Opened 20 months ago
Last modified 19 months ago
#21431 new defect
Win11 guest freezes if VBoxSVGA is used.
| Reported by: | MaxF | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | 3D support | Version: | VirtualBox-7.0.6 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Win11 guest is very unstable if graphics adapter is set VBoxSVGA. It freezes totally very often. I can only see in the logs that guest is unresponsive. Disabling 3d acceleration does not help, only switching to VBoxVGA helps.
Operating System: Fedora Linux 37 KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.102.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 Kernel Version: 6.1.7-200.fc37.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 16 × Intel® Core™ i7-10870H CPU @ 2.20GHz Memory: 15.4 ГиБ of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics Driver version: mesa 22.3.3 Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: Dell G15 5510
Second graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop (optimus) in offload mode Driver 525.85.05
Attachments (4)
Change History (18)
by , 20 months ago
| Attachment: | Windows11-2023-01-25-11-37-06.log.gz added |
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comment:1 by , 20 months ago
Same external symptoms as those described above. I can easily reproduce it by booting the Windows 11 guest and as soon as the desktop is ready, starting either File Explorer or the command prompt. The application window partially appears and the the screen is then frozen/hung. In fact the guest is looping, as if I look on the Host system monitor, I have the two guest virtual cpus at 100%.
Machine is ThinkCentre M91P, Intel I5-2400, using onboard graphics (Intel HD 2000). Host OS is Debian 11 with all up-to-date service from main repos (no backports). Guest is Windows 11 build 22H2 22261.1105 with all gui gimmicks (transparency etc.) off.
I've attached two logs, both show gap in processing followed by "Guest unresponsive" message.
Note : If I install the 6.1.42 Guest Additions, I get *NO* problems at all.
by , 20 months ago
| Attachment: | Windows 11 Guest loop.log added |
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by , 20 months ago
| Attachment: | Windows 11 Guest loop#2.log added |
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comment:2 by , 20 months ago
If it is of any use, I've taken a memory dump within the Windows 11 guest during the loop. Unfortunately, the MEMORY.DMP file is almost 68MB even when zipped. If you need the dump, please provide a link where I can upload it. Thank you.
comment:3 by , 20 months ago
Same issue. SuSE Leap host, Windows 11 Guest (fresh install) VBoxSVGA, 3D disabled. System randomly freezes after several minutes and I have to power cycle to recover. Downgrading to 6.1.40 Guest Additions resolves the issue.
comment:4 by , 20 months ago
Same exact issue here, Win 11 host with Win 11 guest.
Without 3D acceleration the machine freezes up, WITH 3d acceleration the UI is unusable.
There's now a TON of posts about this, please address the issue.
Thank you.
comment:6 by , 20 months ago
I can confirm that I have the same issue as well. If I use VBoxVGA, the VM does not freeze. The OS freezes randomly using VBoxSVGA. Win11 Guest on Win 11 host.
comment:7 by , 19 months ago
Unfortunately this problem could not be reproduced so far. Does the hang happen if you create a new VM, install Windows 11, install guest additions, reboot the guest and let it run? I.e in a fresh Windows 11 VM where no other software has been installed.
comment:8 by , 19 months ago
The first time I had the issue was with a VB6 Windows 11 VM that was upgraded to VB7. I then did a fresh install in a new VM with Microsoft updates + Vivaldi. As soon as I installed the extensions, the system would randomly freeze. Downgrading the extensions to 6.1.40 resloved the issue and I could continue the setup, and this is the system that I now use daily. Also a Windos 10 guest with the same VB settings and pretty much the same software runs fine with the VB7 extensions.
comment:9 by , 19 months ago
I did the following (which is my normal setup process): 1) Created a new VM with 4 disks (C:System, D:Programs, E:Temp, F:Paging) 2) Installed Windows 11 3) Moved paging to F: 4) Moved TMP and TEMP to E:\Temp 5) Installed CCleaner and Vivaldi to the D: drive. 6) Switched the default browser to Vivaldi 7) Used CCleaner to uninstall the Windows bloatware not wanted in a business environment (basically all the Microsoft applications the you are allowed to uninstall such as solitair and x-box) 8) Ran a CCleaner "custom" and "registry" cleanup. 9) Re-booted 10) Install VB extensions to the D: drive. 11) Re-booted 12) switched to full screen 13) Opened Vivaldi and searched for news 14) Opened a 2nd Vivaldi 15) System freezes with several cores at 100% and requiring a power cycle to recover
I am sure that not all of the above are necessary, but this is my standard setup procedure, and the one that I used on the other systems that have experienced the problem.
comment:10 by , 19 months ago
@AndyDF I have the same symptom, assuming yours is stable when 3D acceleration is enabled. Interestingly, if I set "VBoxInternal/Devices/vga/0/Config/VMSVGA10" to "0" with 3D acceleration enabled, it's also unstable.
comment:11 by , 19 months ago
Possibly related to this issue: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/21291
comment:12 by , 19 months ago
Changing Paravirtualization Interface from Hyper-V to none does seem to make a difference on my system - at least it has run logner without freezing than it has in the past. All of the other Windows 11 systems that have experienced the issue have had Hyper-V set.
comment:13 by , 19 months ago
The significant factor for me is whether the guest is set to full screen or not. GA 7.0.6 in full screen fails consistently. Switching it off and I've yet to see it fail.
comment:14 by , 19 months ago
I agree with Feline. For me, all of the following have to be true: 1)Windows 11, 2) Hyper-V virtualization, 3) VB7 extensions, 4) full screen - for the system to freeze.


Guest log after it froze