[vbox-dev] Cannot debug linux kernel with VBox 4.3+

[Aaron Lewis]

Hi Frank,

The CPU model is:  Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz

And yes I have VT-x enabled.

The VBox.log is uploaded here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/6713174/

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Frank Mehnert <frank.mehnert at oracle.com> wrote:
> AAron,
>
> On Tuesday 31 December 2013 08:29:44 Aaron Lewis wrote:
>> I couldn't use kgdb to debug a linux kernel running inside VBox.
>>
>> When the kernel crashes, VBox pops up a dialog asking me either to
>> Ignore the error or Close the VM. The former does no work, and the
>> whole thing freezes up
>
> do you have VT-x / AMD-V enabled for this VM and is this feature
> really used (VBox.log file)? And are you on Intel or on AMD? I know
> there were some VMM changes / fixes regarding debug exceptions.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Frank
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