lainie

I have VirtualBox 4.2.14 compiled for unRAID 4.7 & 5 RC15(a). If other versions are needed, post to the VirtualBox compiled for unRAID thread to let me know which version / kernel.

I've started compiling the new version. As long as nothing bad happens, it should be up later today.

Another version of VirtualBox is out? Did not realize (4.2.12 has been most recent all the times I checked recently ... checked each time there was a new RC). The plugin is using the files I compile. I will try to get the new version up soon.

I am considering adding a timeout of 60 seconds to all of my plugins. What do you think? Njon: The plugin page attempts to check for the latest version of the plugin, the latest version of virtualbox & the latest version of guest additions. If you do not have internet access when it attempts to check on this, everything has to time out before the page is fully displayed. While waiting can be annoying, having it auto-check for updates is a really nice feature (& when you have Internet, the page should display much faster). theone: If it is an easy fix to add the 60 second timeout & it will not cause the update-check feature to stop working, I'd say do it. I really like the version check though, so if the only fix ends up being to remove it, then no, please don't.

@leeism... what other apps are you running on your server? For instance, I have newznab running on my server along with vbox, phpvirtualbox & others. Newznab requires special rewrite rules to be set in your web server, which can cause other pages (like phpvirtualbox) to display incorrectly or with a blank page like your screenshot. Other apps may cause similar problems, but it can usually be resolved by changing some settings... however, we'll need a little more information.

For those interested in upgrading to unRAID 5 RC12 (kernel 3.4.36), there is now a compiled vbox 4.2.10 file for it (available on http://vbox.a1aina.com).

rd_blair, Do you have a modified kernel? I have started seeing some people report that they have a modified kernel instead of just the stock unRAID kernel... & since I am compiling these VirtualBox packages with the stock kernel, it does not seem to work with custom kernels. Another thing to check is see if the "vbox-4.2.8-unRAID-3.4.26.tgz" file that downloaded has the same md5 sum as "128fc84ad12ea33b5d7eaaaa723dca53".

I am not sure there is any other GUI for VirtualBox aside from phpvirtualbox... however everything can be done via command line. I use these commands to cron a startup & shutdown time of a VM that only needs to run some of the time. You can also do the entire creation and management of a VM from a command line. Send poweroff signal to a VM Create and delete VMs Running VBox headless

sgibbers17, What do you see when you type: php -i | grep Soap If you do not see Soap Client enabled Soap Server enabled then you will need to edit your php.ini file (mine is located at /boot/config/plugins/sf_webserver/php/php.ini). Look for a line like this in the file: ;extension = soap.so Remove the ; at the beginning of that line and restart your web server. Found this from searching http://code.google.com/p/phpvirtualbox/issues/list?can=1&q=SOAP+extension+enabled&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary&cells=tiles

I have instructions at http://vbox.a1aina.com/install.php. If using this plugin, you can skip the steps for the extension pack for VirtualBox & the tgz compiled package of VirtualBox. There is a wiki page for phpvirtualbox at http://code.google.com/p/phpvirtualbox/w/list that lists some common errors with phpvirtualbox. If you have a problem with it that is not listed there, click the Issues tab link, click the dropdown box next to Search (which is default set to Open Issues) & change it to "All Issues" then use the next box to type part of your error message & click the Search button.

this is something that lainie should answer as *s*he is compiling the package. The VirtualBox installer (the VirtualBox<version>.run file that comes from the VirtualBox Download page) extracts binary files to "/opt/VirtualBox" directory, creates an udev rule, compiles and insert the kernel modules and creates a lot of links. If you need further customization (like a specific other location), you will probably need to compile your own; here is a link to the guide on how to compile VirtualBox for unRAID. If you can present a good reason why everyone (using this package/plugin) would want VirtualBox installed elsewhere & provide instructions, I can look into incorporating it into future versions.

According to the phpvirtualbox wiki, the error " The object functionality is limited" usually occurs when phpvirtualbox is started before virtualbox is available. If you stop (kill) vboxwebsrv & restart it, does the error still occur? Since the plugin is not installing phpvirtualbox, if you have phpvirtualbox starting before the plugin fully loads virtualbox, that could be the issue.