Re: Virtualbox 3.0.0

[BrentNewland]

I was never able to setup debugging right in Ubuntu with Virtualbox, because lack of forum users that knew how.

Not true.

1. Configure virtual COM1 port, redirect it to a socket. The command looks like this:

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VBoxManage modifyvm vm1 --uart1 0x3f8 4 --uartmode1 client /tmp/com1


where vm1 should be the name of VM. The list of all created VMs can be viewed with

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VBoxManage list vms


command.

2. Install socat package.

3. Run

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socat unix-listen:/tmp/com1 -


command to see debug messages on the screen, or redirect output to a file:

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socat unix-listen:/tmp/com1 - > com1.log


Run it each time before VirtualBox.

4. Start VM, choose ReactOS (Debug).

VirtualBox can redirect COM port directly into a file, but for some reason it did not work when I tried.

I hate to bump an old topic, but this post was a great help setting it up on Ubuntu (along with this page: http://blog.zerodev.it/index.php/2008/0 ... port-setup)

Combining the two guides, I was able to set up the serial port through the VirtualBox GUI and use "telnet localhost 7777" to get the debug output (instead of having it go to a file). All I needed was socat.

[Haos]

It would be a good idea then to update info on our wiki, especially if you find it helpful, this way it wont be lost anymore.

[BrentNewland]

I will see about doing that. I also had a hard time finding how to do basic debugging step by step, I wanted to update that too (to make it even easier for people like me who have never debugged anything like this before).