VirtualBox

Ticket #1212 (new defect)

Opened 6 months ago

Last modified 2 weeks ago

virtualbox crashes on windows on heavy load

Reported by: riteshsarraf Assigned to:
Priority: critical Component: other
Version: VirtualBox 1.5.4 Keywords:
Cc: rrs@researchut.com Guest type: other
Host type: other

Description

I'm running VirtualBox 1.5.4 on Windows XP with a Debian Guest in it. I've attached my USB HDD to the Guest and am able to access it.

I'm using SSH Portforwarding to execute gtk-gnutella, a torrent application, from the guest to the host. When gtk-gnutella does heavy I/O on the guest in the USB HDD, VirtualBox crashes with an error in virtualboxd.dll This is immediate, in around 1-2 minutes. If I don't execute the app and just let the guest remain idle, it keeps running and nothing crashes.

Change History

(follow-up: ↓ 2 ) 02/20/08 09:26:27 changed by frank

We fixed several bugs in VirtualBox 1.5.6 which could be related to your problem. Please could you try this version.

(in reply to: ↑ 1 ) 02/20/08 13:36:30 changed by riteshsarraf

Replying to frank:

We fixed several bugs in VirtualBox 1.5.6 which could be related to your problem. Please could you try this version.

Just checked it. VirtualBox still crashes. Do you have a Debug Build? It'll be easier for me to help you with the exact root-cause of the bug.

(follow-up: ↓ 4 ) 03/26/08 09:44:40 changed by frank

We don't have debug build available for the public but you could

  • provide a minidump
  • try to build the SVN version

Please could you provide a VBox.log file of a crashed VM session as well?

(in reply to: ↑ 3 ) 03/26/08 13:41:05 changed by riteshsarraf

Replying to frank:

We don't have debug build available for the public but you could * provide a minidump * try to build the SVN version Please could you provide a VBox.log file of a crashed VM session as well?

How do I take a minidump when Virtual Box crashes ?

Since the crash was consistent, I moved to host filesystem feature, where you attach a directory from the host and access in the guest. I was able to crash it sometimes, but not as consistently as was with directly accessing the USB device from the guest.

I think, for me, the P2P application gtk-gnutella has been very good in generating heavy I/O and make the system crash. Maybe you can try this app in your testcases.

Next time Virtual Box crashes, I'll make sure I retain a copy ob VBox.log file.

08/06/08 13:38:20 changed by frank

Is this problem still relevant with 1.6.4?

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