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VBox Guest Freezes
Posted: 21. Apr 2009, 14:09
by aliengin
Hello,
I've 2 guest OSes on my Intel Q6600 machine. There is CentOS 5.2 64-bit running on it and one of my guest freezes everyday and I don't know why. Is there a way to log why this happens.
Also my two vms has the same configuration except hdd, the freezing machine uses ide and I created it by importing from windows, the other one is created manually by VBoxManage command and it uses sata.
Thanks a lot.
Re: VBox Guest Freezes
Posted: 21. Apr 2009, 14:16
by vbox4me2
VBox version?
Run [VBoxManage showvminfo "VMNAME"] and display output here for both Guests.
Re: VBox Guest Freezes
Posted: 21. Apr 2009, 22:14
by aliengin
I've installed VirtualBox-2.2.0_45846_rhel5-1.x86_64.rpm for Centos 5.2 64-bit. The vm has been frozen again, I've tried to poweroff the machine but it didn't work. When I run the command "VBoxManage controlvm Notebook --poweroff" It keeps me wait for nearly half an hour and nothing happens.
The vm which has the problem is named Notebook
Name: Notebook
Guest OS: Red Hat
UUID: 4b2f3fcd-8269-406e-92ea-c9e976be7ca8
Config file: /root/.VirtualBox/Machines/Notebook/Notebook.xml
Memory size: 2048MB
VRAM size: 12MB
Boot menu mode: message and menu
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: off
PAE: off
Time offset: 0 ms
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging: off
VT-x VPID: off
State: running (since 2009-04-21T11:43:19.458000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
Floppy: empty
SATA: disabled
IDE Controller: PIIX4
Primary master: /root/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/Notebook.vmdk (UUID: b7cec830-6a34-44c4-86bb-0d817a6b2757)
DVD: empty
NIC 1: MAC: 080027413FE6, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'eth0', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C970A, Reported speed: 0 Mbps
NIC 2: disabled
NIC 3: disabled
NIC 4: disabled
NIC 5: disabled
NIC 6: disabled
NIC 7: disabled
NIC 8: disabled
UART 1: disabled
UART 2: disabled
Audio: disabled (Driver: Unknown, Controller: Unknown)
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
Video mode: 720x400x0
VRDP: enabled (Address 0.0.0.0, Port 10171, MultiConn: off, ReuseSingleConn: off, Authentication type: external)
USB: disabled
USB Device Filters:
<none>
Available remote USB devices:
<none>
Currently Attached USB Devices:
<none>
Shared folders: <none>
VRDP Connection: not active
Clients so far: 2
Last started: 2009/04/21 11:43:22 UTC
Last ended: 2009/04/21 12:09:55 UTC
Sent: 0 Bytes
Average speed: 0 B/s
Sent total: 0 Bytes
Received: 0 Bytes
Speed: 0 B/s
Received total: 0 Bytes
Guest:
Statistics update: disabled
Name: Niczon
Guest OS: Red Hat
UUID: 68842ab9-e140-46f1-a3f2-bd5321c4a4db
Config file: /root/.VirtualBox/Machines/Niczon/Niczon.xml
Memory size: 3072MB
VRAM size: 8MB
Boot menu mode: message and menu
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: off
PAE: off
Time offset: 0 ms
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging: off
VT-x VPID: off
State: running (since 2009-04-20T22:47:35.044000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
Floppy: empty
SATA: enabled
SATA 0: /root/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/Niczon.vdi (UUID: 637f932f-b21a-48fc-99bc-8b48c436d807)
IDE Controller: PIIX4
DVD: empty
NIC 1: MAC: 0800273A22D1, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'eth0', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps
NIC 2: disabled
NIC 3: disabled
NIC 4: disabled
NIC 5: disabled
NIC 6: disabled
NIC 7: disabled
NIC 8: disabled
UART 1: disabled
UART 2: disabled
Audio: disabled (Driver: Unknown, Controller: Unknown)
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
Video mode: 720x400x0
VRDP: enabled (Address 0.0.0.0, Port 10173, MultiConn: off, ReuseSingleConn: off, Authentication type: external)
USB: disabled
USB Device Filters:
<none>
Available remote USB devices:
<none>
Currently Attached USB Devices:
<none>
Shared folders: <none>
VRDP Connection: not active
Clients so far: 2
Last started: 2009/04/20 22:47:49 UTC
Last ended: 2009/04/20 23:27:41 UTC
Sent: 0 Bytes
Average speed: 0 B/s
Sent total: 0 Bytes
Received: 0 Bytes
Speed: 0 B/s
Received total: 0 Bytes
Guest:
Statistics update: disabled
Re: VBox Guest Freezes
Posted: 21. Apr 2009, 23:22
by vbox4me2
Play with these settings:
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: off
IDE Controller: PIIX4
Any combination can cause a lockup or not, you will have to try a few combies (make a backup first).
Re: VBox Guest Freezes
Posted: 23. Apr 2009, 11:58
by aliengin
I've tried all these settings, everything was looking fine while acpi was off for 24 hours but then the vm had frozen again. I'm now trying to clone the hd, create a new vm and continue. I'm wondering if it could be something usefull in the vm's log.
00:00:00.187 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: disk, PCHS=16383/16/63, total number of sectors 335544320
00:00:00.187 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#1: no unit
00:00:00.188 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#2: CD/DVD, total number of sectors 0, passthrough disabled
00:00:00.188 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#3: no unit
00:00:00.188 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET
00:00:00.289 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#1: finished processing RESET
00:00:00.289 IntNet#0: szNetwork={HostInterfaceNetworking-eth0} enmTrunkType=3 szTrunk={eth0} fFlags=0x0 cbRecv=223232 cbSend=36864
00:00:00.290 DevPcBios: ATA LUN#0 LCHS=1024/255/63
00:00:00.290 PGMR3InitFinalize: 4 MB PSE mask 0000000fffffffff
00:00:00.303 HWACCM: No VT-x or AMD-V CPU extension found. Reason VERR_VMX_MSR_LOCKED_OR_DISABLED
00:00:00.303 HWACCM: VMX MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL=1
00:00:00.313 VM: Halt method global1 (5)
00:00:00.313 Changing the VM state from 'CREATING' to 'CREATED'.
00:00:00.313 Changing the VM state from 'CREATED' to 'RUNNING'.
00:00:00.318 Guest Log: BIOS: VirtualBox 2.2.0
00:00:00.318 PIT: mode=2 count=0x10000 (65536) - 18.20 Hz (ch=0)
00:00:00.336 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0x00 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)
00:00:00.336 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET
00:00:00.338 Guest Log: BIOS: ata0-0: PCHS=16383/16/63 LCHS=1024/255/63
00:00:00.339 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#1: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0x00 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)
00:00:00.339 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#1: finished processing RESET
00:00:00.339 PIT: mode=2 count=0x48d3 (18643) - 64.00 Hz (ch=0)
00:00:00.355 Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=00002aaab60e8000 w=640 h=480 bpp=32 cbLine=0xA00
00:00:02.815 PIT: mode=2 count=0x10000 (65536) - 18.20 Hz (ch=0)
00:00:02.818 Guest Log: BIOS: Boot from Floppy 0 failed
00:00:02.819 Guest Log: BIOS: CDROM boot failure code : 0003
00:00:02.819 Guest Log: BIOS: Boot from CD-ROM failed
00:00:02.821 Guest Log: BIOS: Booting from Hard Disk...
00:00:02.824 Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0
00:00:02.834 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0x20 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)
00:00:02.834 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET
00:00:02.894 Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=00002aaab60e8000 w=640 h=480 bpp=0 cbLine=0x140
00:00:07.325 Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0
00:00:07.664 Guest Log: BIOS: KBD: unsupported int 16h function 03
00:00:07.665 Guest Log: BIOS: int13_harddisk: function 02, parameters out of range 0000/0000/0001!
00:00:08.515 PIT: mode=2 count=0x4a9 (1193) - 1000.15 Hz (ch=0)
00:00:12.501 PATM: Disable block at c0710098 - write c0710112-c0710116
00:00:12.502 PATM: Disable block at c0711e80 - write c0711ed7-c0711edb
00:00:41.455 PCNet#0: Init: ss32=1 GCRDRA=0x37843000[32] GCTDRA=0x37842000[16]
Re: VBox Guest Freezes
Posted: 23. Apr 2009, 12:58
by strichards
Review this thread...
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... 738#p69738
I have reduced the memory foot print from 700MB down now to 384MB and the video from 128MB to 64MB also turned off 3d acceleration. (also changed networking mode from bridged to nat) and turn PAE on
Re: VBox Guest Freezes
Posted: 24. Apr 2009, 13:23
by aliengin
thank you steve, I'll give them a try. In fact I've fix the problem of getting freeze on that machine but my other vm started to freeze now. I don't know if I can handle them from now on. They are two testing web servers on a quad-core cpu and I couldn't make them work together for 24h. I think this is not a suitable job for vbox, VMware would handle it.