was easy to fix by deleting the old VM and creating a new one
(virtualbox luckily does not keep that much important data with the machine;
except for snapshots of course).
I later compared the old and new config files (old was still on disk), and
it looks like the culprit was the "hostMode" field for Uart/Port (I'm not
100% sure the error was about hostMode, but it looked familiar; it should
be possible to reproduce):
<Uart>
- <Port IOBase="1016" IRQ="4" enabled="false" server="true" slot="0"/>
- <Port IOBase="1016" IRQ="4" enabled="false" server="true" slot="1"/>
+ <Port IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" enabled="false" hostMode="Disconnected"
slot="0"/>
+ <Port IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" enabled="false" hostMode="Disconnected"
slot="1"/>
</Uart>
Upstream should really make sure that new versions are at least backwards
compatible and do necessary conversions on upgrade.
Cheers,
FJP
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