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xdissent / iectrl

Command line interface and Node module for managing ievms virtual machines
http://xdissent.github.io/iectrl
MIT License
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OSX Mavericks #6

Closed bensquire closed 10 years ago

bensquire commented 10 years ago

Installation with debugging on doesn't fail, but none of the browsers work. Looking into the installation folder shows a .ova file, but no VirtualBox images...

kylewelsby commented 10 years ago

I experience this too. It appears each VM installation crashes and the IEVMS script continues to wait for guest (which never happens). This maybe related to #167

xdissent commented 10 years ago

From what I understand, Virtualbox 4.3 is required for Mavericks. Unfortunately, 4.3 has turned out to be a total dog of a release and I'm experiencing all kinds of insane issues with it. For one, there's the fact that you outright cannot control the XP virtual machines currently (because they have no password): https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/12371 Additionally, Virtualbox processes seem to hang and corrupt the VBoxSVC state (VBoxHeadless, VBoxManage startvm, just running a VM from the UI). I've worked around the password issue (which will be fixed soon anyway) but the other issues prevent automation solutions like iectrl from working correctly right now. Stick with Vbox 4.2 if you can =(

xdissent commented 10 years ago

Sorry - 4.2 also experiences hanging processes if you're on Mavericks. So... stick with ML and Vbox 4.2? =(((((

https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/12241

kylewelsby commented 10 years ago

Sorry @xdissent new mac, can't downgrade. must wait out until fix. Hope Oracle VirtualBox sort things out soon.

Back to manual installation. :unamused:

xdissent commented 10 years ago

Oh lord, I remember what a nightmare this was. Feels good to close this out =)