Slowdown

[Konstantin]

When I starting WinXP as guest on my Gentoo Linux 2007.0 x86_64 it's using 1.5-2% CPU and 35% RAM. After activating "Seamless windows" it's growing to 50% CPU and 35% RAM. Then if I disable this option VB still uses 50% CPU. Is it a feature or a bug? Some infomartion about my system:

kes@eclipse ~ $ lsmod |grep vboxdrv
vboxdrv              1609504  1

 kes@eclipse ~ $ emerge --info
Portage 2.1.3.7 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.2.0, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 x86_64)
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System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10
Timestamp of tree: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:00:10 +0000
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p17-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r5, 2.5.1-r2
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r7
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.10-r4
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.18
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r2
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.24
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.22-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
LINGUAS="en en_US ru"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.tonet.ru/gentoo-portage/"
USE="X acl alsa amd64 berkdb bitmap-fonts cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri fortran gdbm gif gpm iconv isdnlog jpeg mmx mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl png pppd python readline reflection session spl sse sse2 ssl svg tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ca0106 intel8x0" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en en_US ru" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

I'm using a binary x86_64 version.

[Sander van Leeuwen]

This is reproducable? Seamless windows should have no impact on performance if you don't use the guest.

[Sander van Leeuwen]

Try again with 1.6.x please and reopen if necessary.