virtualbox-ose and VBoxManage hang when creating hard disk with encrypted home directory
Bug #662388 reported by
xteejx
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Virtualbox |
Invalid
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Unknown
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virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose
VBoxManage createhd --filename ubuntu --size 8000 --variant Fixed
Running this command makes it hang at 0% and it fails completely, but gives no output other than 0%
strace attached, gdb wouldn't work
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: virtualbox-ose 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 17 22:18:25 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20100928)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: virtualbox-ose
Changed in virtualbox: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in virtualbox: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
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Thanks to one of the vbox guys, it happens because the vdi are stored in the home folder, on my machine it is encrypted. HardDisks/ then it is fine.
If the vdi is created in /tmp/ and then moved to ~/.Virtualbox/