Virtualbox performance issues

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Sun Sep 14 23:22:41 UTC 2008


On 09/14/2008 03:11 PM, Keith Clark wrote:
> I am running Virtualbox 1.5.6_OSE and am experiencing very poor 
> perfomance.  I have 4 GB RAM installed and still my mouse is very jerky 
> and slow to respond and my desktop is limited to 800x600 resolution.
> 
> I have guest additions installed and it seems to really do nothing that 
> I noticed.
> 
> I'm looking for suggestions on what to try next.  I've tried asking the 
> same question over at Virtualbox's sight and have gotten no response at 
> all, well except other users with the same issues.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Keith
> 
> 

You might want to give the PEUL version a try:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Older versions are here:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds

Note: before you do, be sure to backup your ~/.VirtualBox folder just in
case you need to restore.

There were considerable improvements since 1.5.6. I've found 2.0.2 to
work quite well. Others (Steven Davies-Morris) had problems with the 2.x
versions and had to stick with 1.6.6 on his system; so I'd start with
1.6.6, see how well that works for you first.






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