FS#61586 - [virtualbox] network operation failed downloading VirtualBox Guest Additions

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Oscar Garcia (ogarcia) - Thursday, 31 January 2019, 08:59 GMT
Last edited by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Monday, 07 September 2020, 21:27 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Christian Hesse (eworm)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 7
Private No

Details

Description:
When you want install Guest Additions but you don't have downloaded it, the download process always fail with message:
- The network operation failed with the following error: During network request: Unknown reason.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Start any guest system
2. Go to Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD Image...
3. A dialog that says "Could not find the VirtualBox Guest Additions disk image file. Do you wish to download this disk image file from the Internet?" appears. Press Download
4. Press again Download in next question
5. The system starts to download Guest Additions ISO and finally fails with the error.

An screenshot is attached.
   virtualbox_network_error.png (23.4 KiB)
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Closed by  Christian Hesse (eworm)
Monday, 07 September 2020, 21:27 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  whatever version...
Comment by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Thursday, 31 January 2019, 09:06 GMT
Looks like you did not install package virtualbox-guest-iso.
Comment by Oscar Garcia (ogarcia) - Thursday, 31 January 2019, 11:25 GMT
@eworm not is necessary. If you don't have Guest Additions iso the app downloads it. In version 5 this works perfect but not in 6.
Comment by Joep (xorjoep) - Wednesday, 27 February 2019, 13:43 GMT
I'm having the same issue, it manages to download until approx 77% and then produces the error. It seems however to have been fixed after removing the CD-drive (in the VM manager/settings/devices) and adding a new empty one. It then selected a guest addition drive.
Comment by Dylan Taylor (dylanmtaylor) - Sunday, 14 April 2019, 20:45 GMT
It hits 100% for me but doesn't save. My guess is that the location it's trying to save to is not writable by the virtualbox group.
Comment by Henrique Sant'Anna (hsantanna) - Sunday, 26 May 2019, 03:52 GMT
There is any workaround to this?
Comment by Henrique Sant'Anna (hsantanna) - Sunday, 26 May 2019, 04:17 GMT
A workaround to the failing download:

After installing community/virtualbox-guest-iso and restarting Virtualbox, the next time I do "2. Go to Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD Image" the disc image is found and the download doesn't have to start (so it won't fail). The guest OS correctly detected the inserted virtual disc.
Comment by Oscar Garcia (ogarcia) - Monday, 07 September 2020, 11:25 GMT
This bug no longer occurs. Can be closed.

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