From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 24 14:58:14 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D415106566C; Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:58:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-yw0-f197.google.com (mail-yw0-f197.google.com [209.85.211.197]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFDDA8FC39; Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:58:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh35 with SMTP id 35so2123755ywh.7 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:58:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.150.118.11 with SMTP id q11mr7046276ybc.40.1264345090694; Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:58:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from papi.localnet ([187.78.195.154]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 20sm1334254yxe.2.2010.01.24.06.57.58 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:58:07 -0800 (PST) To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: Mario Lobo Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:01:31 -0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; boundary="Boundary-00=_LDGXL2yksVavkys" Message-Id: <201001241201.31892.lobo@bsd.com.br> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:30:57 +0000 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: JFYI: VirtualBox stable/unstable setteings +nvidia amd64 (3.1.2 OSE - GOOD NEWS) - The freeze is GONE ! [was: JFYI: VirtualBox stable/unstable setteings (3.0.51.r22902)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:58:14 -0000 --Boundary-00=_LDGXL2yksVavkys Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wednesday 23 December 2009 02:29:33 Daichi GOTO wrote: >> In a month, I have been tried to investigate FreeBSD system >> stable/unstable situations and factors around VirtualBox >> bacause frequently my VirtualBox let FreeBSD freeze, panic >> and fatal trap. [Snip.] > What I have found out in all the time I've been testing is that, at least on > my system here, the problem with VBox/Nvidia IS definitely with OpenGL. > If I leave the KDE composite option as XRENDER, I can open up to 6 VMs > without any freeze. All of them with 2 CPUs, 3D accel enabled an all. But > all I need to do to freeze the machine is to start ANY OpenGL app and let it > run for about a minute. It can even be one of the GL screensavers. It is a > guarantied freeze ! > I have tried all sorts of combinations: nvidia.ko last, vboxdrv.ko last, no > linux.ko, with powerd, no powerd, etc..., etc... No matter what, if it > involves OpenGL, bang !! if it doesn't, it's OK. Sorry for the long subject !. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Machine: OS: FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #0 r198930M: Sat Dec 12 12:49:49 BRT 2009 MB: AOD790GX/128M VB: nvidia0: on vgapci0 RAM: 8 G CPU: Phenom 955 black (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 195.22 Mon Nov 30 14:03:12 posix/SystemV/PST 2009 (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs X: X.Org X Server 1.6.1 KDE: 4.3.4 with OpenGl composite enabled VBOX: 3.1.2 OSE ------------------------------------------------------------------ Stability is back!. No more host freezes ! I found out that compiling the nvidia driver WITHOUT the linux_emulation option did it! The instability and freeze issue with vbox+openGL active is GONE! As you can see on attached image, I have started: 2 XP 1 Win7 32 1 Win7 64 2 Win 2003 1 Fedora Plus a few other kde apps. Before doing this, if I started only one of the win7 VM, my host would freeze!. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99,7% winfoes FREE) --Boundary-00=_LDGXL2yksVavkys--