[vbox-dev] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

[Klaus Espenlaub]

Amit k. Saha wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances from
> http://virtualbox.wordpress.com?

This is no development related question, and thus should've been asked 
on the vbox-users mailing list.
> 
> I am trying one of the DSL images with VirtualBox 2.0 and this is what I get:
> 
> VBoxManage registervm
> /home/amit/Desktop/dsl-4.4.2-x86/Machines/dsl-4.4.2-x86/dsl-4.4.2-x86.xml
> VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.0.0
> (C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> All rights reserved.
> 
> [!] FAILED calling virtualBox->OpenMachine(Bstr(argv[0]),
> machine.asOutParam()) at line 3089!
> [!] Primary RC  = NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) - Operation failed
> [!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true
> [!] Result Code = NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) - Operation failed
> [!] Text        = Could not load the settings file
> '/home/amit/Desktop/dsl-4.4.2-x86/Machines/dsl-4.4.2-x86/dsl-4.4.2-x86.xml'.
> Element '{http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings}VirtualBox',
> attribute 'version': The value '1.3-macosx' does not match the fixed
> value constraint '1.3-linux'
> [!] Component   = VirtualBox, Interface: IVirtualBox,
> {557a07bc-e6ae-4520-a361-4a8493199137}
> [!] Callee      = IVirtualBox, {557a07bc-e6ae-4520-a361-4a8493199137}
> 
> The key point here IMO is: " Element
> '{http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings}VirtualBox', attribute
> 'version': The value '1.3-macosx' does not match the fixed value
> constraint '1.3-linux'

You cannot use xml config files created on other platforms. macosx != 
linux. Just recreate the equivalent VM configuration from scratch.

Klaus