VBoxManage createhostif "VM1 external" failing

[nburman]

When running the command:

VBoxManage createhostif "VM1 external", I get the following error messages:

C:\Program Files\InnoTek VirtualBox>VBoxManage createhostif "VM1 external" VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.3.8 (C) 2005-2007 InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH All rights reserved.

0%...100% [!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true [!] Result Code = E_FAIL (0x80004005) - Unspecified error [!] Text = Could not operate the communication channel (VERR_BROKEN_PIPE) [!] Component = VirtualBox, Interface: IVirtualBox, {e1d95593-f579-4f47-b489-0b67181014e1} [!] Callee = <NULL>, {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

C:\Program Files\InnoTek VirtualBox>

My host OS is Windows 2000 Server.

Previously I was running VirtualBox 1.3.6 and this was working fine. When I upgraded to 1.3.8 I uninstalled 1.3.6, rebooted, installed 1.3.8 and rebooted again. I've tried manually registering the COM dlls under C:\Program Files\InnoTek VirtualBox but this didn't help.

In version 1.3.6 I got a dialog box asking if I wanted to run as Administrator or the logged on user. I previously had it working by running as Administrator. I'm no longer getting this dialog box either.

[pkoeker]

Same error on Windows XP running removehostif

vboxmanage removehostif "MyHostIf"

VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.3.8
(C) 2005-2007 InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH
All rights reserved.

0%...100%
[!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true
[!] Result Code = E_FAIL (0x80004005) - Unspecified error
[!] Text        = Could not operate the communication channel (VERR_BROKEN_PIPE)

[!] Component   = VirtualBox, Interface: IVirtualBox, {e1d95593-f579-4f47-b489-0
b67181014e1}
[!] Callee      = <NULL>, {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

[Sander van Leeuwen]

There was a heap corruption bug in the creathostif and removehostif case. I've fixed this a few days ago. It will be included in the next release.

[vivigatt]

When this new release will be available?

I need to test VirtualBox PXE booting for (very) very large projects...

If there is a way to get the modified/corrected components (without having to build the complete VirtualBox environment), I would be glad to know. (I am testing on Windows hosts)

Thanks in advance

[Achim Hasenmueller]

Replying to vivigatt:

When this new release will be available?

Just send a message to info at virtualbox.org and ask for a test build with the fix.