I was using app-emulation/virtualbox-1.5.0 to run Windows XP. Windows XP was running fast as hell. Faster with Virtualbox than with anything else (VMWare, qemu+kvm). Yesterday I did sync my system and updated virtualbox to 1.5.2. This version is very slow, I can see each frame while the BIOS screen is fading. Also windows XP runs very slow, sounds gets distorted. I wanted to get back to 1.5.0, but this version was removed from portage. I also checked that this performance difference wasn't due to some system change. I did so by checking out virtualbox-1.5.0-r1 from a older portage snapshot and then emerging it from a local overlay. Virtualbox-1.5.0 ran with extremely high performance like I was expecting. I'm running Virtualbox-1.5.0 with AMD-SVM virtualization extension support. I tried disabling this on 1.5.2 but it was also slow. So.. I can confirm this is a 1.5.2 version issue. I don't know if there is someone experiencing similar vbox behavior, if so, I think having version 1.5.0 on portage would be nice. Portage 2.1.3.16 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.22-gentoo-r9 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r9 x86_64 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r6 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.22-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -Os -msse3 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -Os -msse3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="collision-protect distlocks metadata-transfer multilib-strict parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acpi alsa amd64 amr bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts branding bzip2 cairo cli cracklib crypt cups dbus divx dvd dvdr emerald ffmpeg firefox flac fortran gd gdbm gif glade glib glitz gtk gtkspell hal iconv insecure-savers isdnlog javascript jpeg jpeg2k kqemu libnotify midi mmx mmxext mp2 mp3 mpeg mplayer mudflap musicbrainz mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly offensive ogg opengl openmp pam pcre png pppd python readline reflection samba sdl session smp spell spl sse sse2 ssl stream svg syslog taglib tcpd threads truetype truetype-fonts type1 type1-fonts unicode v4l v4l2 vhosts vim-syntax vorbis xcomposite xorg xosd xpm xscreensaver xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="xosd" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv nvidia none" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
(In reply to comment #0) > > I don't know if there is someone experiencing similar vbox behavior, if so, I > think having version 1.5.0 on portage would be nice. > Might want to see if someone has reported similar issues to http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Bugtracker and then report your issue upstream and post the url back here.
(In reply to comment #1) > (In reply to comment #0) > > > > I don't know if there is someone experiencing similar vbox behavior, if so, I > > think having version 1.5.0 on portage would be nice. > > > > Might want to see if someone has reported similar issues to > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Bugtracker and then report your issue upstream > and post the url back here. > No similar issues found. Check: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/902
(In reply to comment #0) > Yesterday I did sync my system and updated virtualbox to 1.5.2. > This version is very slow, I can see each frame while the BIOS screen is > fading. I can't reproduce this anymore. > Also windows XP runs very slow, sounds gets distorted. Reinstalling guest additions on guest OS fixes it. Virtualbox-1.5.2 is at full speed. Thanks!
(In reply to comment #3) > I can't reproduce this anymore. > > > Also windows XP runs very slow, sounds gets distorted. > Reinstalling guest additions on guest OS fixes it. > > Virtualbox-1.5.2 is at full speed. Thanks! > Let's close this then.
