VirtualBox2 has an annoying registration window pop-up

[Conrad Knauer]

Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose

When you first run virtualbox-ose version 2 it offers a Registration screen that is very unwelcome. Please disable its default display; users can still find it under Help if they want it.

[Tom Arnold (g0tt)]

This is highly annoying. You have to register with Sun or this screen will reappear.
I don't want to have to tell anybody that I use Virtualbox and that is what you do even if you fill in fake data.

[Conrad Knauer (atheoi)]

Also note Bug #271603 which describes a case where submitting the form resulted in a pop-under that prevented the program from doing anything else until it was taken care of!

This sort of bad behavior is notorious in the Windows software universe; let's keep it out of Ubuntu's universe repository though! ;-)

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Fix included in the debdiff for bug 288957 (waiting for FF exception).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox-ose - 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1

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virtualbox-ose (2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  [ Jonathan Ernst ]
  * Virtualbox should go in Accessories, not in System tools (LP: #288590)

  [ Daniel Hahler ]
  * New upstream version (LP: #288957)
    - Updated debian/patches/09-initscript.dpatch (one hunk rejected/obsolete)
  * Drop debconf question about losing snapshots because of upgrading: it is
    no longer relevant and the default (cancel upgrade) caused a lot of
    trouble (LP: #288178, #221736)
    - debian/virtualbox-ose.preinst.in, debian/virtualbox-ose.templates,
      debian/rules
  * Improve patch for disabling the "check for updates" dialog (LP: #272212)
    - debian/patches/13-disable-update-action.dpatch
  * Disable registration request at Sun (LP: #285684, #271603)
    - debian/patches/14-disable-registration-request.dpatch

 -- Daniel Hahler <email address hidden> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:23:42 +0100