The guest boots fine initially but then dies shortly after reaching the logon prompt (usually within 60s). The same host runs multiple linux guests without any problems and I see the same behaviour whether these guests are running or I shut them down first. High-level spec of the host is:
- Ryzen 5800x running on Asus Pro WS X570-ACE mobo with latest stable BIOS (4101)
- 64GB RAM
- Oracle Enterprise Linux 8.5, kernel: 5.4.17-2136.306.1.3.el8uek.x86_64
- VirtualBox 6.1.34
Guest config:
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Name: WindowsTest
Groups: /Test
Guest OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
UUID: fa7f781d-a771-41fe-a02e-793090723252
Config file: /vm/Test/WindowsTest/WindowsTest.vbox
Snapshot folder: /vm/Test/WindowsTest/Snapshots
Log folder: /vm/Test/WindowsTest/Logs
Hardware UUID: fa7f781d-a771-41fe-a02e-793090723252
Memory size: 8192MB
Page Fusion: enabled
VRAM size: 128MB
CPU exec cap: 100%
HPET: enabled
CPUProfile: host
Chipset: piix3
Firmware: BIOS
Number of CPUs: 2
PAE: enabled
Long Mode: enabled
Triple Fault Reset: disabled
APIC: enabled
X2APIC: enabled
Nested VT-x/AMD-V: disabled
CPUID Portability Level: 0
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode: message and menu
Boot Device 1: HardDisk
Boot Device 2: DVD
Boot Device 3: Not Assigned
Boot Device 4: Not Assigned
ACPI: enabled
IOAPIC: enabled
BIOS APIC mode: APIC
Time offset: 0ms
RTC: local time
Hardware Virtualization: enabled
Nested Paging: enabled
Large Pages: enabled
VT-x VPID: enabled
VT-x Unrestricted Exec.: enabled
Paravirt. Provider: Default
Effective Paravirt. Prov.: HyperV
State: powered off (since 2022-05-16T20:12:50.000000000)
Graphics Controller: VBoxVGA
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: disabled
2D Video Acceleration: disabled
Teleporter Enabled: disabled
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Tracing Enabled: disabled
Allow Tracing to Access VM: disabled
Tracing Configuration:
Autostart Enabled: disabled
Autostart Delay: 0
Default Frontend: headless
VM process priority: default
Storage Controller Name (0): SATA
Storage Controller Type (0): IntelAhci
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 30
Storage Controller Port Count (0): 4
Storage Controller Bootable (0): on
SATA (0, 0): /vm/Test/WindowsTest/WindowsTest_Sys.vdi (UUID: 19904950-d9b5-4194-80e6-4ce209343b0d)
NIC 1: MAC: 08002727E34F, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'enp10s0f0', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 2: disabled
NIC 3: disabled
NIC 4: disabled
NIC 5: disabled
NIC 6: disabled
NIC 7: disabled
NIC 8: disabled
Pointing Device: USB Tablet
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1: disabled
UART 2: disabled
UART 3: disabled
UART 4: disabled
LPT 1: disabled
LPT 2: disabled
Audio: enabled (Driver: ALSA, Controller: HDA, Codec: STAC9221)
Audio playback: enabled
Audio capture: disabled
Clipboard Mode: disabled
Drag and drop Mode: disabled
VRDE: enabled (Address 192.168.1.2, Ports 3389, MultiConn: off, ReuseSingleConn: off, Authentication type: null)
Video redirection: disabled
VRDE property : TCP/Ports = "3389"
VRDE property : TCP/Address = "192.168.1.2"
VRDE property : VideoChannel/Enabled = <not set>
VRDE property : VideoChannel/Quality = <not set>
VRDE property : VideoChannel/DownscaleProtection = <not set>
VRDE property : Client/DisableDisplay = <not set>
VRDE property : Client/DisableInput = <not set>
VRDE property : Client/DisableAudio = <not set>
VRDE property : Client/DisableUSB = <not set>
VRDE property : Client/DisableClipboard = <not set>
VRDE property : Client/DisableUpstreamAudio = <not set>
VRDE property : Client/DisableRDPDR = <not set>
VRDE property : H3DRedirect/Enabled = <not set>
VRDE property : Security/Method = <not set>
VRDE property : Security/ServerCertificate = <not set>
VRDE property : Security/ServerPrivateKey = <not set>
VRDE property : Security/CACertificate = <not set>
VRDE property : Audio/RateCorrectionMode = <not set>
VRDE property : Audio/LogPath = <not set>
OHCI USB: disabled
EHCI USB: disabled
xHCI USB: enabled
USB Device Filters:
<none>
Bandwidth groups: <none>
Shared folders:<none>
Capturing: not active
Capture audio: not active
Capture screens: 0
Capture file: /vm/Test/WindowsTest/WindowsTest.webm
Capture dimensions: 1024x768
Capture rate: 512kbps
Capture FPS: 25kbps
Capture options: ac_enabled=false
Guest:
Configured memory balloon size: 0MB
I've attached log files from both the Linux and Windows hosts.
Things I have tried:
- Tried different number of vCPUs: 1, 2, 4 & 8
- Tried different RAM allocation: 4GB, 8GB, 16GB
- Added kernel parameter on host: "split_lock_detect=off"
Any thoughts very welcome!