Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:44:08 +0200 From: kron <kron24@gmail.com> To: Mikhail Tsatsenko <m.tsatsenko@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox: The value of the Base Memory field on the System page is not complete Message-ID: <51C9C8D8.6080103@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGK=9AGuTQC%2BCdxjym5JSkYEJ19KpetxJgJ=4pHmYyb5ggf6Eg@mail.gmail.com> References: <51C93F52.4050209@gmail.com> <CAGK=9AGujKfkzaQi1arm9xWzVvfxgzXiwFWUED1ufskGeqgYrg@mail.gmail.com> <51C96E75.2020103@gmail.com> <CAGK=9AGuTQC%2BCdxjym5JSkYEJ19KpetxJgJ=4pHmYyb5ggf6Eg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2013/06/25 18:23, Mikhail Tsatsenko wrote: > 2013/6/25 kron <kron24@gmail.com>: >> On 2013/06/25 09:16, Mikhail Tsatsenko wrote: >>> 2013/6/25 kron <kron24@gmail.com>: >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> I'm running virtualbox-ose-4.2.14 on FreeBSD 9.1-STABLE r252094M >>>> amd64. The GUI of VirtualBox cannot create/update virtual box >>>> definitions (the *.vbox) files. The scrollbar and the form field >>>> for "Base Memory" are broken and the following error message >>>> is displayed: >>>> >>>> "The value of the Base Memory field on the System page is not >>>> complete." >>>> >>>> I guess it comes from the base memory upper bound preset to zero >>>> but I have no clue what's the source for the zero value. >>>> >>>> The problem is just in the GUI: >>>> - I can create or update VMs using the CLI >>>> - the VMs created in older VirtualBox versions run fine >>>> >>>> I anyone facing the same problem? >>> I confirm the problem. Apparently this is a regression in the latest version. >>> >>> Currently I'm looking at full diff between VirtualBox 4.2.12 and >>> 4.2.14, but still can't find a change which could cause the issue. >> >> At a first glance, RTSystemQueryAvailableRam? I see some >> new occurrences in the diff. Unfortunately, it's one of >> the OS dependent functions. However, I don't speak C++, >> so I'm just guessing... ... or RTSystemQueryTotalRam ... > Thanks for suggestion. > Perhaps you are right, furthermore I can not see FreeBSD version of > that function, so currently we have at least two different approaches: > - Rollback to an old version of system memory calculation method > (which was a dirty hack,according to code comments) > - Or just implement such function and send it upstream. Agreed. > The second way seems to me more preferable. It takes me a few days, > until that you have to use cli tools or previous VirtualBox port > revision from svn. I am OK with the CLI tools. Thank you very much for taking this! BR, Oli
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