On 05/31/2011 01:31 PM, James wrote: > Anyone having any problems with VirtualBox and kernel panics? > > I've tried vbox 3 and 4, both with the same behavior. Installing > Windows 7 as a guest and either (a) my system will completely freeze > (I'm assuming the kernel panicked), or (b) I'm thinking the Linux raid > module dies because the system becomes unresponsive (although I can > open a terminal, the shell doesn't come up, browser freezes, etc.). > The only fix for both of these problems is a hard reboot. > > I have on idea how to go about troubleshooting this issue. I'd hate to > open a ticket with the vbox folks until I have more information. > > The only thing I've read online that may be applicable is that there > have been some issues with kernel panics when you give the guest OS > more than 1 processor. It would suck badly if SMP didn't work well on > vbox. > > Thoughts? > -james >
I am running vbox 4.0.8 on -> emerge --info Portage 2.1.9.42 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.4.5, libc-0-r0, 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 x86_64) with only one Win7 VM on a dual core laptop. It works fine and I use CAD software that only runs on Windows. What does your VBox.log say? -- Valmor
