[vbox-dev] Turning on Virtual Disk (VD group) debug logs on VBox

[Ramshankar]

Hi Quaizar,

Since you did not explicitly mention it, are you using a debug build or 
a release build? You need a debug build of VirtualBox for this level of 
logging.


Regards,
Ram.


On 07/11/13 05:39 AM, Quaizar Vohra wrote:
> Haven't received any response. Would greatly appreciate any help or 
> hints on this.
>
> Thanks,
> Quaizar
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Quaizar Vohra <quaizar.vohra at gmail.com 
> <mailto:quaizar.vohra at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I am trying to turn on logging for operations in VD.cpp &
>     VMDK.cpp. I have tried several options with no success.
>
>     I am on OS X host running Mountain Lion.
>
>     I have tried turning on the logs by setting the env variables and
>     starting VirtualBox client manually from the same shell (which
>     starts VBoxSvc as well) followed by VirtualBoxVM also from the
>     same shell. Here is what I have tried.
>
>     qvs-MacBook-Pro:Logs qv$ env | grep VB
>     VBOX_LOG_FLAGS=time tid thread
>     VBOX_LOG=+main.e.l.f+defualt.e.l.f+VD.e.l.f+VD_VMDK.e.l.f
>     qvs-MacBook-Pro:Logs qv$ VirtualBox &
>     [1] 3175
>     qvs-MacBook-Pro:Logs qv$
>     /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBoxVM
>     --comment ubuntu-gnome-13.04 --startvm
>     0daa22b1-4869-4173-bc36-64ee3a558841 --no-startvm-errormsgbox &
>     [2] 3180
>
>
>     I have run gdb on VirtualBoxVM, attached to the running process
>     and tried calling RTLogGroupSettings(0,
>     "+main.e.l.f+defualt.e.l.f+VD.e.l.f+VD_VMDK.e.l.f");
>
>     I have tried putting the env variables in my .bash_profile and
>     then starting VirtualBox client from the Launchpad and the VM from
>     VirtualBox still to no avail.
>
>     Do I need a debug image to turn on this logging? Or is this is a
>     OSX issue?
>
>     I have also spent some time browsing thru the vbox-log.cpp &
>     log.cpp but haven't got any clues.
>
>     Would greatly appreciate any help with this.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Quaizar
>
>
>
>
>
>
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