can't create host-only network

[wbrana]

steps to reproduce:

1. go to File->Preferences->Network
2. add host-only network

new network is created

3. OK
4. go to File->Preferences->Network

list of networks is empty

5. go to Network of any virtual machine
6. enable any network adapter
7. change "Attached to" to Host-only adapter
8. try to select name

Not selected is only option => created host-only network doesn't exist

[Frank Mehnert]

Which package of VirtualBox do you have installed (exact package name please) and which Linux distribution are you using?

[wbrana]

I have installed app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.1.16 on Gentoo ~amd64

[Frank Mehnert]

This sounds like the Gentoo guys messed up the package. Please retry using the generic Linux package from this website, see Linux_Downloads.

[wbrana]

installation log from Gentoo package

[wbrana]

Gentoo package is using VirtualBox-4.1.16-78094-Linux_amd64.run as source see below

[wbrana]

installation log from Gentoo package with VirtualBox-4.1.16-78094-Linux_amd64.run

[Frank Mehnert]

So any change with VBox 4.1.16?

[wbrana]

I have accidentally posted unrelated log from 4.1.6. You can check log from 4.1.16 if Gentoo guys messed up package. Network is broken with 4.1.16.

[wbrana]

I found following line in VBoxSVC.log, don't know if it is related 00:00:41.794 Watcher ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_ACCESSDENIED (0x80070005) aIID={c28be65f-1a8f-43b4-81f1-eb60cb516e66} aComponent={VirtualBox} aText={The object is not ready}, preserve=false

[wbrana]

It seems I can use NAT instead.

[Frank Mehnert]

I cannot check the Gentoo package. Please reopen this ticket if you can reproduce this problem with the official 4.1.16 package from this website.

[Frank Mehnert]

Oh, and the VBoxSVC.log messages you posted have nothing to do with your problem.