Bug 336207 – app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-3.1.8: Cannot see virtual machine window after starting a machine in Virtual Box

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE

[Description Paolo Barile 2010-09-06 11:03:44 UTC]

I emerged app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-3.1.8 with all USE flags combinations except the "headless" flag.
Everything works during emerging, modules compiling, modules loading, and running the main User Interface.
When I start running the virtual machine it seems to work (reading the logs everything is ok) but I can't see the window of the virtual machine.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Emerge it.
2.Load modules and add yourself to "vboxusers" group
3.Run Virtual Box
4.Try to start your virtual machine.

Actual Results:  
The virtual machine runs, but I can't see it.

Expected Results:  
I would have been able to see the virtual machine running.

My workaround was to download and install the upstream version of virtualbox (3.2.8). It works.

[Comment 1 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) 2010-09-06 12:09:52 UTC]

Please post the output of 

  emerge --info virtualbox-bin

[Comment 2 Paolo Barile 2010-09-06 15:32:01 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Please post the output of 
> 
>   emerge --info virtualbox-bin
> 

This is the output: http://pastebin.com/CR82C3Bd

[Comment 3 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) 2010-09-06 19:25:55 UTC]

Please post/attach every necessary information into our bugtracker. External sites are no good idea as they might be down or have the necessary information removed.

[Comment 4 Paolo Barile 2010-09-06 23:36:12 UTC]

Created attachment 246325 [details]
outuput of emerge --info virtualbox-bin

[Comment 5 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) 2012-05-22 12:08:36 UTC]

virtualbox-bin-3* is looong gone. Closing.