VirtualBox causing big peaks in CPU

[Paolo]

NoOp wrote:
> For your USB: Are you running the OSE or the PULE? 

I've installed
virtualbox_1.6.0-30421_Ubuntu_hardy_i386.deb from the VirtualBox/Sun site (it's 
not the OSE).

> http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/04/howto-install-virtualbox-in-hardy-heron.html

Thanks. By following this (in fact it contains the same infomation as pp. 
143-144 of the VirtualBox 1.6 User Manual) for editing
   /etc/fstab
and
   /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh
USB support is now working fine.

I am still not sure if the high CPU usage has gone away or not. I think it is 
still happening (you hear the fan) considerably more than with Ubuntu 7.10.
It is not to do with memory, I think. There is 2Gb in total, so even giving Win 
XP 384, as I now doing, leaves Ubuntu with plenty.

Paolo