VirtualBoxservice 1.5.2 in windows guest often at 100% CPU

[Zebulon]

I had created a Windows 2000Pro and Windows XP Pro guest VM under a Windows XP Pro host - using VirtualBox 1.5.0

When VirtualBox 1.5.2 came out I uninstalled VirtualBox 1.5.0 - installed VirtualBox 1.5.2. Than I uninstalled the Guest Additions 1.5.0 in the guest and installed the guest additions 1.5.2.

Now I have the problem that often - not always - my CPU usage is 100% assigned to the VirtualBoxservice.exe in the guest system!

You can shut down the service and the guest still works but with normal CPU usage OR ...

Open the Services from the Windows Configuration in the guest, scroll through the list, close it again and suddenly the CPU load for the VirtualBoxservice.exe goes down to a normal level again. Strange behaviour

But chances are still hight that CPU usage reaches again 100% later on.

Is this a bug or something - anyone else has this problem??

[jgnew]

I am also having the same/similar problem. VirtualBoxservice.exe is maxing out the cpu. I can open the services panel and then just close it and VirtualBoxservice.exe drops back to running normal,

Additionally, when I try to copy a file to a share, VirtualBoxservice.exe goes back to 100% and the file is not copied.

I have 1.5.2 VB installed and the 1.5.2 additions.

[darez2]

Same problem, at the start of VM the service go to 100%

darez

[darez2]

Same problem, at the start of VM the service go to 100%
darez

1. The VM start
2. The VM have vboxservice.exe at 100% of CPU
3. I close the vboxservice.exe
4. CPU go to 0%
5. I click CTRL+L, but the transaparent mode not work
6. I start vboxservice.exe
7. The CPU go to 4-5 %
8. I click on CTRL+L, and the Transaparent work fine )

This is a workaround for me, but every time i need to do this operation
manually. How I can save the STATE of VM ?

darez

[hege]

Do you have clipboard sharing on? I disabled it since it's way too buggy even with 1.5.2, I got the same 100% CPU usages occasionally when it was on.

[sandervl]

If it's indeed the clipboard setting, then please open a defect here: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Bugtracker

[darez2]

If it's indeed the clipboard setting, then please open a defect here: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Bugtracker

It's true:
i have try to disable clipboard from the Setting Panel: all fine.
I don't need the clipboard, so it's all good for me.

I think that this is one of the best Virtual Machine that i have never
try for my project.

Darez

[Zebulon]

I had a bug reported about this. The bugtracker has the numer #824.

The bug has been fixed for the next release 1.5.4
However you can download a "quickfix"

Have a look here: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/824

or here

http://www.virtualbox.org/attachment/ti ... xclipb.zip

Zebulon

[Zebulon]

I installed the "quickfix" and now everything works fine again!

Thanks to the innotek team!

[malai5]

Hi All

That, (100%) is what my processor used to run with VB 1.4 and 1.5, but with 1.5.2 it runs at 20% to 30% with occasional highs of 70%. Mind you, I can live with that considering that I am running PCLinux 2007 guest on an XP home host. All of this is on a Sony Vaio PCG-FXA10 1.2Ghz notebook. The linux distro runs almost as fast as XP does natively, so I am rapt with this new version of Virtual Box. Everything is turned on and running.
Must be something about the hardware???

Cheers

Malai5

[virtualtexan]

Same issue resolved by setting Shared Clipboard to Disabled, don't use it much anyway.