Re: [arch-general] PS: Virtualbox downgrade - Was: FS#41424 - Virtualbox 4.3.14, USB doesn't work flawlessly

2014-11-22 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 14:59:13 -0600 Bigby James wrote: > On 11/22, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > Unfortunately downgrading virtualbox (dkms) doesn't work with the > > current kernel version, IMO this is something completely different. > > I can downgrade, because I use other kernels too. > > You're s

Re: [arch-general] PS: Virtualbox downgrade - Was: FS#41424 - Virtualbox 4.3.14, USB doesn't work flawlessly

2014-11-22 Thread Bigby James
On 11/22, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Unfortunately downgrading virtualbox (dkms) doesn't work with the current > kernel > version, IMO this is something completely different. I can downgrade, because > I > use other kernels too. You're saying that running 'dkms autoinstall' after downgrading Virtual

Re: [arch-general] PS: Virtualbox downgrade - Was: FS#41424 - Virtualbox 4.3.14, USB doesn't work flawlessly

2014-11-22 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:25:16 +0100 Nowaker wrote: > > Following upstream when the software is broken IMO doesn't make > > sense. > > Arch Linux policy is to follow upstream whenever it's possible and > things generally work. A bug with USB doesn't mean VirtualBox is > broken. Please submit a bug

Re: [arch-general] PS: Virtualbox downgrade - Was: FS#41424 - Virtualbox 4.3.14, USB doesn't work flawlessly

2014-11-22 Thread Nowaker
Hi Ralf, > Following upstream when the software is broken IMO doesn't make sense. Arch Linux policy is to follow upstream whenever it's possible and things generally work. A bug with USB doesn't mean VirtualBox is broken. Please submit a bug to the upstream, and use the older version for now.

Re: [arch-general] PS: Virtualbox downgrade - Was: FS#41424 - Virtualbox 4.3.14, USB doesn't work flawlessly

2014-11-22 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 11:54:04 -0600 Bigby James wrote: > How much data are you trying to transmit? Based on your messages, I'm > guessing you have an iPod Touch or iPhone and you're using VB to > manage a music library. Calling VirtualBox broken because its USB > implementation doesn't play well wi

Re: [arch-general] PS: Virtualbox downgrade - Was: FS#41424 - Virtualbox 4.3.14, USB doesn't work flawlessly

2014-11-22 Thread Bigby James
On 11/22, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Still odd that we still have a broken virtualbox package in the > repositories. When there's no interest to stay with a stable version, > then perhaps virtualbox should be dropped from the repositories and > become an AUR package. Following upstream when the softwar

[arch-general] PS: Virtualbox downgrade - Was: FS#41424 - Virtualbox 4.3.14, USB doesn't work flawlessly

2014-11-22 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2014-11-22 at 14:01 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > # pacman -R virtualbox-ext-oracle > # pacman -U > /var/cache/aur/virtualbox-extension-pack-4.3.12-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz Now USB works again, the iOS upgrade didn't cause an issue, even while I still had 4.3.18 guest additions installed on the

[arch-general] Virtualbox downgrade - Was: FS#41424 - Virtualbox 4.3.14, USB doesn't work flawlessly

2014-11-22 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, I needed to downgrade again. Using Windows XP (32 bit) Service Pack 3 as guest, in 2014-10-21 I upgraded iTunes to 12.0.1.26 and iOS 8.0.2 -> iOS 8.1 to an iPad 2 by an USB connection. In 2014-10-28 I upgraded virtualbox 4.3.12-1 -> 4.3.18-1. This month upgrading iOS 8.1 -> 8.1.1 by an USB