Activity log for bug #1495264

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2015-09-13 16:04:52 Daniel Kessel bug added bug
2015-09-13 16:20:07 Daniel Kessel description When using virtualbox as virtualization software, testdrive-gtk cannot create new VMs anymore. it fails with this message in the UI: "Error preparing virtualization: not enough arguments for format string" The virtualbox version used is: 5.0.4-dfsg-2 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: testdrive-gtk 3.27-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-040200rc7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Sep 13 18:00:21 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-05 (219 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150205) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: testdrive UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-05-28 (107 days ago) When using virtualbox as virtualization software, testdrive-gtk cannot create new VMs anymore. it fails with this message in the UI: "Error preparing virtualization: not enough arguments for format string" The virtualbox version used is: 5.0.4-dfsg-2 The console output of the error is: ERROR: not enough arguments for format string Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/testdrive-gtk", line 942, in prepare_to_launch_vm self.ovirt.validate_virt() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/testdrive/virt/virtualbox.py", line 73, in validate_virt "please install v4.0 or newer.") % self.vboxversion TypeError: not enough arguments for format string ERROR:testdrive-gtk:not enough arguments for format string Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/testdrive-gtk", line 942, in prepare_to_launch_vm self.ovirt.validate_virt() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/testdrive/virt/virtualbox.py", line 73, in validate_virt "please install v4.0 or newer.") % self.vboxversion TypeError: not enough arguments for format string ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: testdrive-gtk 3.27-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-040200rc7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Sep 13 18:00:21 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-05 (219 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150205) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: testdrive UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-05-28 (107 days ago)
2015-09-13 16:23:04 Daniel Kessel summary cannot create a VM anymore when virtualbox is used testdrive does not support virtualbox 5
2015-09-13 16:24:21 Daniel Kessel description When using virtualbox as virtualization software, testdrive-gtk cannot create new VMs anymore. it fails with this message in the UI: "Error preparing virtualization: not enough arguments for format string" The virtualbox version used is: 5.0.4-dfsg-2 The console output of the error is: ERROR: not enough arguments for format string Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/testdrive-gtk", line 942, in prepare_to_launch_vm self.ovirt.validate_virt() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/testdrive/virt/virtualbox.py", line 73, in validate_virt "please install v4.0 or newer.") % self.vboxversion TypeError: not enough arguments for format string ERROR:testdrive-gtk:not enough arguments for format string Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/testdrive-gtk", line 942, in prepare_to_launch_vm self.ovirt.validate_virt() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/testdrive/virt/virtualbox.py", line 73, in validate_virt "please install v4.0 or newer.") % self.vboxversion TypeError: not enough arguments for format string ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: testdrive-gtk 3.27-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-040200rc7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Sep 13 18:00:21 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-05 (219 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150205) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: testdrive UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-05-28 (107 days ago) When using virtualbox 5 as virtualization software, testdrive-gtk cannot create new VMs anymore. Looking at the code, the code basically says "only version 4.x is suppported", and fails otherwise. The error in the UI is this: "Error preparing virtualization: not enough arguments for format string" The virtualbox version used is: 5.0.4-dfsg-2 The console output of the error is: ERROR: not enough arguments for format string Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/bin/testdrive-gtk", line 942, in prepare_to_launch_vm     self.ovirt.validate_virt()   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/testdrive/virt/virtualbox.py", line 73, in validate_virt     "please install v4.0 or newer.") % self.vboxversion TypeError: not enough arguments for format string ERROR:testdrive-gtk:not enough arguments for format string Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/bin/testdrive-gtk", line 942, in prepare_to_launch_vm     self.ovirt.validate_virt()   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/testdrive/virt/virtualbox.py", line 73, in validate_virt     "please install v4.0 or newer.") % self.vboxversion TypeError: not enough arguments for format string ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: testdrive-gtk 3.27-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-040200rc7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Sep 13 18:00:21 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-05 (219 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150205) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: testdrive UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-05-28 (107 days ago)
2018-09-11 05:29:46 Launchpad Janitor testdrive (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed