Tails

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2016-09-28 02:50:27

• Assignee set to goupille
• QA Check set to Info Needed

> two whisperback reports pointed that virtualbox-guest-utils does not work anymore since Tails 2.6.

Is the VM a 32-bit or 64-bit one?

We only support 32-bit guests on VirtualBox, as our doc tries to make it clear.

#2 Updated by goupille 2016-09-28 03:12:14

• Assignee changed from goupille to intrigeri

I don’t think our doc is that clear… since one report is about shared folders not working and our doc is saying that “The shared folders work both on 32-bit and 64-bit guests” then, there is an issue…

anyway, I asked the user if its vm is configured in 32bits.

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2016-09-28 03:26:34

• Assignee changed from intrigeri to sajolida

> I don’t think our doc is that clear… since one report is about shared folders not working and our doc is saying that “The shared folders work both on 32-bit and 64-bit
> guests” then, there is an issue…

Good catch ⇒ sending to sajolida’s plate to make this consistent with our saying “Other Linux (32 bit)” a few lines above.

> anyway, I asked the user if its vm is configured in 32bits.

Cool. Note that you can probably see that yourself in the WhisperBack bug report, if there’s one.

If the VM was indeed a 64-bit guest (I guess it is), then this is a “End-user documentation” task. Otherwise, there’s a more serious problem going on and I’ll need to take a closer look.

#4 Updated by goupille 2016-09-28 05:07:53

• Assignee changed from sajolida to intrigeri

> Cool. Note that you can probably see that yourself in the WhisperBack bug report, if there’s one.

that wasn’t that clear to me… if the VM is configured in 32bits, then it shouldn’t start Linux version 4.6.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 ?

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2016-09-30 02:10:54

• Assignee changed from intrigeri to sajolida

#9 Updated by intrigeri 2016-09-30 05:46:16

• Status changed from New to Confirmed
• QA Check changed from Info Needed to Dev Needed

#10 Updated by sajolida 2016-10-02 17:38:37

• Subject changed from Virtualbox-guest-utils does not seem to work with kernel 4.6 to Clarify that VirtualBox guest modules only work in 32-bit virtual machines
• Category set to Virtualization
• Assignee deleted (sajolida)
• QA Check deleted (Dev Needed)
• Type of work changed from Research to End-user documentation
• Starter set to Yes

That should be easy :)

#11 Updated by emmapeel 2016-10-15 23:03:45

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#12 Updated by emmapeel 2016-10-27 18:20:59

• Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress
• Assignee deleted (emmapeel)
• % Done changed from 0 to 50
• Estimated time set to 1 h
• QA Check set to Ready for QA
• Feature Branch set to emmapeel:docs/11848-clarify-VirtualBox-32bits

Please review topic branch

https://git-tails.immerda.ch/emmapeel/tails/commit/?h=docs/11848-clarify-VirtualBox-32bits

#13 Updated by intrigeri 2016-10-28 08:07:21

• Assignee set to sajolida
• Target version set to Tails_2.7

#14 Updated by sajolida 2016-11-13 10:24:55

• Target version deleted (Tails_2.7)

#15 Updated by elouann 2016-11-23 09:35:03

• related to Bug #11992: Tails 2.7 is missing 64-bit VirtualBox kernel modules added

#16 Updated by intrigeri 2016-11-27 17:14:15

• related to Bug #11965: Tails 2.7 won't start in Virtual Box added

#17 Updated by intrigeri 2016-11-27 17:16:16

• Subject changed from Clarify that VirtualBox guest modules only work in 32-bit virtual machines to Clarify that VirtualBox guest utilities only work in 32-bit virtual machines

#18 Updated by intrigeri 2016-11-27 17:19:23

• related to Bug #12001: Document that Tails requires I/O APIC being enabled in the VirtualBox VM config added

#19 Updated by intrigeri 2016-12-04 09:16:40

• Assignee changed from sajolida to anonym
• QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Info Needed

On Bug #11965 anonym wrote:

• “filesystem sharing, host-to-guest time syncing and clipboard sharing are the only features missing with the 64-bit kernel.”
• “Bug #11848 (Clarify that VirtualBox guest utilities only work in 32-bit virtual machines) seems wrong, so it should probably be rejected.”

… which seem somewhat contradictory to me. The guest utilities seem to only partially work on 64-bit, i.e. without the guest modules loaded. But I guess I’ve misunderstood something, then. anonym, can you please clarify?

#20 Updated by anonym 2016-12-04 12:35:32

• Assignee changed from anonym to sajolida
• QA Check deleted (Info Needed)

Sorry for not being clear! What I mean is that the guest utilities work sufficiently on 64-bit now that we have mouse-integration and good screen resolution; the basic experience is now solid, imho. Calling it “partial” is technically correct, but my point is rather that there’s no reason to make users avoid 64-bit any more, so let’s instead frame it as: “shared folders and clipboard sharing is only available in 32-bit virtual machines” (I think we can ignore mentioning host-to-guest time syncing).

Clear?

#22 Updated by intrigeri 2016-12-04 14:13:06

• Assignee changed from sajolida to emmapeel

Emma, can you please make sure that the latest info provided by anonym is taken into account in your proposed branch?

#24 Updated by intrigeri 2017-06-30 15:38:04

• Status changed from In Progress to Rejected

One can’t start Tails in a 32-bit VM anymore.