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On 05/31/2011 01:31 PM, James wrote: |
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> Anyone having any problems with VirtualBox and kernel panics? |
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> I've tried vbox 3 and 4, both with the same behavior. Installing |
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> Windows 7 as a guest and either (a) my system will completely freeze |
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> (I'm assuming the kernel panicked), or (b) I'm thinking the Linux raid |
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> module dies because the system becomes unresponsive (although I can |
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> open a terminal, the shell doesn't come up, browser freezes, etc.). |
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> The only fix for both of these problems is a hard reboot. |
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> I have on idea how to go about troubleshooting this issue. I'd hate to |
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> open a ticket with the vbox folks until I have more information. |
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> The only thing I've read online that may be applicable is that there |
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> have been some issues with kernel panics when you give the guest OS |
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> more than 1 processor. It would suck badly if SMP didn't work well on |
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> vbox. |
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> Thoughts? |
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> -james |
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I am running vbox 4.0.8 on |
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-> emerge --info |
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Portage 2.1.9.42 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.4.5, libc-0-r0, |
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2.6.38-gentoo-r6 x86_64) |
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with only one Win7 VM on a dual core laptop. It works fine and I use CAD |
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software that only runs on Windows. |
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What does your VBox.log say? |
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