Re: [arch-general] Problem install shrew vpn client

2018-11-02 Thread Peter Bauer
Am 26.09.18 um 10:47 schrieb Maykel Franco via arch-general:
> Hi, I received this error when compile the program shrew vpn client:
> 
> yaourt -S shrew-vpn-client
> 
> /tmp/yaourt-tmp-maykel/aur-shrew-vpn-client/src/ike/source/libike/manager.file.cpp:
> In member function 'bool _CONFIG_MANAGER::file_pcf_load(CONFIG&, const
> char*, bool&)':
> /tmp/yaourt-tmp-maykel/aur-shrew-vpn-client/src/ike/source/libike/manager.file.cpp:682:19:
> error: aggregate 'EVP_CIPHER_CTX ctx_cipher' has incomplete type and
> cannot be defined
> EVP_CIPHER_CTX ctx_cipher;
>^~

should this even be answered here?

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/962#issuecomment-427752560

TLDR;


>> So, all existing Software must be rewritten just to be able to use
1.1.x ?
>> Do you have any idea how many Million lines of code are affected by
this crap??
> Yes, applications must be changed to use 1.1.x.


Re: [arch-general] QT apps try to be HiDPI on a non HiDPI monitor

2018-04-24 Thread Peter Bauer
Am 24.04.2018 um 19:27 schrieb Ricardo Band via arch-general:
> Ahoi,
> 
> I have a 1920x1080 monitor in my notebook which is afaik not HiDPI.
> Even if I launch for example qtpass with:
> 
> env QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0 QT_SCALE_FACTOR=1
> QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS=1 QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO=1
> QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=gtk2 QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct GDK_BACKEND=x11
> qtpass
> 
> It looks like this: https://imgur.com/a/jKLbeLF
> 
> I tried everything but it didn't change anything. I'm using i3, so no
> fancy desktop environment that could help or not help. ;)
> 
> 

See this stackexchange:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/433385/scaling-hidpi-issue-for-qt5-applications-under-gnome/437467


It also links to

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI#Qt_5

For seafile this helped me:

QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0 nohup seafile-applet > /dev/null &

I'm using gnome on X and not wayland, maybe that makes a difference.


Re: [arch-general] VirtualBox crashes when adding choose existing to SATA controller

2016-10-14 Thread Peter Bauer
Am 14.10.2016 um 10:01 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:29:08 +0200, Peter Bauer wrote:
>> I guess I have to use some Command line to get the machine up again...
> 
> Take a look at the log files.
> 
> The paths are not necessarily those
> 
> .VirtualBox/VBoxSVC.log*
> VirtualBox\ VMs/*/Logs/VBox.log*
> 


Obviously I was running gnome-shell (mutter) with wayland, not Xorg. I
was able to switch to Xorg in the log-in screen (GDM). Now no crash happens.

I will try on Monday with wayland again and try to provide logs.

The Windows7 32Bit machine was also constantly crashing on wayland. With
xorg, it seems stable till now.


> 
> Btw. regarding to https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/50120 I stay with
> 5.0.24.
> 
> [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Q virtualbox
> virtualbox 5.0.24-1
> [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ objdump -p /usr/lib/virtualbox/components/* 
> 2>/dev/null|grep libvpx
>   NEEDED   libvpx.so.3
> [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Ql libvpx | grep so
> libvpx /usr/lib/libvpx.so
> libvpx /usr/lib/libvpx.so.4
> libvpx /usr/lib/libvpx.so.4.0
> libvpx /usr/lib/libvpx.so.4.0.0
> [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -hl /lib/libvpx.so*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   15 Aug  1 19:41 /lib/libvpx.so -> libvpx.so.4.0.0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   15 Jan 16  2016 /lib/libvpx.so.3 -> libvpx.so.3.0.0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   15 Jan 16  2016 /lib/libvpx.so.3.0 -> libvpx.so.3.0.0
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3.4M Jan 16  2016 /lib/libvpx.so.3.0.0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   15 Aug  1 19:41 /lib/libvpx.so.4 -> libvpx.so.4.0.0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   15 Aug  1 19:41 /lib/libvpx.so.4.0 -> libvpx.so.4.0.0
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3.3M Aug  1 19:41 /lib/libvpx.so.4.0.0
> 

This is a neat info. But I don't care about the look of the mouse
pointer. I get things done (TM) even with an ugly cursor.


On the other hand, wayland brings down gnome-shell on my multihead
setup. I have a lenovo x230t and two external monitors. Spontaneous
log-outs, all input devices dead etc. Backups for the win! With Xorg no
big problems.

At least it's Friday.


[arch-general] VirtualBox crashes when adding choose existing to SATA controller

2016-10-14 Thread Peter Bauer
The VirtualBox gui crashes when you want to add an existing hard disk to
a SATA controller.


Steps to reproduce:


Select a Machine -> Settings -> Storage -> Controller: SATA -> Add hard
disk -> Choose existing disk

Then you will see the following message when you have started the Oracle
VM VirtualBox Manager in a terminal:

% VirtualBox
Qt WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile

(VirtualBox:7254): Gdk-WARNING **: gdkwindow-x11.c:5554 drawable is not
a native X11 window
[1]7254 segmentation fault  VirtualBox


The corresponding machine had no hard disk applied. I guess I have to
use some Command line to get the machine up again...


Re: [arch-general] VirtualBox ALT-key problems (especially with Adobe programs)

2016-07-16 Thread Peter Bauer
On gnome you can modify this behavior with the gnome-tweak-tool in the
Window section. I changed the Window-Action key from "ALT" to "Super". I
faced the same issues with the Layout-software EAGLE on Windows in
VirtualBox.

Am 09.07.2016 um 17:04 schrieb Bruno Widmann via arch-general:
> Try some other window manager, that way you can find out if it's gnome's wm
> which is causing the problem. Personally i'm using fvwm, and everything in
> my windows vboxes is working fine. Haven't tried photoshop though...
> 
> On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Klaus Doblmann M.A.  wrote:
> 
>> On 2016-07-09 13:18, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>> On Sat, 9 Jul 2016 12:57:19 +0200, Klaus Doblmann M.A. wrote:
 I'm having troubles getting the ALT-key to work properly in VirtualBox
 as a modifier in applications like Photoshop for things like the clone
 tool, it isn't recognised as the ALT-key.
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> perhaps the used version of photoshop does work better when using wine.
>>> Wine is as easy to use as vbox, it doesn't require graphical desktop
>>> sharing by VNC and doesn't require SAMBA to share files or something
>>> similar, that is needed by other virtual machines.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Ralf,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply. I'm very familiar with Wine, however I can't even
>> get past installing the Creative Cloud application which works as a
>> hub/installer for the main apps. Some people report success on running
>> Photoshop on Wine with a lot of tinkering but some of these reports seem
>> to use unlicensed versions... ;)
>>
>> The whole solution to my problem should be rather easy - SOMETHING
>> messes with the Alt key on the linux side - it's just a matter of
>> finding out what... ;)
>>
>> Klaus
>>
> 


Re: [arch-general] [Bulk] Re: FS#41424 - Virtualbox 4.3.14, USB doesn't work flawlessly

2015-02-09 Thread Peter Bauer
I accidently upgraded VirtualBox, systemd and linux. The problem I had
with USB passtrough are gone. I don't know at which version they were
resolved, as reference here my currently installed versions:

core/linux 3.18.5-1 (base)
community/virtualbox 4.3.20-4


Am 03.12.2014 um 09:46 schrieb Peter Bauer:
> I need to downgrad systemd to keep my system working with the older
> kernel (3.11.6-1). I received huge amount of errors in when I ran tail
> -f /var/log/messages:
> 
> 
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 38 07 28 00 00 08 00
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x08
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Sense Key : 0x4 [current]
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Info fld=0x0
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB:
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 38 07 30 00 00 08 00
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x08
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Sense Key : 0x4 [current]
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Info fld=0x0
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB:
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 38 07 38 00 00 08 00
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x08
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Sense Key : 0x4 [current]
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Info fld=0x0
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB:
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 38 07 40 00 00 08 00
> Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
> 
> 
> This could be cause by my internal SD-Card-Reader. I have a Lenovo X230
> tablet.
> 
> I copied old versions from /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ downgraded following
> packages:
> 
> pacman -U syslog-ng-3.5.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
> systemd-sysvcompat-216-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
> libsystemd-216-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz systemd-216-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
> lib32-systemd-216-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
> 
> My IgnPkg line in /etc/pacman.conf is getting ridicolous:
> 
> IgnorePkg   = virtualbox  virtualbox-guest-iso  virtualbox-guest-modules
>  virtualbox-host-modules linux syslog-ng systemd-sysvcompat libsystemd
> systemd lib32-systemd
> 
> All this just to keep USB passtrough working. Hopefully gnome will not
> make a dependency on a systemd version. Then I will be really f*.
> 
> 
> Am 03.09.2014 um 14:10 schrieb Peter Bauer:
>> I downgraded and have postive results.
>>
>>
>> Currently installed:
>>
>> virtualbox 4.2.18-1
>> virtualbox-guest-iso 4.2.18-1
>> virtualbox-host-modules 4.2.18-7
>> linux 3.11.6-1
>>
>>
>> No USB read/write problems any more. I still get Malformed Packet in
>> Wireshark, but this seems unrelated.
>>
>> However now I receive crashes of my VM when attaching/detaching USB
>> devices to my VM often. Guess I have to live with that.
>>
>>
>> Am 03.09.2014 um 12:54 schrieb Peter Bauer:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have also issues with USB devices on Windows 7 32Bit guest. The
>>> devices I use are mainly USB Serial COM ports. On top of that a
>>> proprietary binary protocol is used.
>>>
>>> The applications that communicate with the USB Serial COM ports are
>>> constantly having problems reading and writing data.
>>>
>>> Installed:
>>> virtualbox 4.3.14-3
>>> virtualbox-guest-iso 4.3.14-1
>>> virtualbox-guest-modules 4.3.14-5
>>> virtualbox-host-modules 4.3.14-5
>>> Linux localhost 3.16.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 14 07:40:19 CEST
>>> 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> Extension Pack 4.3.14r95030
>>>
>>> With usbmon and wireshark I could see a lot of malformed USB packets.
>>> I'm afraid I don't kno

Re: [arch-general] [Bulk] Re: FS#41424 - Virtualbox 4.3.14, USB doesn't work flawlessly

2014-12-03 Thread Peter Bauer
I need to downgrad systemd to keep my system working with the older
kernel (3.11.6-1). I received huge amount of errors in when I ran tail
-f /var/log/messages:


Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 38 07 28 00 00 08 00
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x08
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Sense Key : 0x4 [current]
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Info fld=0x0
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB:
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 38 07 30 00 00 08 00
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x08
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Sense Key : 0x4 [current]
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Info fld=0x0
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB:
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 38 07 38 00 00 08 00
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x08
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Sense Key : 0x4 [current]
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: Info fld=0x0
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB:
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 38 07 40 00 00 08 00
Sep  5 18:49:38 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled sense code


This could be cause by my internal SD-Card-Reader. I have a Lenovo X230
tablet.

I copied old versions from /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ downgraded following
packages:

pacman -U syslog-ng-3.5.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
systemd-sysvcompat-216-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
libsystemd-216-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz systemd-216-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
lib32-systemd-216-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

My IgnPkg line in /etc/pacman.conf is getting ridicolous:

IgnorePkg   = virtualbox  virtualbox-guest-iso  virtualbox-guest-modules
 virtualbox-host-modules linux syslog-ng systemd-sysvcompat libsystemd
systemd lib32-systemd

All this just to keep USB passtrough working. Hopefully gnome will not
make a dependency on a systemd version. Then I will be really f*.


Am 03.09.2014 um 14:10 schrieb Peter Bauer:
> I downgraded and have postive results.
> 
> 
> Currently installed:
> 
> virtualbox 4.2.18-1
> virtualbox-guest-iso 4.2.18-1
> virtualbox-host-modules 4.2.18-7
> linux 3.11.6-1
> 
> 
> No USB read/write problems any more. I still get Malformed Packet in
> Wireshark, but this seems unrelated.
> 
> However now I receive crashes of my VM when attaching/detaching USB
> devices to my VM often. Guess I have to live with that.
> 
> 
> Am 03.09.2014 um 12:54 schrieb Peter Bauer:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have also issues with USB devices on Windows 7 32Bit guest. The
>> devices I use are mainly USB Serial COM ports. On top of that a
>> proprietary binary protocol is used.
>>
>> The applications that communicate with the USB Serial COM ports are
>> constantly having problems reading and writing data.
>>
>> Installed:
>> virtualbox 4.3.14-3
>> virtualbox-guest-iso 4.3.14-1
>> virtualbox-guest-modules 4.3.14-5
>> virtualbox-host-modules 4.3.14-5
>> Linux localhost 3.16.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 14 07:40:19 CEST
>> 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> Extension Pack 4.3.14r95030
>>
>> With usbmon and wireshark I could see a lot of malformed USB packets.
>> I'm afraid I don't know enough to make an exact conclusion whats wrong
>> in detail.
>>
>> I will try a downgrad from 4.3.14-3 to 4.3.12 and report again.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 04.08.2014 um 22:05 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
>>> On Mon, 2014-08-04 at 20:15 +0100, Marco Monteiro wrote:
>>>> I have experienced problems with USB also. My guest is Windows 8.1.
>>>> When I try to access the USB device from Windows, the access fails
>>>> and then everything inside the VM seems to start misbehaving. I cannot
>>>> properly shutdown the VM - I have to kill the VBox process.
>>>
>>> Hi Marco,
>>>
>>> when the USB data transfer paused, the graphic performance and 

Re: [arch-general] [Bulk] Re: FS#41424 - Virtualbox 4.3.14, USB doesn't work flawlessly

2014-09-03 Thread Peter Bauer
I downgraded and have postive results.


Currently installed:

virtualbox 4.2.18-1
virtualbox-guest-iso 4.2.18-1
virtualbox-host-modules 4.2.18-7
linux 3.11.6-1


No USB read/write problems any more. I still get Malformed Packet in
Wireshark, but this seems unrelated.

However now I receive crashes of my VM when attaching/detaching USB
devices to my VM often. Guess I have to live with that.


Am 03.09.2014 um 12:54 schrieb Peter Bauer:
> Hi,
> 
> I have also issues with USB devices on Windows 7 32Bit guest. The
> devices I use are mainly USB Serial COM ports. On top of that a
> proprietary binary protocol is used.
> 
> The applications that communicate with the USB Serial COM ports are
> constantly having problems reading and writing data.
> 
> Installed:
> virtualbox 4.3.14-3
> virtualbox-guest-iso 4.3.14-1
> virtualbox-guest-modules 4.3.14-5
> virtualbox-host-modules 4.3.14-5
> Linux localhost 3.16.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 14 07:40:19 CEST
> 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> Extension Pack 4.3.14r95030
> 
> With usbmon and wireshark I could see a lot of malformed USB packets.
> I'm afraid I don't know enough to make an exact conclusion whats wrong
> in detail.
> 
> I will try a downgrad from 4.3.14-3 to 4.3.12 and report again.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am 04.08.2014 um 22:05 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
>> On Mon, 2014-08-04 at 20:15 +0100, Marco Monteiro wrote:
>>> I have experienced problems with USB also. My guest is Windows 8.1.
>>> When I try to access the USB device from Windows, the access fails
>>> and then everything inside the VM seems to start misbehaving. I cannot
>>> properly shutdown the VM - I have to kill the VBox process.
>>
>> Hi Marco,
>>
>> when the USB data transfer paused, the graphic performance and access to
>> the VDI drive slowed down, for iTunes and other apps running on the XP
>> guest. Performance for iTunes always is bad, but other apps usually run
>> without issues. I always could shut down Windows, but sometimes much
>> time was needed before I could use the menu. If you can't shutdown your
>> guest, you could try to shut down the virtual machine by closing the
>> VBox window, instead off killing the process.
>>
>> I add an additional comment to my bug report.
>>
>> "There isn't an issue for the USB mouse, but data transfer between VBox
>> and an iPad2 is broken when I use 4.3.14. There aren't issues anymore,
>> after I downgraded all packages to 4.3.12. The whole performance of Vbox
>> is slower when syncing iTunes and an iPad with .14 and there are many
>> unknown errors and timeouts, if you e.g. try to install 20 applications
>> or more from iTunes running on the VBox guest to an iPad. Disconnecting
>> the iPad's USB causes VBox to crash, if it is done without unchecking
>> the iPad in VBox's devices menu, this doesn't happen when using .12.
>>
>> The used packages are virtualbox, virtualbox-host-dkms,
>> virtualbox-extension-pack and I install the guest additions that fit to
>> the installed version of virtualbox. Perhaps the culprit isn't the
>> package virtualbox, it might be the package virtualbox-extension-pack,
>> since it's needed for USB2 support." -
>> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41424
>>
>> JFTR everything already was ok, when I only downgraded the package
>> virtualbox, disabled USB2 support and kept the 4.3.14 guest additions.
>> In the mean time I downgraded all packages and add the 4.3.12 guest
>> additions, so with the outdated version I now can use USB2 again.
>>
>> Perhaps you have the time confirm my bug report.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ralf
>>
> 


Re: [arch-general] [Bulk] Re: FS#41424 - Virtualbox 4.3.14, USB doesn't work flawlessly

2014-09-03 Thread Peter Bauer
Hi,

I have also issues with USB devices on Windows 7 32Bit guest. The
devices I use are mainly USB Serial COM ports. On top of that a
proprietary binary protocol is used.

The applications that communicate with the USB Serial COM ports are
constantly having problems reading and writing data.

Installed:
virtualbox 4.3.14-3
virtualbox-guest-iso 4.3.14-1
virtualbox-guest-modules 4.3.14-5
virtualbox-host-modules 4.3.14-5
Linux localhost 3.16.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 14 07:40:19 CEST
2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Extension Pack 4.3.14r95030

With usbmon and wireshark I could see a lot of malformed USB packets.
I'm afraid I don't know enough to make an exact conclusion whats wrong
in detail.

I will try a downgrad from 4.3.14-3 to 4.3.12 and report again.




Am 04.08.2014 um 22:05 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
> On Mon, 2014-08-04 at 20:15 +0100, Marco Monteiro wrote:
>> I have experienced problems with USB also. My guest is Windows 8.1.
>> When I try to access the USB device from Windows, the access fails
>> and then everything inside the VM seems to start misbehaving. I cannot
>> properly shutdown the VM - I have to kill the VBox process.
> 
> Hi Marco,
> 
> when the USB data transfer paused, the graphic performance and access to
> the VDI drive slowed down, for iTunes and other apps running on the XP
> guest. Performance for iTunes always is bad, but other apps usually run
> without issues. I always could shut down Windows, but sometimes much
> time was needed before I could use the menu. If you can't shutdown your
> guest, you could try to shut down the virtual machine by closing the
> VBox window, instead off killing the process.
> 
> I add an additional comment to my bug report.
> 
> "There isn't an issue for the USB mouse, but data transfer between VBox
> and an iPad2 is broken when I use 4.3.14. There aren't issues anymore,
> after I downgraded all packages to 4.3.12. The whole performance of Vbox
> is slower when syncing iTunes and an iPad with .14 and there are many
> unknown errors and timeouts, if you e.g. try to install 20 applications
> or more from iTunes running on the VBox guest to an iPad. Disconnecting
> the iPad's USB causes VBox to crash, if it is done without unchecking
> the iPad in VBox's devices menu, this doesn't happen when using .12.
> 
> The used packages are virtualbox, virtualbox-host-dkms,
> virtualbox-extension-pack and I install the guest additions that fit to
> the installed version of virtualbox. Perhaps the culprit isn't the
> package virtualbox, it might be the package virtualbox-extension-pack,
> since it's needed for USB2 support." -
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41424
> 
> JFTR everything already was ok, when I only downgraded the package
> virtualbox, disabled USB2 support and kept the 4.3.14 guest additions.
> In the mean time I downgraded all packages and add the 4.3.12 guest
> additions, so with the outdated version I now can use USB2 again.
> 
> Perhaps you have the time confirm my bug report.
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf
>