Re: [HELP NEEDED] VirtualBox 6.1.24 update

From: Guido Falsi via freebsd-emulation <freebsd-emulation_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 20:05:06 UTC
On 02/08/21 15:25, Mario Lobo wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 1:38 PM Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 01/08/21 14:49, Mario Lobo wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 17:11 Guido Falsi via freebsd-emulation
>>> <freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>      Hi,
>>>
>>>      I've tested updating to latest virtualbox. It mostly works. But the
>>>      audio subsystem has been overhauled. Our patches don't apply anymore,
>>>      but they may not be necessary. Looks like the new code does the right
>>>      thing for OSS and ALSA.
>>>
>>>      Unluckily I'm unable to start any VM using pulseaudio. I've submitted
>>>      the patch and comments (including some error messages I get) here:
>>>
>>>      https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31264 <
>> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31264>
>>>
>>>      If anyone has a clue, please followup there (or here if not
>> "enrolled"
>>>      in phabricator)
>>>
>>>      Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>>      --
>>>      Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net <mailto:mad@madpilot.net>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I've tested your changes with 6.1.26 and they work fine as well. I use
>>> OSS so I can't confirm ALSA.
>>>
>>
>> I also noticed virtualbox is now creating a file in my home directory
>> every time I start a VM. File names look like:
>>
>> 2021-08-01-16-36-23.089-VirtualBoxVM-3905.log
>>
>> Are you observing such a behaviour too?
>>
>>
> Yes! With 6.1.26 as well.
> 

Thanks for the report. This is not a big deal but should also be 
investigated.

-- 
Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>