Changeset 99440 in vbox

Timestamp:

Apr 18, 2023 9:54:25 AM (20 months ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

Validation Kit/vboxtestvms.py: Added a note for the OL6u2 image wrt VBoxSerivce / Guest Control testing. See commit for details.

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testdriver/vboxtestvms.py (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testdriver/vboxtestvms.py

@@ -1960 +1960 @@
                sKind = 'Oracle_64', acCpusSup = range(1, 33), fIoApic = True, sFirmwareType = 'efi',
                asParavirtModesSup = [g_ksParavirtProviderKVM,], fSecureBoot = True, sUefiMokPathPrefix = '7.0/mok/vbox-test-MOK'),
+        # Note: Don't use this image for VBoxService / Guest Control-related tests anymore;
+        #       The distro has a buggy dbus implementation, which crashes often in some dbus watcher functions when being
+        #       invoked by pm_sm_authenticate(). Also, the distro's repositories can't be used either easily anymore due to old
+        #       certificates and/or authentication methods. However, newer versions, such as OL6u9 or u10 should work fine.
         TestVm('tst-ol-6u2-32',             kfGrpStdSmoke,        sHd = '6.1/ol-6u2-x86.vdi',
                sKind = 'Oracle',    acCpusSup = range(1, 33), fIoApic = True,