Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Virtualbox-5.0.0 [wow!]
On Sat, 18 Jul 2015, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > And it works fine with 4.2.0-rc2 for me. Did you remember to re-emerge app- > emulation/virtualbox-modules (after setting the /usr/src/linux symlink to the > new kernel source)? So it seems I wasn't the only one with the problem on 4.2 (linux): https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=68883 It has been acknowledged and fixed and will be released in a future version. I'll have to wait until then for a second impression of Virtualbox 5.0.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Virtualbox-5.0.0 [wow!]
On Sat, 18 Jul 2015, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > > Fullscreen works fine on kde and openbox. Works fine on fluxbox as will, but only with <=virtualbox-4.3.30 (I'm using the binary package btw). > I've had the sound problem with earlier versions and pulseaudio. IIRC I fixed > it by tuning PA fragment size. I'll check that but I have a feeling that the popping in the audio is connected to the accelerated video. But as I said, pulseaudio normally works fine, and everything works with the previous virtualbox version. > And it works fine with 4.2.0-rc2 for me. Did you remember to re-emerge app- > emulation/virtualbox-modules (after setting the /usr/src/linux symlink to the > new kernel source)? Yes and yes. However now I'm experiencing lockups whenever I start a VM in virtualbox 5 when running kernel 4.2.0-rc2, so I can't even check anything else. For the time being I'm back on 4.1.2; let me see again if I can make it work here. And Btw. I'm not talking about starting a fresh vm here, I have an existing one that I'm trying to migrate.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Virtualbox-5.0.0 [wow!]
On Friday, July 17, 2015 11:04:04 PM Jeremi Piotrowski wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 19:43:05 -0400 > > Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > > > >> On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 6:53:43 PM walt wrote: > >> > I'd like to know if anyone else is seeing spectacular speed > >> > performance with vbox-5.0.0. > >> > > >> > >> No noticeable performance improvement for me using hardware > >> virtualization. > >> > > Also here the paravirtualization additions are not having any > noticeable effect on performance (checked with the Windows Experience > Index on W8). > > What I am seeing though are various regressions: > - fullscreen no longer goes fullscreen (with fluxbox doesn't cover > the slit and hides behind toolbar) > - weird sound/video problems with youtube (accelerated video, constant > popping noises) > - doesn't work at all since I updated to the 4.2.0-rc2 kernel > > I had great expectations but so far I'm disappointed. > Fullscreen works fine on kde and openbox. I've had the sound problem with earlier versions and pulseaudio. IIRC I fixed it by tuning PA fragment size. And it works fine with 4.2.0-rc2 for me. Did you remember to re-emerge app- emulation/virtualbox-modules (after setting the /usr/src/linux symlink to the new kernel source)? -- Fernando Rodriguez
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Virtualbox-5.0.0 [wow!]
> On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 19:43:05 -0400 > Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > >> On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 6:53:43 PM walt wrote: >> > I'd like to know if anyone else is seeing spectacular speed >> > performance with vbox-5.0.0. >> > >> >> No noticeable performance improvement for me using hardware >> virtualization. >> Also here the paravirtualization additions are not having any noticeable effect on performance (checked with the Windows Experience Index on W8). What I am seeing though are various regressions: - fullscreen no longer goes fullscreen (with fluxbox doesn't cover the slit and hides behind toolbar) - weird sound/video problems with youtube (accelerated video, constant popping noises) - doesn't work at all since I updated to the 4.2.0-rc2 kernel I had great expectations but so far I'm disappointed.
[gentoo-user] Re: Virtualbox-5.0.0 [wow!]
On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 19:43:05 -0400 Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 6:53:43 PM walt wrote: > > > > I fired up my vbox gentoo guest machine and, of course, I tried to > > install the 5.0.0 guest additions kernel modules. > > > > I got an error message about usb support in the guest kernel, so I > > disabled guest usb support (temporarily) with the vbox gui, tried > > again and the guest kernel modules installed with amazing speed. > > > > I'd like to know if anyone else is seeing spectacular speed > > performance with vbox-5.0.0. > > > > > > No noticeable performance improvement for me using hardware > virtualization. > > The USB issue is because it no longer pulls the extension pack or > additions packages as a dependency so you need to add them to your > world file. Thanks, I will. A comment on nerd humor: while using vbox-5.0.0 my eye was drawn to a little black spot in the vbox main window, and I wondered if it was a dirt speck on my monitor screen. I put on my reading glasses to take a closer look. It turned out to be a new icon for the "Clone selected virtual machine" button in the form of a black-faced sheep. I conclude that this must be a sly reference to Dolly the Sheep, the first 'higher' animal to be cloned successfully, except that Dolly didn't have a black face, according to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep)
