From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B04BD1381F3 for ; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:23:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3DF45E0B2A; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:23:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f175.google.com (mail-we0-f175.google.com [74.125.82.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75B63E0AF7 for ; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:23:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f175.google.com with SMTP id q58so4803928wes.20 for ; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:23:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tSOl1FR6uh/+g+0SVzeH64279aLYYfCK2kGGM/ZbFJs=; b=VsGIaUypIM6wZRmG+QnqW+AgKRg6NcigJo44NU1ZVF2bxb4EKo0trL+sKdbOdNo46B Q8+1gyXoZngWlPiHPlGI6cqMcjIb5ON3LgFhTuFbJNzpQQ6nwGJeAMEBULgMAJVGAi8/ 3UoxQh8zpIhB+eZX2X582RoDf8OdrblYfNkSFTBZT5VGJZ2+WPl1eeFxpBGuloCmNM7e F//AHftGgLqDk4WRsLlAU9potC92jjsuA7NDyXy8PPjouorT96et/I/DLebbBAK/XMDt CgDJdRpGq3BbfAe+UQM8Zc8Seh23qpdiU4XZERIlasMHjtmOhtRAxUO/RWBSTpEjifiF uXZg== X-Received: by 10.180.126.2 with SMTP id mu2mr163320wib.63.1375172580166; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:23:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (196-210-102-70.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.102.70]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id dt17sm21235288wic.1.2013.07.30.01.22.58 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:22:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51F77746.9090603@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:20:22 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130709 Thunderbird/17.0.7 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] which VM do you recommend? References: <1375166739.14240.0@numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <1375166739.14240.0@numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: bed34135-aded-49d8-be97-7639b6b1006c X-Archives-Hash: aaad32d4746c300df88dc9e0e4e9ac77 On 30/07/2013 08:45, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > I've been running a Windows 7 (professional)guest with Virtualbox on my > GenToo system for some years. > But recently I have a broken network either due to Virtualbox or due to > some > (automatic) Windows updates. > > The situation is more than strange. > > Sometime using a backed up Virtualbox image the network seems to work > but only for > a very short time (some minutes?) > > Windows error analyzing tools don't see any network problems but it does > not work. > > Trying ping -n 100 only a few packets come back but with a large > delay (40-50 times > larger delay compared to ping on the GenToo host) > > I've tried the most recent Virtualbox 4.2.16 as well the oldest one (in > the tree) which is 4.1.26 > > So probably it looks best to me to change to a different (free) VM. > What do you recommend? > > Many thanks for a hint, > Helmut Your post is a bit vague, what outcome are you looking for? Do you want to fix the VirtualBox setup and carry on as always? Just looking for a change from VBox and this latest is a good excuse? I have Win7 pro running on virtualbox 4.2.16, no issues here. Host kernel is 3.9.11-gentoo-r1, and the NIC presented to Windows is a nat'ted Intel PRO/1000 -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com