Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:08:06 +0000 From: Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with VBOX 3.1.6 on 8stable Message-ID: <201004132008.06643.lobo@bsd.com.br> In-Reply-To: <3e74d40fe494aa6b8fa161e0bb21465b@ringofsaturn.com> References: <alpine.BSF.1.10.1004131329370.12775@neu.net> <3e74d40fe494aa6b8fa161e0bb21465b@ringofsaturn.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tuesday 13 April 2010 14:37:30 Rusty Nejdl wrote: > > I still see VBox hanging the host system. > > This time I was able to install Ubuntu-9.10, then I ran it and FreeBSD > > hanged during Ubuntu system updates. > > > > VBox worked fine before the late January. After this some kernel change > > was checked in that caused immediate hangs. Later something changed and > > now host OS hangs only after a while. > > > > kernel module was rebuilt after the system update. nothing gets logged > > in /var/log/messages. > > > > Yuri > > > > virtualbox-ose-3.1.6_2 > > virtualbox-ose-kmod-3.1.6 > > 8.0-STABLE > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Sorry to cross-post this, but I can confirm I am seeing this behavior on > > > > my system as well. > > > > 8 stable AMD64 > > Intel Core2 quad Q6700 > > I also have Intel Vx enabled in the BIOS > > > > I am able to start multiple VM's, however after about an hour or so the > > FreeBSD host will "freeze" and require a reboot via the reset button. I > > > > would be happy to provide more info to help solve the problem. Any help > > > > is appreciated. > > > > TIA > > Are you running 32bit or 64bit? Are you using the proprietary NVidia > driver? > > For what it's worth, I am no longer able to cause a freeze on my system. > I ran 4 VM's all weekend and have re-enabled NVIDIA's driver. Kernel is > from April 1. > > I have no idea why this is working for me. The only thing I haven't done > yet is to turn on KDE Compositing in the desktop. Many other people are > able to reproduce this freeze as well with or without the NVIDIA driver. > > Sincerely, > Rusty Nejdl > http://networking.ringofsaturn.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-emulation-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > It seems that the list of people and different hardware with this problem is growing. One thing that also seems to be common is the time frame when we started to have this issue (late January). Up until I had my 8-stable dated Dec/12/2009, I could run up to 6 or 7 VMs without any trouble. Now I can only run 1 for 10/15 minutes at best until a full host freeze. And it has been like this since that January csup. Some people think that it is related to the nvidia driver or KDE composite settings. I don't any longer, simply because I have tested with all sorts of combinations with/without: nv,nvidia, nouveau, ati, radeond, composite, opengl, xrender, more RAM, less RAM I even tried to revert FBSD back to December release but besides making a mess on the whole system, I felt that it didn't make sense to try making an "old" thing work. Anyway, it didn't matter. The host always freezes with VB. The only thing that remained the same on my system were: FreeBSD 8-stable (latest) All ports updated and rebuild (finished yesterday) AOD79GX/128M Mobo (latest bios) Phenom II 955 Black CPU 8G ram VirtualBox (Devel or 3.1.6 from ports) 3 500G sata barracudas I tried my best but I reached the limit of my knowledge in trying to figure this one out. Ironically, Virtualbox is superbly tuned to Windows. I have setup a Win7 64 partition to check it out and it was amazingly fast and stable. I've started up to 7 VMs and the system felt I could start a few more. All I want is to see the same thing in FBSD. I hope anyone has a suggestion for something I didn't try. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99,7% winfoes FREE)
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?201004132008.06643.lobo>