clonevdi error on 1.5.0 => Fixed in SVN

[Proktor]

Hello, I've got following problem - when I'm trying to clone vdi using command:

VBoxManage clonevdi Windows_XP.vdi Windows_XP_clone.vdi 

I got error:

VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.5.0
(C) 2005-2007 innotek GmbH
All rights reserved.

[!] FAILED calling hardDisk->CloneToImage(Bstr(argv[1]), vdiOut.asOutParam(), progress.asOutParam()) at line 2407!
[!] Primary RC  = 0x80004004
[!] Full error info present: false, basic error info present: false

I tried to specified full paths (in apostrophes too) in command but it also doesn't work and produces the same error.

My host system is Arch Linux, kernel 2.6.22

[JemUbuntu]

With Ubuntu 7.10 as a host, I have the same (I believe) error :

~$ sudo vboxmanage clonevdi Xubuntu.vdi Xubuntu2.vdi
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.5.0_OSE
(C) 2005-2007 innotek GmbH
All rights reserved.

[!] FAILED calling virtualBox->OpenVirtualDiskImage(Bstr(argv[0]), vdi.asOutParam()) at line 2400!
[!] Primary RC  = 0x80004005
[!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true 
[!] Result Code = 0x80004005
[!] Text        = Could not access hard disk image '/root/.VirtualBox/VDI/Xubuntu.vdi' (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
[!] Component   = HardDisk, Interface: IHardDisk, {fd443ec1-000f-4f5b-9282-d72760a66916}
[!] Callee      = IVirtualBox, {76b25f3c-15d4-4785-a9d3-adc6a462beec}

[Frank Mehnert]

To JemUbuntu: What are the permissions of the file /root/.VirtualBox/VDI/Xubuntu.vdi?

[JemUbuntu]

Replying to frank:

To JemUbuntu: What are the permissions of the file /root/.VirtualBox/VDI/Xubuntu.vdi?

well, I have no such files under /root/.VirtualBox but 2 things :

1) under /root/.VirtualBox I have 3 files (2 .dat and VirtualBox.xml) 2) under /home/jemubuntu/.VirtualBox/VDI I have Xubuntu.vdi with the permissions -rw------- 1, owner being jemubuntu

I suppose you are refering to the last file ?

[Frank Mehnert]

No, I refer to exactly the file I was asking. You started sudo VBoxManage clonevdi. sudo changes the environment variable USER to root, therefore the search path for your VDIs is /root/.VirtualBox/VDI. Why did you use

sudo VBoxManage

and not just

VBoxManage

?

[JemUbuntu]

...well...good question... why the hell this "sudo" ???

I've just tried

VBoxManage

and it works ...

I'm very sorry, I thought I'd tried it before using the sudo, but it turns out that I just skipped it...

However, thanks a lot.

I cannot close this ticket because I'm not the originator ...

[lnxus]

Also having the problems reported by proktor. Not using sudo here. Using 1.5.2 binaries on Arch Linux.

[lnxus]

I hoped the "Linux host: script fixes for ArchLinux" from the 1.5.4 Changelog would have fixed it, but I'm here to report that it hasn't. Same error, still looks to be a SIGSEGV. Can run debug commands if you tell me what you need to get this fixed.

[Frank Mehnert]

We think we fixed the crash in the SVN.