virtualbox-ose on debian squeeze random crashes
OK, eversince squeeze was launched, I am experiencing random crashes in my home server when I use virtualbox-ose AND sound.
Setup:
1. virtualbox-ose as I am running only servers inside, most without X;
2. Host is debian squeeze only packages from repositories, with main only (no contribs, no non-free) and it does have X;
3. Sound is installed only on host as I need it to play internet radio 24/7, no guest has sound, nor USB enabled;
4. I am running i/o intensive stuff on the guest servers (combination of debian and centos 5 based VMs);
5. I have another Debian system with sound but doesnt have vbox on it, that doesnt crash ever, atm is used as dedicated box for radio so main system wont crash. I also have production machines at work which run for months at a time with virtualbox-ose and many virtualised servers but without sound on;
6. It is NOT a hardware problem as I had brazos e350 e450 and atom D510 based machines, also Via C7 (low power is required) as well as different HDD combinations, including the system on 4 and 16 GB CF cards on the Via C7 one;
7. Load on the system is NOT the issue as it is rarely 100%, I do balance the load between servers and only run a number of machines that the guest is confortable with, besides, most crashes occur at about 50% load as system monitor shows in the frozen image;
8. There is no hint in any log, the host simply freezes. Of course, the guests are dead the same manner;
9. I was thinking to file bug reports but I have no clue against which packages, it looks like it is the combination of sound on host and vbox that cause the problem. There is also little information which I can provide, except for my experiences. There are absolutely no problems in the logs, everything works fine till the crash occurs.
I would appreciate any ideas regarding this issue, I do not want to run 2 machines non-stop because of power considerations, even tho in total they dont go much over 50 W.
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Last edited by Maounique; 05-14-2012 at 04:57 AM.
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