Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-20 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 18 February 2016 11:57:14 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Thursday, February 18, 2016 10:51:35 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Thursday 18 February 2016 10:06:25 I wrote: > > > I still can't shake the idea that I don't have my kernel set up right. > > > > I found CONFIG_X86_X32, which I hadn'

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 18 February 2016 18:21:04 Mick wrote: > On Thursday 18 Feb 2016 15:24:10 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > In which case I'm stuck, because the BIOS's ez-flash utility won't let > > me > > go backwards in versions. Meanwhile I've flashed the latest one again > > just to see if it would make an

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-18 Thread Mick
On Thursday 18 Feb 2016 15:24:10 Peter Humphrey wrote: > In which case I'm stuck, because the BIOS's ez-flash utility won't let me > go backwards in versions. Meanwhile I've flashed the latest one again just > to see if it would make any difference (it hasn't), this time remembering > to reset to

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-18 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, February 18, 2016 03:24:10 PM Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday 18 February 2016 15:11:44 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:05:14 PM Peter Humphrey wrote: > --->8 > > > > Now that I think about it, I did update the AMI BIOS several weeks ago. > > > It went fr

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-18 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 18 February 2016 15:11:44 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:05:14 PM Peter Humphrey wrote: --->8 > > Now that I think about it, I did update the AMI BIOS several weeks ago. > > It went from 1102 to 2101 - a bit of a step. Maybe that's what's broken > > my system -

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-18 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:05:14 PM Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday 18 February 2016 11:23:42 I wrote: > > On Thursday 18 February 2016 11:51:19 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > On Thursday, February 18, 2016 10:06:25 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > --->8 > > > > > > I still can't shake the idea

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-18 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 18 February 2016 11:23:42 I wrote: > On Thursday 18 February 2016 11:51:19 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Thursday, February 18, 2016 10:06:25 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > --->8 > > > > I still can't shake the idea that I don't have my kernel set up right. > > > Do > > > I > > > need anythin

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-18 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 18 February 2016 11:51:19 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Thursday, February 18, 2016 10:06:25 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: --->8 > > I still can't shake the idea that I don't have my kernel set up right. Do > > I > > need anything particular in control groups, or name spaces, or anything? > > Ab

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-18 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, February 18, 2016 10:51:35 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday 18 February 2016 10:06:25 I wrote: > > I still can't shake the idea that I don't have my kernel set up right. > > I found CONFIG_X86_X32, which I hadn't noticed before. I set it, made a new > kernel, remerged virtualbox

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-18 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 18 February 2016 10:06:25 I wrote: > I still can't shake the idea that I don't have my kernel set up right. I found CONFIG_X86_X32, which I hadn't noticed before. I set it, made a new kernel, remerged virtualbox-modules and rebooted. No pop-up notice! I do still get this in boinc/st

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-18 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, February 18, 2016 10:06:25 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 17 February 2016 20:42:44 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 05:01:51 PM Peter Humphrey wrote: > --->8 > > > > > I only have the following set: > > > > # CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN is not set >

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-18 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 17 February 2016 20:42:44 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 05:01:51 PM Peter Humphrey wrote: --->8 > > > I only have the following set: > > > # CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN is not set > > > CONFIG_HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN=y > > > CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS=y > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 05:01:51 PM Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 17 February 2016 15:11:50 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 01:32:56 PM Peter Humphrey wrote: [] > > This is ONLY for guests, NOT the host. > > As I thought. However, some BOINC projects do

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-17 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 17 Feb 2016 17:01:51 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 17 February 2016 15:11:50 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 01:32:56 PM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > I'm going round in circles here. I've been running VirtualBox and > > > BOINC for years with no problems t

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 17 February 2016 15:11:50 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 01:32:56 PM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I'm going round in circles here. I've been running VirtualBox and > > BOINC for years with no problems to speak of. > > > > Over the last year or more I've experienced

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 01:32:56 PM Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm going round in circles here. I've been running VirtualBox and > BOINC for > years with no problems to speak of. > > Over the last year or more I've experienced mysterious failures in many > programs, some of

[gentoo-user] Kernel parameters for VirtualBox

2016-02-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, I'm going round in circles here. I've been running VirtualBox and BOINC for years with no problems to speak of. Over the last year or more I've experienced mysterious failures in many programs, some of them real nuisances, and recently I decided to replace my RAM modules with a si