On 10/21/2015 11:29 AM, Marius Millea wrote: > It goes like this: > > * user tries to run 64 bit VM app, but they don't have VT-x/AMD-v enabled > in BIOS > * vboxwrapper runs and detects this and sets "p_vm_extensions_disabled" in > client_config.xml, and tells the user they need to enable virtualization > * user sees message, goes in BIOS and enables then comes back to BOINC > * however now p_vm_extensions_disabled is set to true, so vboxwrapper never > runs the VM since it think it won't be able to and the client AFAIK has no > way to unset p_vm_extensions_disabled > > Any ideas how we can get this fixed? Seems like it might require change to > the client but I'm not sure. There should be a button (or menu option) in the manager that can unset the p_vm_extensions_disabled flag in the client. The client needs an RPC for this to query the status and clear the flag. While adding this it would be a good place to also add an option to the manager to disable VirtualBox in general. There is already a "dont_use_vbox" option in cc_config.xml. It would be nice to have both in the manager to give the volunteers an easy way to change this.
I don't know if two options rectify a new tab in the Computing preferences screen of the manager but that is where I would expect such settings. Regards Christian _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
