Opened 16 years ago
Closed 13 years ago
#1958 closed enhancement (fixed)
OSE: Host CD/DVD ROM drive not available in VM Settings
| Reported by: | Jari Aalto | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | GUI | Version: | VirtualBox 1.6.2 |
| Keywords: | Host, Device, CD-ROM | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Linux |
Description
SYMPTOMS
Virtual box VM image Settings > CD/DVD-ROM [x] Host CD/DVD Drive [pulldown menu] does not show any existing Devices to choose from. The menu is empty.
EFFECTS
If HAL is not running (see sommands lshal, ps, /etc/init.d/hal start), the Devices are not available.
SUGGESTION
Add visible indication that HAL cannot be contacted to get device listing. E.g. a small blue colored tooltip text to pulldown menu.
NOTES
When choosing colors, please use colors that are color-blinded friendly. Avoid green and red which look the same for visually impaired.
Ref: virtualbox-ose: Host CD/DVD ROM drive not available in VM Settings Ref: Debian bug 495035
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
| Component: | DVD → GUI |
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comment:2 by , 13 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
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Ok, so the problem was the missing hal daemon. Actually
halis not required but helps a lot to find the correct drive. There are other methods described in the user manual to specify the CDROM drive withouthalbut you are right, something should indicate that the daemon could not be contacted. Changing the component from DVD to GUI as this is a GUI issue.