Discussions about using non Windows and Linux guests such as FreeBSD, DOS, OS/2, OpenBSD, etc.
cyruspy
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by cyruspy » 29. Jan 2010, 04:48
Hi, i'm seeing high values for CPU usage by "System" during Openserver installation. Is there any known workaround for "Other" guests?. I have Hardware Virtualization enabled, USB and IO/APIC disabled. The host is using IDE emulation. Any ideas?
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procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- -----cpu------
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st
1 4 360416 42040 13432 1585984 8 0 158 69 4958 8257 18 50 29 3 0
2 0 360408 29152 13484 1595780 8 0 599 21 4235 10114 21 48 29 2 0
2 0 360408 30772 13608 1595924 40 0 121 10869 3943 8176 17 45 29 9 0
1 2 360396 30400 13740 1596208 0 0 65 59 3718 9320 17 50 30 3 0
1 0 360384 29424 13836 1597428 16 0 330 24 3726 8181 16 50 32 2 0
1 0 360376 29300 13836 1598004 48 0 150 0 3759 7915 18 50 30 2 0
1 2 360264 25696 13948 1601112 203 0 726 62 3749 8337 18 51 25 6 0
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PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
9341 ciro 20 0 922m 552m 26m S 99 16.9 13:50.83 VirtualBox
2484 ciro 20 0 441m 14m 9700 S 8 0.4 4:37.51 kwin
1666 root 20 0 445m 23m 6796 R 8 0.7 6:50.30 Xorg
2972 ciro 20 0 1199m 69m 25m S 3 2.1 9:44.30 amarok
Perryg
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Posts: 34369 Joined: 6. Sep 2008, 22:55
Primary OS: Linux other
VBox Version: OSE self-compiled
Guest OSses: *NIX
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by Perryg » 29. Jan 2010, 05:43
Wow I didn't think Openserver would even run on VBox That's SCO Unix right?
If you are using VT-x/AMD-v then you should have IO APIC enabled.
cyruspy
Posts: 25 Joined: 4. Nov 2008, 20:09
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by cyruspy » 29. Jan 2010, 06:45
I wasn't aware of that...
Second try, with IOAPIC enabled..
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PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
15656 ciro 20 0 921m 566m 41m S 99 17.4 1:49.64 VirtualBox
1666 root 20 0 430m 30m 5368 S 4 0.9 26:14.71 Xorg
15507 ciro 20 0 1028m 139m 53m S 4 4.3 0:23.18 amarok
2484 ciro 20 0 442m 17m 11m S 2 0.5 12:27.04 kwin
2530 ciro 20 0 247m 20m 9680 S 1 0.6 0:26.60 konsole
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procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- -----cpu------
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st
1 0 181804 145756 78532 2106184 0 0 3046 3046 4815 11071 15 33 36 17 0
1 0 181800 121832 78532 2130268 0 0 5350 86 4055 14884 19 51 28 1 0
2 0 181800 95732 78532 2156320 0 0 5530 35 3755 10488 12 49 39 1 0
1 0 181800 69816 78532 2184068 0 0 5376 25 3815 10007 13 49 35 3 0
1 0 181800 42336 78532 2211836 0 0 5453 126 4046 11769 12 49 39 0 0
Seems to make no difference...
Perryg
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Posts: 34369 Joined: 6. Sep 2008, 22:55
Primary OS: Linux other
VBox Version: OSE self-compiled
Guest OSses: *NIX
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by Perryg » 29. Jan 2010, 17:44
Does it work? Even with the high CPU?
See section 1.4. Supported host operating systems of the VBox Users Guide.
cyruspy
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by cyruspy » 30. Jan 2010, 04:00
Yes, it works. What should I look for in that section?, openSUSE is supported as host...
Perryg
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Posts: 34369 Joined: 6. Sep 2008, 22:55
Primary OS: Linux other
VBox Version: OSE self-compiled
Guest OSses: *NIX
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by Perryg » 30. Jan 2010, 04:12
Oops I should have said supported guests.
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes
Not a lot of UN*X stuff works in VBox. If it does it usually does not work well. Most of them don't even have guest additions available.
cyruspy
Posts: 25 Joined: 4. Nov 2008, 20:09
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by cyruspy » 30. Jan 2010, 20:30
Yup, i know it's currently not supported, but works...