[virtualbox 7.0.2] doesn't work with a Windows 11 guest on an Arch Linux host

[Ralf]

Hi,

while downgraded guest additions solved a freeze issue with a Windows 11 guest, USB is broken.

There are no issues with a Windows 7 or a Windows 10 guest.

$ uname -r; pacman -Q virtualbox
4.19.255-rt113-0.1000
virtualbox 7.0.2-2

Windows 7

guest never updated to guest additions version 7.0.2r154219 now at version 6.1.40r154048 USB 2.0 enabled does work with my iPads connected by USB

Windows 10

guest updated to guest additions version 7.0.2r154219 now at version 7.0.2r154219 USB 2.0 enabled does work with my iPads connected by USB

Windows 11

guest updated to guest additions version 7.0.2r154219 does cause freezes downgraded to guest additions version 6.1.40r154048 now at version 6.1.40r154048 no freezes anymore, but USB 2.0 as well as USB 1.1 enabled do n o t work with my iPads

For more details, see

​https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/76531

​https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=107757

​https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=281196

​https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-general@lists.archlinux.org/thread/GSDRGWQEULBUM254XGBZLX7NCFWF5FCE/#GSDRGWQEULBUM254XGBZLX7NCFWF5FCE

Regards,

Ralf

[nursoda]

To my knowledge, W11 cannot be used with VB7 on Arch ATM. Is this an Arch issue? What do VB devs need to fix? It's quite annoying that I cannot use W11 within my usual work environment since several months.

[nursoda]

I found a workaround by using VGA instead of SVGA driver in the VM's config. At least works on VB 7.0.8 on my host's amdgpu driver with Arch host and W11 guest being fully updated.