VM Crashing - rtR3WinUnhandledXcptFilter Exception

[Sechs]

Hi,
I migrated this week end my VM from VBox 5.2.26 to 6.0.12 (windows 10 host, Ubuntu 18.04 guest). Changed graphical controller to VMSVGA alongside.
Today, the VM crashed 3 times randomly, once when trying to save its state, another time when closing a chrome window.

01:34:32.347289 !!! rtR3WinUnhandledXcptFilter caught an exception on thread 0000000000002ac4!!!
...
01:34:32.348633 Thread ID:   0000000000002ac4
01:34:32.348651 Thread name: VMSVGA FIFO
01:34:32.348657 Thread IPRT: 000000000570d3e0

Seems like womething went wrong with VMSVGA, right ?
I'm looking for any advice or clue to solve those frustrating crashes.
Here are the attached logs.
Thanks,
Sechs

[jhnatow]

I am seeing the same crash with 6.0.10 with a Windows 10 pro guest frequently (roughly every couple of hours).

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00:35:35.874972 !!! rtR3WinUnhandledXcptFilter caught an exception on thread 0000000000003468!!!
...
00:35:35.875413 Thread ID:   0000000000003468
00:35:35.875417 Thread name: VMSVGA FIFO
00:35:35.875419 Thread IPRT: 0000000005d37480

Logs attached. Trying to update graphics drivers on the host to see if that helps at all.

[scottgus1]

I am seeing the same crash with 6.0.10 with a Windows 10 pro guest

Consider this from the manual:

VBoxSVGA: The default graphics controller for new VMs that use Windows 7 or later.
This graphics controller improves performance and 3D support when compared to the
legacy VBoxVGA option.
....
– VMSVGA: Use this graphics controller to emulate a VMware SVGA graphics device.
This is the default graphics controller for Linux guests.

Seems VMSVGA is for Linux? Try VboxSVGA for Windows guests?

For both Sechs and jhnatow, do the same crashes occur when installing a fresh Ubuntu or Windows 10 guest in 6.0.12 with the new appropriate video card chosen before starting the install?

[jhnatow]

Seems VMSVGA is for Linux? Try VboxSVGA for Windows guests?

For both Sechs and jhnatow, do the same crashes occur when installing a fresh Ubuntu or Windows 10 guest in 6.0.12 with the new appropriate video card chosen before starting the install?

Thanks for the suggestion, trying VboxSVGA now. I also upgraded Virtual Box to 6.0.12 (and the Guest Additions).

I will try a fresh guest install if I can find some time to do that.

[Sechs]

For both Sechs and jhnatow, do the same crashes occur when installing a fresh Ubuntu or Windows 10 guest in 6.0.12 with the new appropriate video card chosen before starting the install?

I will try to create a fresh new VM, but it'll be complicated to tell, since my VM has quite a lot de graphical personnalisations, custom themes, still runing unity (and not gnome, even if it's Ubuntu 18.04).

Just in case, I uploaded a video of the crash, very easy to reproduce, happens when chrome is closed (99% chance of crashing each time).

Here it is :

https://youtu.be/VyWrWuRntC0

[mickevi]

I have the exact same problem, please let me know if you find a solution

[mihaur]

I'm also experiencing crashes on Windows 10 host and Ubuntu 18.04 guest with both VBox 6.0.14 and 6.1.
It happens only when using the new VMSVGA *with* 3D acceleration.

The easiest way to reproduce is to start and close a chromium based browser (Google Chrome or Brave browser). There are also other crashes but not deterministic.
When I disable 3D acceleration the browser works extremely slowly.

I can't reproduce it on a clean Ubuntu 19.10 installation.