From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 22 10:46:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A80091065697 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:46:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from mout7.freenet.de (mout7.freenet.de [IPv6:2001:748:100:40::2:9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 423FD8FC19 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:46:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [195.4.92.18] (helo=8.mx.freenet.de) by mout7.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #92) id 1Mq2sp-0007AE-3A for emulation@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:46:07 +0200 Received: from td960.t.pppool.de ([89.55.217.96]:34325 helo=ernst.jennejohn.org) by 8.mx.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #94) id 1Mq2so-00047H-RF for emulation@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:46:07 +0200 Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:46:06 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn To: emulation@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090922124606.0a9aee4d@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20090920191501.3d4d2c8a@ernst.jennejohn.org> References: <20090920191501.3d4d2c8a@ernst.jennejohn.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.2; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: VirtualBox/kernel broken? X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:46:08 -0000 On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:15:01 +0200 Gary Jennejohn wrote: > So, I have a problem with VirtualBox and can't say whether it's a problem > with VirtualBox itself or something which has changed in the kernel. > > I'm running FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT Wed Sep 16 11:40:19 CEST 2009 amd64. > > I installed both the port and the latest stuff from svn. > > The problem is with an installation of Windows 7 RC which was working > fine with an older version of the port (can't say from when, though) > AND of the kernel. > > Today I decided to try the latest version of VirtualBox and the W7RC > fails upon booting with an internal VirtualBox error. > > Strangely enough, if I start W7RC in repair mode it happily runs to > completion, but then the boot fails with the above mentioned error. > > Booting from the ISO also fails. > > I have all kinds of log files from VirtualBox which I can't parse. > > Interestingly enough, the two Linux installations, which are from > about the same time as the W7RC installation, still run flawlessly. > > Has anyone else seen any strangeness with the newer versions of VirtualBox > and a fairly recent 9.0-CURRENT? > Since I never got any response to this, I'll relate what I've found out. If I turn off acceleration in Settings->System->Acceleration W7RC runs, although it's very slow. Something broke somewhere, but I can't say whether in VirtualBox or the kernel. --- Gary Jennejohn