Virtualbox performance issues

[Steven Davies-Morris]

NoOp wrote:
> 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.

Concur with that last observation. The OP might want to upgrade in two
stages: go to 1.6.6 and make sure that everything is functioning
properly there. If that's the case then move on to 2.0.2 with fingers
crossed.

Bizarre happenings here...

I did a complete deinstall of VBox, including physically deleting the
guest addons ISO, followed by a redownload of the 2.0.2 release, a
fresh install, then finishing with a physical reboot of the computer
seems to have fixed everything. I am now on 2.0.2 on my AMD64 box.
It's definitely faster than the 1.6.6 release. So I can give it 2
thumbs up and will report that fact on the thread I started at the
Virtualbox and Newsbin forums.
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