VirtualBox

Opened 14 years ago

Closed 13 years ago

#6809 closed defect (fixed)

Settings dialog improperly complains about missing Name field after adding ISO image (KDE hosts) => Fixed in SVN

Reported by: Daniel Kulesz Owned by:
Component: GUI Version: VirtualBox 4.0.8
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: other

Description

Steps to reproduce:

  • Create a new virtual machine (in my case a standard Linux VM, with created new disk image)
  • Enter settings dialog and enter storage settings
  • Open the virtual media manager with the icon besides CD/DVD device
  • Add the desired ISO

Now you return to the settings dialog, with the ISO selected. I would expect now to be able to click "ok" in this dialog to close the session. Instead, the dialog complains about

"The value of the Name field on the General page is not complete" (see attached screenshot)

Workaround: Close the dialog with cancel, re-enter it, choose the proper ISO and now you can click ok without VirtualBox complaining.

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bug.png (44.8 KB ) - added by Daniel Kulesz 14 years ago.
screenshot
snapshot50.png (51.8 KB ) - added by James Roe 14 years ago.
Oversized icons..
vbox-bug.jpg (36.6 KB ) - added by Andrei ILIE 13 years ago.

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Change History (25)

by Daniel Kulesz, 14 years ago

Attachment: bug.png added

screenshot

comment:1 by phobeus, 14 years ago

Confirming this bug for 3.2.6 and it exist since some versions now. It is actually one of the most anonying issues for VirtualBox since everyone who is creating a new VM to test a new iso will find it. First I thought that it might be just related to the German version, but the screen shoot of the former post shows, that also english is affected.

comment:2 by Daniel Kulesz, 14 years ago

Yes - it's sad to see how this really nasty bug - reported over 2 months ago - can stay so long untouched / not prioritized / not tagged for a release.

comment:3 by Frank Mehnert, 14 years ago

I believe that this bug is very annoying but the problem is that we cannot reproduce this bug in a deterministic way.

comment:4 by Frank Mehnert, 14 years ago

To be more specific: Your instructions to reproduce the problem work only sometimes. But perhaps sometimes is enough to fix the problem...

comment:5 by Frank Mehnert, 14 years ago

Can both of you confirm that your are using a KDE host?

comment:6 by Daniel Kulesz, 14 years ago

Yes, I am using a KDE Host.

comment:7 by phobeus, 14 years ago

I confirm also, that I am using KDE 4.5 with Oxygen style.

comment:8 by Frank Mehnert, 14 years ago

Summary: Settings dialog improperly complains about missing Name field after adding ISO imageSettings dialog improperly complains about missing Name field after adding ISO image (KDE hosts)

comment:9 by James Roe, 14 years ago

Confirmed on Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64 using KDE 4.4.2. For me, this bug is very reproducible, and I can reproduce it every single time using these steps:

1) Start VirtualBox by opening the GUI manager
2) Select a virtual machine from the list (or create a new one first and select it)
3) Click settings
4) Go to ANY area of the program that allows you to select files/directory to share/new hard drive images, iso, etc
5) Click on the browse button, select a hard drive image/iso etc.
6) Invalid Name field error ensues
7) Close VirtualBox, and repeat steps 1-6 again

comment:10 by Frank Mehnert, 14 years ago

Thank you for these instructions.

comment:11 by Frank Mehnert, 14 years ago

Summary: Settings dialog improperly complains about missing Name field after adding ISO image (KDE hosts)Settings dialog improperly complains about missing Name field after adding ISO image (KDE hosts) => Fixed in SVN

It turned out that this was a problem with newer Qt versions on KDE hosts. In that case, native KDE file dialogs will be used and there are reports that this often does not work, see for instance here. The problem arises only for newer Linux distributions. The next maintenance release will contain a fix which will disable native file dialogs on KDE hosts.

comment:12 by Frank Mehnert, 14 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: newclosed

comment:13 by Daniel Kulesz, 14 years ago

I am happy to confirm that I was not able to reproduce the problem in the latest maintenance release (3.2.8).

Thanks a lot for addressing this issue!

comment:14 by Frank Mehnert, 14 years ago

Thanks for the feedback!

comment:15 by James Roe, 14 years ago

Not to be ungrateful, but I do have a slight problem with the new file dialog.

First of all, let me explain, the problem IS fixed :), there was just one side effect for me! The icons I see are oversized, way too far, and it's driving me crazy.

I'm using the KDE Bespin style (latest from SVN), and a custom imageset (ask for the imageset if you want it, I'm the only one that "has it").

I wasn't sure whether I should reopen this, so I left it as closed.

by James Roe, 14 years ago

Attachment: snapshot50.png added

Oversized icons..

by Andrei ILIE, 13 years ago

Attachment: vbox-bug.jpg added

comment:16 by Andrei ILIE, 13 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: closedreopened

Not fixed yet...

This bug still stands in VirtualBox 4.0.8 and it's very easily reproducible: it happens every time when I first open "Settings" dialog after launching VirtualBox.

The second time (and up) you open the "Settings" dialog it's all good, the bug doesn't get triggered anymore.

Host: Fedora 14 + KDE 4.6.3 + VirtualBox 4.0.8 Guest: Windows XP SP3

comment:17 by Frank Mehnert, 13 years ago

This is rather a bug in Qt when running on a KDE system. This bug was fixed but after some Qt update it re-appeared some weeks ago. We are trying to find another workaround but so far without any luck.

comment:18 by Andrei ILIE, 13 years ago

What's the upstream (Qt) bug id ?

comment:19 by Frank Mehnert, 13 years ago

Well, I'm not aware of such a bug ID and I didn't submit one just because the testcase is quite difficult to describe.

comment:20 by Frank Mehnert, 13 years ago

Version: VirtualBox 3.2.0VirtualBox 4.0.8

I take that back. It's actually a bug in VBox which is triggered by Qt on KDE. Fix will be in the next major release but probably not in the upcoming 4.0.10 yet.

comment:21 by Andrei ILIE, 13 years ago

ok, hardly wait :)

comment:22 by Frank Mehnert, 13 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: reopenedclosed

The fix did it into 4.0.10 which was just released.

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