Hi, On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 03:21:08PM +0000, Michal Seben wrote: > On Friday 09 April 2010 12:22:09 Marc Haber wrote: > > I have a very annoying issue when running Linux 2.6.31.6 and newer > > with IPv6 enabled inside Virtualbox OSE 3.1.4 (or any older version I > > tried). This has been reported in the Virtualbox ticket tracker three > > weeks ago as #6384 (http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/6384), and since > > the issue was introduced with a Linux kernel update, also in Linux > > Kernel Bugzilla as #15042 > > (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15042). Unfortunately, > > neither of these tickets have yet been attacked by a developer. > > > > When the guest's ipv6 module is loaded during guest startup, it takes > > a few seconds (much longer than on real hardware) until ipv6 > > autonegotiation begins. If any application tries to create an IPv6 > > socket before this autonegotiation, the virtualbox process begins to > > run around in circles, taking one available CPU, until the guest is > > aborted manually. This, unfortunately, happens as soon as the ssh > > daemon is started. > > > > I would like to know how to attack this issue. I will happily deliver > > any debugging information and can probably even grant access to a test > > system which shows this behavior. The virtualbox ticket (#6384) also > > contains a full Vbox.log of a guest showing this behavior. > > > > If anybody can help, I would really like to have this issue fixed. > > > maybe related to ?: > http://vbox.innotek.de/pipermail/vbox-dev/2010-April/002503.html > > if yes, Sander already created a patch : > http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/28090\
After upgrading my virtualbox OSE 3.1.4 to 3.1.6 and applying the patch from Sander, I have not seen the hangs any more. Judging from the frequency of the issue happening before, I guess that I should have seen it, if it's still there. Thanks for helping. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
