Kitematic: No way back from setting VirtualBox in VM Settings

[VojtechVitek]

Expected behavior

I can change back to Native.

Actual behavior

I clicked on VirtualBox in the VM Settings by accident. The app restarted. And now I'm stuck with VirtualBox and I can't toggle the VM Settings back to "Native".

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Click on "Use VirtualBox instead of Native on next restart" in the VM settings
2. App restarts
3. Try to toggle the option back to "Native"
4. I guess all you can do is remove the app cache

[FrenchBen]

@VojtechVitek I have it on my todo list to allow for a 'reset' of that pref when you see the error.
As a quick hack, you can also open the dev console (like on chrome) and issue the delete of the preference to get you back on track.

[rissvann]

Unluckily, I also clicked on VirtualBox option in the settings area and now, there is a setup error "Docker Machine is not installed. Please install it via the Docker Toolbox." I have tried to get rid of this error but no luck. Would you please explain that where exactly we need to open the dev console and where to delete the preferences? I am brand new to Docker & Kinematic so looking a little bit of more help to get familiar with the concepts.

[luckydonald]

Clicking Use VirtualBox instead of Native on next restart also shouldn't instantly trigger a reboot of the app.
It should wait for the _user_ rebooting the app.

[bzm97]

A quick hack to get over this issue is to reset settings.useVM flag in LocalStorage.
Here's a Mac solution, I guess Windows\Linux should be somewhat the same (one just need to find out where Toggle Chromium Developer Tools menu item is located).

• Click top menu View > Toggle Chromium Developer Tools
• In the Developer Tools select Resources pane:
  
• Expand Local Storage section and select file:// node
• Edit settings.useVM value in the table to be false
• Restart the app

[FrenchBen]

This is also now part of the latest release where a reset button has been added.

[luckydonald]

@FrenchBen Will it now ask for confirmation before restartig after you click the checkbox?

[FrenchBen]

There will be an extra reset option when you get the error

[luckydonald]

But clicking the checkbox will still instantly stop the app and restart?
This is not how checkboxes work.
Maybe use a button Use Virtualbox and restart.
Having a checkbox and talking about on next reboot but not waiting for next reboot but instead instantly reboot simply is wrong.

[FrenchBen]

I think you're confusing 2 different settings.
the reset button will exist on the launch screen, if something goes wrong and will allow the user to reset any/all Kitematic.
The checkbox preference was setup to match all other checkbox on that page, which is no 'save' - You're right that I should remove the on next reboot wording as it is confusing.

[luckydonald]

@FrenchBen saving it on click is fine.

Still it shouldn't trigger a reboot.
Maybe open a simple alert box

Restart now?
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