Vbox 2.0.0 upgrade on Ubuntu Hardy AMD64 blowing up

[Steven Davies-Morris]

NoOp wrote:
> On 09/11/2008 09:19 AM, Steven Davies-Morris wrote:
> 
>> I wound up downgrading from 2.0.0 to 1.6.6 and the issues I had 
>> went away. I removed a tag and a block of code from the XML file 
>> that controlled my WinXP virtual machine. Here's a link to the 
>> instructions for doing that:
>> 
>> <http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=9082&sid=a6e6c4d7be28f188ddcc3307d1d2f77f>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> So for now, if you have an app that really pushes the video 
>> driver, you might want to stick with 1.6.6 stable release instead
>>  of upgrading to the 2.0.0 release.
> 
> You might want to give the new 2.0.2 a spin that was released 
> yesterday: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog 
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
> 
> Backup, use a test machine first & all the usual precautions...
> 
> Gary

[nods] I took a look at it yesterday. 2.0.2 has the same problem, sad
to say. Further digging seems to suggest it's something to do with
writing and shared folders. I'll test it again with the next 2.0.x
patch release. But for now I'll stay with 1.6.6.
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