Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:46:06 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> To: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox/kernel broken? Message-ID: <20090922124606.0a9aee4d@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20090920191501.3d4d2c8a@ernst.jennejohn.org> References: <20090920191501.3d4d2c8a@ernst.jennejohn.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:15:01 +0200 Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> wrote: > So, I have a problem with VirtualBox and can't say whether it's a problem > with VirtualBox itself or something which has changed in the kernel. > > I'm running FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT Wed Sep 16 11:40:19 CEST 2009 amd64. > > I installed both the port and the latest stuff from svn. > > The problem is with an installation of Windows 7 RC which was working > fine with an older version of the port (can't say from when, though) > AND of the kernel. > > Today I decided to try the latest version of VirtualBox and the W7RC > fails upon booting with an internal VirtualBox error. > > Strangely enough, if I start W7RC in repair mode it happily runs to > completion, but then the boot fails with the above mentioned error. > > Booting from the ISO also fails. > > I have all kinds of log files from VirtualBox which I can't parse. > > Interestingly enough, the two Linux installations, which are from > about the same time as the W7RC installation, still run flawlessly. > > Has anyone else seen any strangeness with the newer versions of VirtualBox > and a fairly recent 9.0-CURRENT? > Since I never got any response to this, I'll relate what I've found out. If I turn off acceleration in Settings->System->Acceleration W7RC runs, although it's very slow. Something broke somewhere, but I can't say whether in VirtualBox or the kernel. --- Gary Jennejohn
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20090922124606.0a9aee4d>