VirtualBox

Ticket #2078 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 2 years ago

Last modified 1 year ago

RHEL5 on amd64 processor freeze with virtual Box 2.0 => Fixed in 2.0.2

Reported by: GabrielVlasiu Assigned to:
Priority: critical Component: host support
Version: VirtualBox 2.0.0 Keywords:
Cc: Guest type: other
Host type: Linux

Description (Last modified by frank)

RHEL5 freezes with VBoxManage startvm OSName. Nothing is written in logs, only a hard reset works. Same if guest is started from VirtualBox GUI. The guest OS does not matter since it does not reach the point to start. 

# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 35
model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 1000.000
cache size      : 1024 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy
bogomips        : 2009.75
TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp

Old versions of VirtualBox works just fine. I made a picture to show the OOPS from console screen.

Attachments

02.png (339.4 kB) - added by GabrielVlasiu on 2008-09-05 08:43:05.
Screenshoot of console
vboxdrv.tar.gz (295.3 kB) - added by frank on 2008-09-05 18:05:44.

Change History

2008-09-05 08:43:05 changed by GabrielVlasiu

  • attachment 02.png added.

Screenshoot of console

2008-09-05 08:54:28 changed by frank

  • owner changed.
  • component changed from other to host support.
  • description changed.

2008-09-05 08:56:33 changed by frank

Which kernel are you using? What was the last version of VBox which worked for you? 1.6.4?

(follow-up: ↓ 4 ) 2008-09-05 08:57:40 changed by frank

And what host kernel are you using (uname -a)?

(in reply to: ↑ 3 ) 2008-09-05 09:02:05 changed by GabrielVlasiu

Replying to frank:

And what host kernel are you using (uname -a)?

Ah..., sorry about this.

Kernel is Linux xyz 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5_2g #1 SMP Mon Aug 4 22:00:55 EEST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Yes, last working version was 1.6.4. I did not test 1.6.6.

(follow-up: ↓ 6 ) 2008-09-05 09:21:47 changed by frank

Ok, thanks for the update. I guess you will be more successful with 1.6.6 then which is only a maintenance release fixing some annoying bugs of 1.6.4. With 2.0.0 we changed more inclusive the kernel interface. Of course we are willing to debug your problem.

(in reply to: ↑ 5 ) 2008-09-05 09:48:12 changed by GabrielVlasiu

Replying to frank:

Ok, thanks for the update.

You're welcome.

I guess you will be more successful with 1.6.6 then which is only a maintenance release fixing some annoying bugs of 1.6.4. With 2.0.0 we changed more inclusive the kernel interface. Of course we are willing to debug your problem.

The whole idea was running an 64 bit os (trying to switch from vmware). On my laptop (intel) VirtualBox 2.0 work just fine.

Anyway, thank you. I hope this bug will be fixed soon.

Gabriel

2008-09-05 18:02:41 changed by bird

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.

I think I've found and fixed the problem. Two glitches in timer-r0drv-linux.c(pp). It will be shipped with 2.0.2. If you're really eager to try 2.0, it will be in the OSE tree later today (src/VBox/Runtime/r0drv/linux/timer-r0drv-linux.cpp).

(follow-up: ↓ 9 ) 2008-09-05 18:05:27 changed by frank

  • status changed from closed to reopened.
  • resolution deleted.
  • summary changed from RHEL5 on amd64 processor freeze with virtual Box 2.0 to RHEL5 on amd64 processor freeze with virtual Box 2.0 => Fixed in 2.0.2.

I will attach the updated vboxdrv kernel module sources to make testing easier for you. You should replace the files of your package (should reside in /usr/share/virtualbox/src with the files from the archive. Then recompile your kernel modules 

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

and again to start a VM.

2008-09-05 18:05:44 changed by frank

  • attachment vboxdrv.tar.gz added.

(in reply to: ↑ 8 ) 2008-09-06 01:12:59 changed by GabrielVlasiu

Replying to frank:

I will attach the updated vboxdrv kernel module sources to make testing easier for you. You should replace the files of your package (should reside in /usr/share/virtualbox/src with the files from the archive. Then recompile your kernel modules {{{ /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup }}} and again to start a VM.

OK. Work OK now. Thank you.

2008-09-12 15:29:55 changed by sandervl73

  • status changed from reopened to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.


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