High CPU load when guest (WinXP) is idle on Ubuntu 8.04/x64

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bernroth
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High CPU load when guest (WinXP) is idle on Ubuntu 8.04/x64

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Hello all!

I recently moved from VMware Workstation 6.5 to VirtualBox 2.1.4 and have now some heavy troubles with high CPU load.
VMware tools are removed, system cleaned from unused software and Vbox guest additions properly installed.
After startup and idle WinXP, the host VirtualBox process consumes 25% CPU. After some hours the load slowly increases until it reaches 100%. The guest is terribly slow, the taskmanager in XP still is idle/no running processes.
When I restart the guest it uses 25%, after 12 hours again 100%.
With VMware I had no similar issues.
The host is a HP xw6600 workstation with a E5420 CPU, 10gigs of memory and two 300GB/15k SAS disks. OS is a up-to-date Ubuntu 8.04/x64 (Kernel 2.6.24-23-generic #1 SMP Mon Jan 26 01:04:16 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux).
Please find at the bottom the VBox configuration and log file.

<EDIT>
I just did a test on Windows XP as host. A copy of the Windows XP guest works fine and causes no excessive/unlogical CPU usage. It works fine even when it runs for hours.
Thus the reason of the problems may be due to the different host system.
</EDIT>

I really like VirtualBox as it works great with my TwinView X-Server. I would like to use it and avoid moving back to crappy VMware.

Please help!

Best regards,

Bernhard



<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- Automatically converted from version '1.5-linux' -->
<!-- Automatically converted from version '1.4-linux' -->
<!-- Automatically converted from version '1.3-linux' -->
<!-- Sun xVM VirtualBox Machine Configuration -->
<VirtualBox xmlns="http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings" version="1.6-linux">
<Machine OSType="WindowsXP" uuid="{4e0a3af7-dd85-4886-acbd-daa7752008f6}" name="Windows XP" lastStateChange="2009-02-20T13:50:07Z" snapshotFolder="Snapshots" currentSnapshot="{8ee687cc-8d03-467b-a201-fbd67a7b58ee}">
<ExtraData>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastCloseAction" value="powerOff"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastWindowPostion" value="2105,56,1104,886"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/Fullscreen" value="on"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/Seamless" value="off"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/AutoresizeGuest" value="on"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SaveMountedAtRuntime" value="no"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/InfoDlgState" value="400,450,normal"/>
</ExtraData>
<Description>Windows XP Professional</Description>
<Snapshot uuid="{81b314db-24e2-4b03-b81c-47a08bce1766}" name="Initial" timeStamp="2009-02-18T14:58:04Z">
<Hardware>
<CPU count="1">
<HardwareVirtEx enabled="true"/>
<HardwareVirtExNestedPaging enabled="true"/>
</CPU>
<Memory RAMSize="1024"/>
<Boot>
<Order position="1" device="HardDisk"/>
</Boot>
<Display VRAMSize="32" monitorCount="1" accelerate3D="false"/>
<RemoteDisplay enabled="false" port="3389" authType="External" authTimeout="5000"/>
<BIOS>
<ACPI enabled="true"/>
<IOAPIC enabled="true"/>
<Logo fadeIn="true" fadeOut="true" displayTime="0"/>
<BootMenu mode="MessageAndMenu"/>
<TimeOffset value="0"/>
<PXEDebug enabled="false"/>
<IDEController type="PIIX4"/>
</BIOS>
<DVDDrive passthrough="false">
<HostDrive src="/dev/scd0"/>
</DVDDrive>
<FloppyDrive enabled="true"/>
<USBController enabled="true" enabledEhci="true">
<DeviceFilter name="AKS HASP 2.17 [0217]" active="true" vendorId="0529" productId="0001" revision="0217" manufacturer="AKS" product="HASP 2.17" remote="no"/>
<DeviceFilter name="SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR3311 USB Smart Card Reader [0523]" active="true" vendorId="04E6" productId="511D" revision="0523" manufacturer="SCM Microsystems Inc." product="SCR3311 USB Smart Card Reader" serialNumber="21120611200345" remote="no"/>
</USBController>
<SATAController enabled="true" PortCount="1" IDE0MasterEmulationPort="0" IDE0SlaveEmulationPort="1" IDE1MasterEmulationPort="2" IDE1SlaveEmulationPort="3"/>
<Network>
<Adapter slot="0" enabled="true" MACAddress="000C292CE52B" cable="true" speed="0" type="82543GC">
<HostInterface name="eth0"/>
</Adapter>
<Adapter slot="1" enabled="false" MACAddress="0800277E4C49" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="2" enabled="false" MACAddress="08002789A3D4" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="3" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027C6F967" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="4" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027475A07" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="5" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027D50901" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="6" enabled="false" MACAddress="0800271355E9" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="7" enabled="false" MACAddress="08002768BD1B" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
</Network>
<UART>
<Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected"/>
<Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected"/>
</UART>
<LPT>
<Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4"/>
<Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4"/>
</LPT>
<AudioAdapter controller="SB16" driver="Pulse" enabled="true"/>
<SharedFolders>
<SharedFolder name="tmp" hostPath="/tmp" writable="true"/>
</SharedFolders>
<Clipboard mode="Bidirectional"/>
<Guest memoryBalloonSize="0" statisticsUpdateInterval="0"/>
<GuestProperties>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Product" value="Windows XP Professional" timestamp="1234967979016142000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Release" value="5.1.2600" timestamp="1234967979016955000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/ServicePack" value="3" timestamp="1234967979019852000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/InstallDir" value="C:/Programme/Sun/xVM VirtualBox Guest Additions" timestamp="1234967979022403000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Revision" value="42893" timestamp="1234967979026469000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Version" value="2.1.4" timestamp="1234967979026793000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxControl.exe" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979035635000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxHook.dll" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979039351000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxDisp.dll" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979040302000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxMRXNP.dll" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979043963000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxService.exe" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979046253000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxTray.exe" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979057175000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxGuest.sys" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979066306000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxMouse.sys" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979086227000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxSF.sys" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979122824000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxVideo.sys" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979134379000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/LoggedInUsers" value="0" timestamp="1234969066505854000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/NoLoggedInUsers" value="true" timestamp="1234969066505937000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/Count" value="0" timestamp="1234969066507037000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID" value="C" timestamp="1234969084217707000" flags=""/>
</GuestProperties>
</Hardware>
<HardDiskAttachments>
<HardDiskAttachment hardDisk="{d076a3fb-2a20-429e-bf62-37f2fb2e2015}" bus="IDE" channel="0" device="0"/>
</HardDiskAttachments>
<Snapshots>
<Snapshot uuid="{8ee687cc-8d03-467b-a201-fbd67a7b58ee}" name="Snapshot 1" timeStamp="2009-02-19T12:06:06Z">
<Description/>
<Hardware>
<CPU count="1">
<HardwareVirtEx enabled="true"/>
<HardwareVirtExNestedPaging enabled="true"/>
</CPU>
<Memory RAMSize="1024"/>
<Boot>
<Order position="1" device="HardDisk"/>
</Boot>
<Display VRAMSize="32" monitorCount="1" accelerate3D="false"/>
<RemoteDisplay enabled="false" port="3389" authType="External" authTimeout="5000"/>
<BIOS>
<ACPI enabled="true"/>
<IOAPIC enabled="true"/>
<Logo fadeIn="true" fadeOut="true" displayTime="0"/>
<BootMenu mode="MessageAndMenu"/>
<TimeOffset value="0"/>
<PXEDebug enabled="false"/>
<IDEController type="PIIX4"/>
</BIOS>
<DVDDrive passthrough="false">
<HostDrive src="/dev/scd0"/>
</DVDDrive>
<FloppyDrive enabled="true"/>
<USBController enabled="true" enabledEhci="true">
<DeviceFilter name="AKS HASP 2.17 [0217]" active="true" vendorId="0529" productId="0001" revision="0217" manufacturer="AKS" product="HASP 2.17" remote="no"/>
<DeviceFilter name="SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR3311 USB Smart Card Reader [0523]" active="true" vendorId="04E6" productId="511D" revision="0523" manufacturer="SCM Microsystems Inc." product="SCR3311 USB Smart Card Reader" serialNumber="21120611200345" remote="no"/>
</USBController>
<SATAController enabled="true" PortCount="1" IDE0MasterEmulationPort="0" IDE0SlaveEmulationPort="1" IDE1MasterEmulationPort="2" IDE1SlaveEmulationPort="3"/>
<Network>
<Adapter slot="0" enabled="true" MACAddress="000C292CE52B" cable="true" speed="0" type="82543GC">
<HostInterface name="eth0"/>
</Adapter>
<Adapter slot="1" enabled="false" MACAddress="0800277E4C49" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="2" enabled="false" MACAddress="08002789A3D4" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="3" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027C6F967" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="4" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027475A07" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="5" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027D50901" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="6" enabled="false" MACAddress="0800271355E9" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="7" enabled="false" MACAddress="08002768BD1B" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
</Network>
<UART>
<Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected"/>
<Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected"/>
</UART>
<LPT>
<Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4"/>
<Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4"/>
</LPT>
<AudioAdapter controller="SB16" driver="Pulse" enabled="true"/>
<SharedFolders>
<SharedFolder name="tmp" hostPath="/tmp" writable="true"/>
</SharedFolders>
<Clipboard mode="Bidirectional"/>
<Guest memoryBalloonSize="0" statisticsUpdateInterval="0"/>
<GuestProperties>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Product" value="Windows XP Professional" timestamp="1234967979016142000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Release" value="5.1.2600" timestamp="1234967979016955000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/ServicePack" value="3" timestamp="1234967979019852000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/InstallDir" value="C:/Programme/Sun/xVM VirtualBox Guest Additions" timestamp="1234967979022403000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Revision" value="42893" timestamp="1234967979026469000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Version" value="2.1.4" timestamp="1234967979026793000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxControl.exe" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979035635000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxHook.dll" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979039351000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxDisp.dll" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979040302000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxMRXNP.dll" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979043963000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxService.exe" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979046253000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxTray.exe" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979057175000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxGuest.sys" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979066306000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxMouse.sys" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979086227000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxSF.sys" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979122824000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxVideo.sys" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1234967979134379000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/LoggedInUsers" value="0" timestamp="1234969066505854000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/NoLoggedInUsers" value="true" timestamp="1234969066505937000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/Count" value="0" timestamp="1234969066507037000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID" value="C" timestamp="1235045166759052000" flags=""/>
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</Snapshot>
</Snapshots>
</Snapshot>
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<CPU count="1">
<HardwareVirtEx enabled="true"/>
<HardwareVirtExNestedPaging enabled="true"/>
</CPU>
<Memory RAMSize="1024"/>
<Boot>
<Order position="1" device="HardDisk"/>
</Boot>
<Display VRAMSize="32" monitorCount="1" accelerate3D="false"/>
<RemoteDisplay enabled="false" port="3389" authType="External" authTimeout="5000"/>
<BIOS>
<ACPI enabled="true"/>
<IOAPIC enabled="true"/>
<Logo fadeIn="true" fadeOut="true" displayTime="0"/>
<BootMenu mode="MessageAndMenu"/>
<TimeOffset value="0"/>
<PXEDebug enabled="false"/>
<IDEController type="PIIX4"/>
</BIOS>
<DVDDrive passthrough="false">
<HostDrive src="/dev/scd0"/>
</DVDDrive>
<FloppyDrive enabled="true"/>
<USBController enabled="true" enabledEhci="true">
<DeviceFilter name="AKS HASP 2.17 [0217]" active="true" vendorId="0529" productId="0001" revision="0217" manufacturer="AKS" product="HASP 2.17" remote="no"/>
<DeviceFilter name="SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR3311 USB Smart Card Reader [0523]" active="true" vendorId="04E6" productId="511D" revision="0523" manufacturer="SCM Microsystems Inc." product="SCR3311 USB Smart Card Reader" serialNumber="21120611200345" remote="no"/>
</USBController>
<SATAController enabled="true" PortCount="1" IDE0MasterEmulationPort="0" IDE0SlaveEmulationPort="1" IDE1MasterEmulationPort="2" IDE1SlaveEmulationPort="3"/>
<Network>
<Adapter slot="0" enabled="true" MACAddress="000C292CE52B" cable="true" speed="0" type="82543GC">
<HostInterface name="eth0"/>
</Adapter>
<Adapter slot="1" enabled="false" MACAddress="0800277E4C49" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="2" enabled="false" MACAddress="08002789A3D4" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="3" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027C6F967" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="4" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027475A07" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="5" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027D50901" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="6" enabled="false" MACAddress="0800271355E9" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="7" enabled="false" MACAddress="08002768BD1B" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
</Network>
<UART>
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<Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected"/>
</UART>
<LPT>
<Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4"/>
<Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4"/>
</LPT>
<AudioAdapter controller="AC97" driver="Pulse" enabled="true"/>
<SharedFolders>
<SharedFolder name="tmp" hostPath="/tmp" writable="true"/>
</SharedFolders>
<Clipboard mode="Bidirectional"/>
<Guest memoryBalloonSize="0" statisticsUpdateInterval="0"/>
<GuestProperties>
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<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Release" value="5.1.2600" timestamp="1235137035961883000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/ServicePack" value="3" timestamp="1235137035962500000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/InstallDir" value="C:/Programme/Sun/xVM VirtualBox Guest Additions" timestamp="1235137035962923000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Revision" value="42893" timestamp="1235137035963313000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Version" value="2.1.4" timestamp="1235137035963704000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxControl.exe" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1235137035981605000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxHook.dll" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1235137035988008000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxDisp.dll" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1235137035994295000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxMRXNP.dll" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1235137036038570000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxService.exe" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1235137036040029000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxTray.exe" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1235137036099520000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxGuest.sys" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1235137036106950000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxMouse.sys" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1235137036121409000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxSF.sys" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1235137036129836000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxVideo.sys" value="2.1.4r42893" timestamp="1235137036135803000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/LoggedInUsers" value="0" timestamp="1235137801666296000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/NoLoggedInUsers" value="true" timestamp="1235137799466048000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/Count" value="0" timestamp="1235137801961594000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID" value="C" timestamp="1235138089609166000" flags=""/>
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<HardDiskAttachments>
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</HardDiskAttachments>
</Machine>
</VirtualBox>


00:00:00.385 VirtualBox 2.1.4 r42893 linux.amd64 (Feb 16 2009 21:46:14) release log
00:00:00.385 Log opened 2009-02-20T13:54:56.666372000Z
00:00:00.385 OS Product: Linux
00:00:00.385 OS Release: 2.6.24-23-generic
00:00:00.385 OS Version: #1 SMP Mon Jan 26 01:04:16 UTC 2009
00:00:00.385 Package type: LINUX_64BITS_UBUNTU_8_04
00:00:00.395 SUP: Loaded VMMR0.r0 (/usr/lib/virtualbox/VMMR0.r0) at 0xffffffff88c2f740 - ModuleInit at ffffffff88c3e7a0 and ModuleTerm at ffffffff88c3e770
00:00:00.395 SUP: VMMR0EntryEx located at ffffffff88c3e6b0, VMMR0EntryFast at ffffffff88c3e820 and VMMR0EntryInt at ffffffff88c3da80
00:00:00.399 Your keyboard type does not appear to be known to VirtualBox. If
00:00:00.399 you would like to help us improve the product, please submit a bug
00:00:00.399 report, attach this logfile and provide information about what type
00:00:00.399 of keyboard you have and whether you are using a remote X server or
00:00:00.399 something similar.
00:00:00.399
00:00:00.399 The tables for your keyboard are:
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00:00:00.400 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0,
00:00:00.400 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0,
00:00:00.400 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0,
00:00:00.400 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0,
00:00:00.402 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
00:00:00.402 and
00:00:00.402 NULL, 0x25, 0x32, 0x0, 0x17, 0x9, 0x24, 0x62, 0x68,
00:00:00.402 0x64, 0x66, 0x43, 0x44, 0x45, 0x46, 0x47, 0x48, 0x49, 0x4a
00:00:00.423 Initializing host clipboard service
00:00:00.428 Shared clipboard: starting host clipboard thread
00:00:00.428 VBoxSharedClipboard mode: Bidirectional
00:00:00.486 ************************* CFGM dump *************************
00:00:00.486 pRoot=0000000000685b60:{/}
00:00:00.486 [/] (level 0)
00:00:00.486 Name <string> = "Windows XP" (cch=11)
00:00:00.486 UUID <bytes> = "f7 3a 0a 4e 85 dd 86 48 ac bd da a7 75 20 08 f6" (cb=16)
00:00:00.486 RamSize <integer> = 0x0000000040000000 (1073741824)
00:00:00.486 NumCPUs <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486 TimerMillies <integer> = 0x000000000000000a (10)
00:00:00.486 RawR3Enabled <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486 RawR0Enabled <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486 PATMEnabled <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486 CSAMEnabled <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486 HwVirtExtForced <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.486 EnableNestedPaging <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486 EnableVPID <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.486 EnablePAE <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/HWVirtExt/] (level 1)
00:00:00.486 Enabled <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/PDM/] (level 1)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/PDM/Drivers/] (level 2)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/PDM/Drivers/VBoxC/] (level 3)
00:00:00.486 Path <string> = "/usr/lib/virtualbox/components/VBoxC" (cch=37)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/] (level 1)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pcarch/] (level 2)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pcarch/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.486 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pcarch/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pcbios/] (level 2)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pcbios/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.486 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.486 RamSize <integer> = 0x0000000040000000 (1073741824)
00:00:00.486 NumCPUs <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486 HardDiskDevice <string> = "piix3ide" (cch=9)
00:00:00.486 FloppyDevice <string> = "i82078" (cch=7)
00:00:00.486 IOAPIC <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486 PXEDebug <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.486 UUID <bytes> = "f7 3a 0a 4e 85 dd 86 48 ac bd da a7 75 20 08 f6" (cb=16)
00:00:00.486 BootDevice0 <string> = "IDE" (cch=4)
00:00:00.486 BootDevice1 <string> = "NONE" (cch=5)
00:00:00.486 BootDevice2 <string> = "NONE" (cch=5)
00:00:00.486 BootDevice3 <string> = "NONE" (cch=5)
00:00:00.486 SataHardDiskDevice <string> = "ahci" (cch=5)
00:00:00.486 SataPrimaryMasterLUN <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.486 SataPrimarySlaveLUN <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486 SataSecondaryMasterLUN <integer> = 0x0000000000000002 (2)
00:00:00.486 SataSecondarySlaveLUN <integer> = 0x0000000000000003 (3)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/8237A/] (level 2)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/8237A/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.486 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pci/] (level 2)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pci/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.486 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pci/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.486 IOAPIC <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pckbd/] (level 2)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pckbd/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.486 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pckbd/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)
00:00:00.486 Driver <string> = "KeyboardQueue" (cch=14)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.486 QueueSize <integer> = 0x0000000000000040 (64)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#0/AttachedDriver/] (level 5)
00:00:00.486 Driver <string> = "MainKeyboard" (cch=13)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#0/AttachedDriver/Config/] (level 6)
00:00:00.486 Object <integer> = 0x00000000007732d0 (7811792)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#1/] (level 4)
00:00:00.486 Driver <string> = "MouseQueue" (cch=11)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#1/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.486 QueueSize <integer> = 0x0000000000000080 (128)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#1/AttachedDriver/] (level 5)
00:00:00.486 Driver <string> = "MainMouse" (cch=10)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#1/AttachedDriver/Config/] (level 6)
00:00:00.486 Object <integer> = 0x0000000000773420 (7812128)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/i82078/] (level 2)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/i82078/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.486 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/i82078/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.486 IRQ <integer> = 0x0000000000000006 (6)
00:00:00.486 DMA <integer> = 0x0000000000000002 (2)
00:00:00.486 MemMapped <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.486 IOBase <integer> = 0x00000000000003f0 (1008)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/i82078/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)
00:00:00.486 Driver <string> = "MainStatus" (cch=11)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/i82078/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.486 papLeds <integer> = 0x0000000000772890 (7809168)
00:00:00.486 First <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.486 Last <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/i82078/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)
00:00:00.486 Driver <string> = "Block" (cch=6)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/i82078/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.486 Type <string> = "Floppy 1.44" (cch=12)
00:00:00.486 Mountable <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/acpi/] (level 2)
00:00:00.486
00:00:00.486 [/Devices/acpi/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.487 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 PCIDeviceNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000007 (7)
00:00:00.487 PCIFunctionNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/acpi/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 RamSize <integer> = 0x0000000040000000 (1073741824)
00:00:00.487 NumCPUs <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 IOAPIC <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 FdcEnabled <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/acpi/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 Driver <string> = "ACPIHost" (cch=9)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/acpi/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/i8254/] (level 2)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/i8254/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/i8254/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/i8259/] (level 2)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/i8259/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.487 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/i8259/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/apic/] (level 2)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/apic/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.487 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/apic/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 IOAPIC <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 NumCPUs <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/ioapic/] (level 2)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/ioapic/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.487 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/ioapic/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/mc146818/] (level 2)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/mc146818/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/mc146818/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/vga/] (level 2)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/vga/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.487 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 PCIDeviceNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000002 (2)
00:00:00.487 PCIFunctionNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/vga/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 VRamSize <integer> = 0x0000000002000000 (33554432)
00:00:00.487 FadeIn <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 FadeOut <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 LogoTime <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487 LogoFile <string> = "" (cch=1)
00:00:00.487 ShowBootMenu <integer> = 0x0000000000000002 (2)
00:00:00.487 CustomVideoModes <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487 HeightReduction <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/vga/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 Driver <string> = "MainDisplay" (cch=12)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/vga/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.487 Object <integer> = 0x0000000000773570 (7812464)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/piix3ide/] (level 2)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.487 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 PCIDeviceNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 PCIFunctionNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 PIIX4 <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 Driver <string> = "MainStatus" (cch=11)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.487 papLeds <integer> = 0x00000000007728a0 (7809184)
00:00:00.487 First <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487 Last <integer> = 0x0000000000000003 (3)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 Driver <string> = "Block" (cch=6)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.487 Type <string> = "HardDisk" (cch=9)
00:00:00.487 Mountable <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#0/AttachedDriver/] (level 5)
00:00:00.487 Driver <string> = "VD" (cch=3)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#0/AttachedDriver/Config/] (level 6)
00:00:00.487 Path <string> = "/home/broth/.VirtualBox/Machines/Windows XP/Snapshots/{d52e78f8-3b3c-4d24-9f82-521fc7c0a124}.vdi" (cch=97)
00:00:00.487 Format <string> = "VDI" (cch=4)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#0/AttachedDriver/Config/Parent/] (level 7)
00:00:00.487 Path <string> = "/home/broth/.VirtualBox/Machines/Windows XP/Snapshots/{20ce231d-89c9-4c11-980f-37da13720af9}.vdi" (cch=97)
00:00:00.487 Format <string> = "VDI" (cch=4)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#0/AttachedDriver/Config/Parent/Parent/] (level 8)
00:00:00.487 Path <string> = "/home/broth/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/Windows_XP.vdi" (cch=49)
00:00:00.487 Format <string> = "VDI" (cch=4)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#2/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 Driver <string> = "HostDVD" (cch=8)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#2/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.487 Path <string> = "/dev/scd0" (cch=10)
00:00:00.487 Passthrough <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/ahci/] (level 2)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/ahci/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.487 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 PCIDeviceNo <integer> = 0x000000000000000d (13)
00:00:00.487 PCIFunctionNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/ahci/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 PortCount <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 PrimaryMaster <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487 PrimarySlave <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 SecondaryMaster <integer> = 0x0000000000000002 (2)
00:00:00.487 SecondarySlave <integer> = 0x0000000000000003 (3)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/ahci/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 Driver <string> = "MainStatus" (cch=11)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/ahci/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.487 papLeds <integer> = 0x00000000007728c0 (7809216)
00:00:00.487 First <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487 Last <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/pcnet/] (level 2)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/e1000/] (level 2)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/e1000/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.487 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 PCIDeviceNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000003 (3)
00:00:00.487 PCIFunctionNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/e1000/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 AdapterType <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 MAC <bytes> = "00 0c 29 2c e5 2b" (cb=6)
00:00:00.487 CableConnected <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 LineSpeed <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/e1000/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 Driver <string> = "MainStatus" (cch=11)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/e1000/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.487 papLeds <integer> = 0x00000000007729b0 (7809456)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/e1000/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)
00:00:00.487 Driver <string> = "IntNet" (cch=7)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/e1000/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.487 Trunk <string> = "eth0" (cch=5)
00:00:00.487 TrunkType <integer> = 0x0000000000000003 (3)
00:00:00.487 Network <string> = "HostInterfaceNetworking-eth0" (cch=29)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/serial/] (level 2)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/parallel/] (level 2)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/VMMDev/] (level 2)
00:00:00.487
00:00:00.487 [/Devices/VMMDev/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.487 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.487 PCIDeviceNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000004 (4)
00:00:00.488 PCIFunctionNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/VMMDev/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/VMMDev/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)
00:00:00.488 Driver <string> = "MainVMMDev" (cch=11)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/VMMDev/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.488 Object <integer> = 0x0000000000773c00 (7814144)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/VMMDev/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)
00:00:00.488 Driver <string> = "MainStatus" (cch=11)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/VMMDev/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.488 papLeds <integer> = 0x00000000007729f0 (7809520)
00:00:00.488 First <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.488 Last <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/AudioSniffer/] (level 2)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/AudioSniffer/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/AudioSniffer/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/AudioSniffer/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)
00:00:00.488 Driver <string> = "MainAudioSniffer" (cch=17)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/AudioSniffer/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.488 Object <integer> = 0x00000000007707d0 (7800784)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/ichac97/] (level 2)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/ichac97/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.488 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.488 PCIDeviceNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000005 (5)
00:00:00.488 PCIFunctionNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/ichac97/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/ichac97/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)
00:00:00.488 Driver <string> = "AUDIO" (cch=6)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/ichac97/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.488 AudioDriver <string> = "pulse" (cch=6)
00:00:00.488 StreamName <string> = "Windows XP" (cch=11)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ohci/] (level 2)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ohci/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.488 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.488 PCIDeviceNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000006 (6)
00:00:00.488 PCIFunctionNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ohci/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ohci/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)
00:00:00.488 Driver <string> = "VUSBRootHub" (cch=12)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ohci/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ohci/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)
00:00:00.488 Driver <string> = "MainStatus" (cch=11)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ohci/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.488 papLeds <integer> = 0x00000000007729f8 (7809528)
00:00:00.488 First <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.488 Last <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ehci/] (level 2)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ehci/0/] (level 3)
00:00:00.488 Trusted <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1)
00:00:00.488 PCIDeviceNo <integer> = 0x000000000000000b (11)
00:00:00.488 PCIFunctionNo <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ehci/0/Config/] (level 4)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ehci/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)
00:00:00.488 Driver <string> = "VUSBRootHub" (cch=12)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ehci/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ehci/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)
00:00:00.488 Driver <string> = "MainStatus" (cch=11)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/Devices/usb-ehci/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)
00:00:00.488 papLeds <integer> = 0x0000000000772a00 (7809536)
00:00:00.488 First <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.488 Last <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 [/TM/] (level 1)
00:00:00.488 UTCOffset <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
00:00:00.488
00:00:00.488 ********************* End of CFGM dump **********************
00:00:00.489 Logical host processors: 4, processor active mask: 000000000000000f
00:00:00.489 ************************* CPUID dump ************************
00:00:00.489 RAW Standard CPUIDs
00:00:00.489 Function eax ebx ecx edx
00:00:00.489 Gst: 00000000 00000002 756e6547 6c65746e 49656e69
00:00:00.489 Hst: 0000000a 756e6547 6c65746e 49656e69
00:00:00.489 Gst: 00000001 00010676 00000800 00000009 078bf1bf
00:00:00.489 Hst: 00010676 00040800 000ce3bd bfebfbff
00:00:00.489 Gst: 00000002 05b0b101 005657f0 00000000 2cb4304e
00:00:00.489 Hst: 05b0b101 005657f0 00000000 2cb4304e
00:00:00.489 Gst: 00000003 07280202 00000000 00000000 00000503*
00:00:00.489 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:00.489 Gst: 00000004 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000503*
00:00:00.489 Hst: 0c000121 01c0003f 0000003f 00000001
00:00:00.489 Gst: 00000005 07280202 00000000 00000000 00000503*
00:00:00.489 Hst: 00000040 00000040 00000003 00002220
00:00:00.489 Name: GenuineIntel
00:00:00.489 Supports: 0-2
00:00:00.489 Family: 6 Extended: 0 Effective: 6
00:00:00.489 Model: 7 Extended: 1 Effective: 23
00:00:00.489 Stepping: 6
00:00:00.489 APIC ID: 0x00
00:00:00.489 Logical CPUs: 0
00:00:00.489 CLFLUSH Size: 8
00:00:00.489 Brand ID: 0x00
00:00:00.489 Mnemonic - Description = guest (host)
00:00:00.489 FPU - x87 FPU on Chip = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 VME - Virtual 8086 Mode Enhancements = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 DE - Debugging extensions = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 PSE - Page Size Extension = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 TSC - Time Stamp Counter = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 MSR - Model Specific Registers = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 PAE - Physical Address Extension = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 MCE - Machine Check Exception = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 CX8 - CMPXCHG8B instruction = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 APIC - APIC On-Chip = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 SEP - SYSENTER and SYSEXIT = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 MTRR - Memory Type Range Registers = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 PGE - PTE Global Bit = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 MCA - Machine Check Architecture = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 CMOV - Conditional Move Instructions = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 PAT - Page Attribute Table = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 PSE-36 - 36-bit Page Size Extention = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 PSN - Processor Serial Number = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 CLFSH - CLFLUSH Instruction. = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 DS - Debug Store = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 ACPI - Thermal Mon. & Soft. Clock Ctrl.= 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 MMX - Intel MMX Technology = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 FXSR - FXSAVE and FXRSTOR Instructions = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 SSE - SSE Support = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 SSE2 - SSE2 Support = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 SS - Self Snoop = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 HTT - Hyper-Threading Technolog = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 TM - Thermal Monitor = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 30 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 PBE - Pending Break Enable = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 Supports SSE3 or not = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 Reserved = 0 (2)
00:00:00.489 Supports MONITOR/MWAIT = 1 (1)
00:00:00.489 CPL-DS - CPL Qualified Debug Store = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 VMX - Virtual Machine Technology = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 Enhanced SpeedStep Technology = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 Terminal Monitor 2 = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 Supports Supplemental SSE3 or not = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 L1 Context ID = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 Reserved = 0x0 (0x0)
00:00:00.489 CMPXCHG16B = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 xTPR Update Control = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 Reserved = 0x0 (0x19)
00:00:00.489
00:00:00.489 RAW Extended CPUIDs
00:00:00.489 Function eax ebx ecx edx
00:00:00.489 Gst: 80000000 80000008 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:00.489 Hst: 80000008 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:00.489 Gst: 80000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:00.489 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000001 20100800
00:00:00.489 Gst: 80000002 65746e49 2952286c 6f655820 2952286e
00:00:00.489 Hst: 65746e49 2952286c 6f655820 2952286e
00:00:00.489 Gst: 80000003 55504320 20202020 20202020 45202020
00:00:00.489 Hst: 55504320 20202020 20202020 45202020
00:00:00.489 Gst: 80000004 30323435 20402020 30352e32 007a4847
00:00:00.489 Hst: 30323435 20402020 30352e32 007a4847
00:00:00.489 Gst: 80000005 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:00.489 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:00.489 Gst: 80000006 00000000 00000000 18008040 00000000
00:00:00.489 Hst: 00000000 00000000 18008040 00000000
00:00:00.489 Gst: 80000007 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:00.489 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:00.489 Gst: 80000008 00003026 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:00.489 Hst: 00003026 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:00.489 Gst: 80000009 07280202 00000000 00000000 00000503*
00:00:00.489 Hst: 07280202 00000000 00000000 00000503
00:00:00.489 Ext Name:
00:00:00.489 Ext Supports: 0x80000000-0x80000008
00:00:00.489 Family: 0 Extended: 0 Effective: 0
00:00:00.489 Model: 0 Extended: 0 Effective: 0
00:00:00.489 Stepping: 0
00:00:00.489 Brand ID: 0x000
00:00:00.489 Mnemonic - Description = guest (host)
00:00:00.489 FPU - x87 FPU on Chip = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 VME - Virtual 8086 Mode Enhancements = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 DE - Debugging extensions = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 PSE - Page Size Extension = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 TSC - Time Stamp Counter = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 MSR - K86 Model Specific Registers = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 PAE - Physical Address Extension = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 MCE - Machine Check Exception = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 CX8 - CMPXCHG8B instruction = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 APIC - APIC On-Chip = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 10 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 SEP - SYSCALL and SYSRET = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 MTRR - Memory Type Range Registers = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 PGE - PTE Global Bit = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 MCA - Machine Check Architecture = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 CMOV - Conditional Move Instructions = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 PAT - Page Attribute Table = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 PSE-36 - 36-bit Page Size Extention = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 18 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 19 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 NX - No-Execute Page Protection = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 DS - Debug Store = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 AXMMX - AMD Extensions to MMX Instr. = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 MMX - Intel MMX Technology = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 FXSR - FXSAVE and FXRSTOR Instructions = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 25 - AMD fast FXSAVE and FXRSTOR Instr.= 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 26 - 1 GB large page support = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 27 - RDTSCP instruction = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 28 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 29 - AMD Long Mode = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 30 - AMD Extensions to 3DNow = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 31 - AMD 3DNow = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 LahfSahf - LAHF/SAHF in 64-bit mode = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 CmpLegacy - Core MP legacy mode (depr) = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 SVM - AMD VM Extensions = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 APIC registers starting at 0x400 = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 AltMovCR8 - LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8 = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 Advanced bit manipulation = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 SSE4A instruction support = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 Misaligned SSE mode = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 PREFETCH and PREFETCHW instruction = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 OS visible workaround = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 Instruction based sampling = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 SSE5 support = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 SKINIT, STGI, and DEV support = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 Watchdog timer support. = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 31:14 - Reserved = 0x0 (0x0)
00:00:00.489 Full Name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz
00:00:00.489 TLB 2/4M Instr/Uni: res0 0 entries
00:00:00.489 TLB 2/4M Data: res0 0 entries
00:00:00.489 TLB 4K Instr/Uni: res0 0 entries
00:00:00.489 TLB 4K Data: res0 0 entries
00:00:00.489 L1 Instr Cache Line Size: 0 bytes
00:00:00.489 L1 Instr Cache Lines Per Tag: 0
00:00:00.489 L1 Instr Cache Associativity: res0
00:00:00.489 L1 Instr Cache Size: 0 KB
00:00:00.489 L1 Data Cache Line Size: 0 bytes
00:00:00.489 L1 Data Cache Lines Per Tag: 0
00:00:00.489 L1 Data Cache Associativity: res0
00:00:00.489 L1 Data Cache Size: 0 KB
00:00:00.489 L2 TLB 2/4M Instr/Uni: off 0 entries
00:00:00.489 L2 TLB 2/4M Data: off 0 entries
00:00:00.489 L2 TLB 4K Instr/Uni: off 0 entries
00:00:00.489 L2 TLB 4K Data: off 0 entries
00:00:00.489 L2 Cache Line Size: 0 bytes
00:00:00.489 L2 Cache Lines Per Tag: 0
00:00:00.489 L2 Cache Associativity: off
00:00:00.489 L2 Cache Size: 0 KB
00:00:00.489 APM Features:
00:00:00.489 Physical Address Width: 38 bits
00:00:00.489 Virtual Address Width: 48 bits
00:00:00.489 Physical Core Count: 0
00:00:00.489
00:00:00.489 RAW Centaur CPUIDs
00:00:00.489 Function eax ebx ecx edx
00:00:00.489 Gst: c0000000 07280202 00000000 00000000 00000503
00:00:00.489 Hst: 07280202 00000000 00000000 00000503
00:00:00.489 Gst: c0000001 07280202 00000000 00000000 00000503
00:00:00.489 Hst: 07280202 00000000 00000000 00000503
00:00:00.489 Gst: c0000002 07280202 00000000 00000000 00000503
00:00:00.489 Hst: 07280202 00000000 00000000 00000503
00:00:00.489 Gst: c0000003 07280202 00000000 00000000 00000503
00:00:00.489 Hst: 07280202 00000000 00000000 00000503
00:00:00.489 Centaur Supports: 0xc0000000-0x07280202
00:00:00.489 Mnemonic - Description = guest (host)
00:00:00.489 AIS - Alternate Instruction Set = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 AIS-E - AIS enabled = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 RNG - Random Number Generator = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 RNG-E - RNG enabled = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 LH - LongHaul MSR 0000_110Ah = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 FEMMS - FEMMS = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 ACE - Advanced Cryptography Engine = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 ACE-E - ACE enabled = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 ACE2 - Advanced Cryptography Engine 2 = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 ACE2-E - ACE enabled = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 PHE - Hash Engine = 0 (1)
00:00:00.489 PHE-E - PHE enabled = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 PMM - Montgomery Multiplier = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489 PMM-E - PMM enabled = 0 (0)
00:00:00.489
00:00:00.489
00:00:00.489 ******************** End of CPUID dump **********************
00:00:00.490 Debug: HCPhysShw32BitPD=000000006268a000 aHCPhysPaePDs={000000025d141000,000000028a854000,000000025c474000,00000002819de000} HCPhysShwPaeP
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bernroth
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Post by bernroth »

Here is it:

broth@broth01:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 1998.000
cache size : 6144 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca sse4_1 lahf_lm
bogomips : 5003.72
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 2499.000
cache size : 6144 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 2
cpu cores : 4
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca sse4_1 lahf_lm
bogomips : 5000.26
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 2
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 1998.000
cache size : 6144 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 1
cpu cores : 4
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca sse4_1 lahf_lm
bogomips : 5000.23
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 3
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 1998.000
cache size : 6144 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 3
cpu cores : 4
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca sse4_1 lahf_lm
bogomips : 5000.23
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
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Post by Sasquatch »

Do you get the same response when you run the same situation on a brand new VM and OS install in it? The VM should only use one core, as VB only uses one core per VM. The load might get distributed over the cores, but added up is still one core.
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Post by bernroth »

I was testing some time ago the OpenSolaris 2008.11 image from http://virtualboximages.com/ and I had the same issues.
The VirtualBox process on the host system consumed about 30% CPU when the guest was idle.
Back to the Windows XP guest, the current CPU load is this:

16512 broth 20 0 1443m 1.0g 24m S 43 10.7 712:41.05 VirtualBox

From 26% (idle when freshly started) up to 43% after only 8 hours (I restarted the VM this morning).

Please let me know if you need more informations/debug logs from my host/guest.

Thank you all and a nice week-end!
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Post by Sasquatch »

Mr-Biscuit wrote:
Sasquatch wrote:Do you get the same response when you run the same situation on a brand new VM and OS install in it? The VM should only use one core, as VB only uses one core per VM. The load might get distributed over the cores, but added up is still one core.
How is that so?
I don't know of any application that can randomly choose different flags from different CPUs or cause different thread processes to be distributed over two or more CPUs and- through either of the above mentioned- cause such to act as a single "ghost processor."
Even RISC chips- SPARC especially- are not capable of such an action.
VB is multi-threaded, it just passes one CPU core to the VM. The load is still devided over the cores you have. If I run a VM and check my processor load per processor, I see a fluctuation on them, going from 100% to 50% or lower, depening what the other core is taking. This is also confirmed by the devs. The actual Host does the load sharing IIRC. Just take a look at your own system when working in a VM.
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bernroth
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Re: High CPU load when guest (WinXP) is idle on Ubuntu 8.04/x64

Post by bernroth »

Hi all,

some news from the frontline: I have tried to do a new installation of Windows XP in a new VM using default settings. This VM works fine and the CPU load is in a normal range. Nevertheless I just have just discovered a interesting thing:
When both Windows XP VM's are running, the CPU load of the affected VM drops to 2-4%.
As soon I shut the new Windows XP VM down, hop, the CPU load of the affected VM rises to 25%. This is reproducible.
Any way to find out why this happens? Maybe an issue with the kernel module?

BTW: In order to avoid troubles due to IO-APIC etc.. I disabled all these features of the affected VM (using a new HAL). Only ACPI is enabled.

Well, I would be happy to receive some advises and/or new steps to do.

Thanks and best regards,

Bernhard
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Re: High CPU load when guest (WinXP) is idle on Ubuntu 8.04/x64

Post by Sasquatch »

This issue has been asked a couple of times on the forums before, but each time, we came to the same conclusion. Running a second VM will reduce the CPU usage of the VMs, but we don't know why. Or why the first VM eats up the CPU in the first place. I recall one user mentioning that when using NAT and a program like MSN was running in the background, logged on, it would eat up the CPU. When MSN wasn't logged on, no issues. But that was way back, in 1.5 or 1.6 somewhere. And it was never actually reproduced in that setting by others with the same behaviour of CPU usage (no network was used).
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Re: High CPU load when guest (WinXP) is idle on Ubuntu 8.04/x64

Post by bernroth »

The NAT issue should not be the cause as I use host networking in both VM's. Maybe there is some process which causes the high CPU load but I'm unable to find out which. (I used the ProcessViewer from sysinternals). I have stopped all services and tasks on that machine, removed all unused drivers and so on. No change.
Is there some kind of diagnostics available on the host machine to get more details?
If not I think I need to wait for a new version which hopefully solves this strange issue.

Best regards,
Bernhard
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Re: High CPU load when guest (WinXP) is idle on Ubuntu 8.04/x64

Post by Licho »

Im having same problem with windows server 2003 guest.
At times it fixes itself and runs on low cpu for long time.

If your host is vt-x capable, enabling it fixes this problem for some reason.
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Re: High CPU load when guest (WinXP) is idle on Ubuntu 8.04/x64

Post by bernroth »

Well, I have a VT-x capable host and there is no difference in CPU usage when this feature is enabled or disabled. I already tried this.
I even disabled every feature like IO-APIC, PAE/NX, VT-x ... and did a repair-install. No change in this strange behaviour.
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Re: High CPU load when guest (WinXP) is idle on Ubuntu 8.04/x64

Post by vbox4me2 »

Just for fun's sake, could you do a new XP guest VM install and see what such VM does compared to your migrated one?
I've seen this issue as well and always traced it back to migrated VM's, when the VM is a fresh VM install it idle's quite happely. A ntbackup restore from a migration into a fresh VM leaving the system files alone also delivers an idle VM.
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Re: High CPU load when guest (WinXP) is idle on Ubuntu 8.04/x64

Post by bernroth »

A new Windows XP VM performs fine and is idle.
On the migrated VM I did already many repair-installations etc.. having the same settings as with the newly installed VM. Unfortunately this does not change the issue.
The problem is that in this specific migrated Windows XP VM are so many development applications running, it would be quite impossible to make all this run in a new Windows XP installation.
This is why I try to diagnose this problem and hope that it will be solve somehow :)

Does VBox has some kind of debugging interface to find out which process/part of the guest OS causes the high load?
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Re: High CPU load when guest (WinXP) is idle on Ubuntu 8.04/x64

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Not that I'm aware of, how about using ntbackup to backup/restore this VM into a fresh VM leaving the system files alone? you would keep all the software installed.
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Re: High CPU load when guest (WinXP) is idle on Ubuntu 8.04/x64

Post by Nercury »

bernroth wrote:A new Windows XP VM performs fine and is idle.
On the migrated VM I did already many repair-installations etc.. having the same settings as with the newly installed VM. Unfortunately this does not change the issue.
The problem is that in this specific migrated Windows XP VM are so many development applications running, it would be quite impossible to make all this run in a new Windows XP installation.
This is why I try to diagnose this problem and hope that it will be solve somehow :)

Does VBox has some kind of debugging interface to find out which process/part of the guest OS causes the high load?
Could the suspect be SQL server? I created bug report for that: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3613
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Re: High CPU load when guest (WinXP) is idle on Ubuntu 8.04/x64

Post by zajc »

Sasquatch wrote:This issue has been asked a couple of times on the forums before, but each time, we came to the same conclusion. Running a second VM will reduce the CPU usage of the VMs, but we don't know why. Or why the first VM eats up the CPU in the first place. I recall one user mentioning that when using NAT and a program like MSN was running in the background, logged on, it would eat up the CPU. When MSN wasn't logged on, no issues. But that was way back, in 1.5 or 1.6 somewhere. And it was never actually reproduced in that setting by others with the same behaviour of CPU usage (no network was used).
I have exactly the same problem. I'm working on Ubuntu 8.10 and I was trying VirtualBox 2.1.4. When I start XP, CPU is less then 10%. After I start a program (for example Toad for Oracle) the CPU jumps over 50% and it never came under 50%. If I start the second XP virtual machine, the CPU usage drops to 25%, but still 25% of CPU is still too high for idle virtual machine and it is impossible to work because CPU is constantly jumping to 100%. I was involuntary forced to move to Vmware Server 2.0. There I have ~5% when virtual machine is idle. I hope someday this issue will be fixed.
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