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18.04 running very slow in Windows 10 Host VirtualBox
Hi,
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 desktop on Windows 10 VirtualBox (Oracle).
My details are as follows:
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VirtualBox Version 5.2.18 r124319 (Qt5.6.2)
Guest Addition: 5.2.18
VM Configuaration:
RAM allocated: 8 GB
No. of CPU cores: 4
3D acceleration: On
VRAM allocated: 128 MB
Desktop used: Ubuntu Community
Even with this configuration, the 18.04 response is very sluggish.
Earlier I had 17.04 and it was quite fast in the VM.
What I noticed that my $HOME is full like 100%. But I still have lots of space in the ext4, only 15% is used.
Attached are two screenshots showing the space, performance and FS.
Request if someone can help me to figure out what's wrong.
Thanks.
Re: 18.04 running very slow in Windows 10 Host VirtualBox
http://blog.jdpfu.com/2012/09/14/sol...-in-virtualbox is old, but still relevant.
As for storage, please post the output from df -hT as text and use "code tags" so things line up. Text is always preferred over images here. ALWAYS. I can't read the posted image.
It also seems like the Guest VM has too many vCPUs and too much vRAM allocated, but without knowing the hostOS hardware it is hard to say. Virtual machines need to cooperate with the hostOS to get the best performance while leaving the hostOS with sufficient capabilities to manage VMs.
Lastly, every time a new kernel is installed inside a guest VM, you should re-install the guest additions. Same if you upgrade to a new version of virtualbox, then install new guest additions.
Use virtio drivers for the storage controller and networking.
It also helps if you use a lighter DE, not one that demands 3D accel.
Too bad you can't use KVM+libvirt for this. Much better hypervisor. Faster than all others, even commercial, with lower overheard for true virtual hardware emulation and the security that provides.
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Re: 18.04 running very slow in Windows 10 Host VirtualBox
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Originally Posted by
TheFu
http://blog.jdpfu.com/2012/09/14/sol...-in-virtualbox is old, but still relevant.
As for storage, please post the output from
df -hT as text and use "code tags" so things line up. Text is always preferred over images here. ALWAYS. I can't read the posted image.
It also seems like the Guest VM has too many vCPUs and too much vRAM allocated, but without knowing the hostOS hardware it is hard to say. Virtual machines need to cooperate with the hostOS to get the best performance while leaving the hostOS with sufficient capabilities to manage VMs.
Lastly, every time a new kernel is installed inside a guest VM, you should re-install the guest additions. Same if you upgrade to a new version of virtualbox, then install new guest additions.
Use virtio drivers for the storage controller and networking.
It also helps if you use a lighter DE, not one that demands 3D accel.
Too bad you can't use KVM+libvirt for this. Much better hypervisor. Faster than all others, even commercial, with lower overheard for true virtual hardware emulation and the security that provides.
Hi,
Thanks for replying and your time.
I'm using an MSI laptop with logical 8-core CPU with 16 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX1060 card running Windows 10 as the host OS. Relevant portions of my system specs are attached as text file for you to review.
I'd updated from Ubuntu 17.10 to 18.04 in the VirtualBox, and yes I've upgraded the GA to the latest one after upgrading to 18.04:
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VirtualBox version: VirtualBox-5.2.18-124319
Ext Pack: Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.2.18
GA: VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.18
These were upgraded just couple of days back. But no performance improvement noticed.
Also adding the summary of my machine spec, in case the attachment is unreadable:
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System Information
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Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 15063) (15063.rs2_release.170317-1834)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
System Model: GE62VR 7RF
BIOS: E16JBIMS.310
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16270MB RAM
Page File: 14256MB used, 4445MB available
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Display Devices
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Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 630
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
DAC type: Internal
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_591B&SUBSYS_11D51462&REV_04
Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
Display Memory: 8262 MB
Dedicated Memory: 128 MB
Shared Memory: 8134 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 1060
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1C20&SUBSYS_11D51462&REV_A1
Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
Display Memory: 14180 MB
Dedicated Memory: 6046 MB
Shared Memory: 8134 MB
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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0899&SUBSYS_146211D5&REV_1000
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.8233 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 15-08-2017 12:00:00 AM, 5899752 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.8233 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 8/27/2017 13:30:30, 5899752 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF
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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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Drive: C:
Free Space: 106.1 GB
Total Space: 242.9 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: HFS128G39MNC-3510A
Drive: D:
Free Space: 680.3 GB
Total Space: 884.3 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: HGST HTS721010A9E630
Drive: F:
Free Space: 50.7 GB
Total Space: 51.2 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: HGST HTS721010A9E630
Drive: G:
Free Space: 984.1 GB
Total Space: 1907.7 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: Seagate BUP Slim BL SCSI Disk Device
Drive: E:
Model: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GUD0N
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 10.00.15063.0000 (English), 3/19/2017 02:26:25, 160256 bytes
The output of the df command is as follows:
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Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev devtmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 798M 1.7M 797M 1% /run
/dev/sda1 ext4 149G 26G 116G 18% /
tmpfs tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop1 squashfs 640K 640K 0 100% /snap/nano-editor/1
/dev/loop4 squashfs 161M 161M 0 100% /snap/mailspring/242
/dev/loop5 squashfs 8.8M 8.8M 0 100% /snap/communitheme/358
/dev/loop6 squashfs 11M 11M 0 100% /snap/communitheme/742
/dev/loop7 squashfs 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/59
/dev/loop9 squashfs 2.4M 2.4M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/170
/dev/loop10 squashfs 5.0M 5.0M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/39
/dev/loop11 squashfs 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/37
/dev/loop12 squashfs 140M 140M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/64
/dev/loop13 squashfs 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/39
/dev/loop14 squashfs 5.0M 5.0M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/41
/dev/loop8 squashfs 87M 87M 0 100% /snap/core/5145
/dev/loop0 squashfs 87M 87M 0 100% /snap/core/4917
/dev/loop2 squashfs 161M 161M 0 100% /snap/mailspring/244
/dev/loop3 squashfs 459M 459M 0 100% /snap/intellij-idea-community/71
/dev/loop15 squashfs 227M 227M 0 100% /snap/pycharm-community/76
/dev/loop16 squashfs 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/103
/dev/loop17 squashfs 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/70
/dev/loop18 squashfs 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/96
/dev/loop20 squashfs 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/34
/dev/loop19 squashfs 114M 114M 0 100% /snap/vscode/50
/dev/loop21 squashfs 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/51
/dev/loop22 squashfs 157M 157M 0 100% /snap/mailspring/216
/dev/loop23 squashfs 2.4M 2.4M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/180
/dev/loop24 squashfs 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/86
/dev/loop25 squashfs 2.4M 2.4M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/167
/dev/loop26 squashfs 11M 11M 0 100% /snap/communitheme/575
/dev/loop27 squashfs 22M 22M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/31
/dev/loop28 squashfs 87M 87M 0 100% /snap/core/4650
/dev/loop29 squashfs 5.0M 5.0M 0 100% /snap/canonical-livepatch/42
/dev/loop30 squashfs 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/41
W2UShared vboxsf 50G 1.4G 49G 3% /media/sf_W2UShared
tmpfs tmpfs 798M 12K 798M 1% /run/user/120
tmpfs tmpfs 798M 32K 798M 1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sr0 iso9660 56M 56M 0 100% /media/pranabesh/VBox_GAs_5.2.18
Kindly review and let me know if there is something I need to change for a better performing Guest.
Thanks.
Re: 18.04 running very slow in Windows 10 Host VirtualBox
Follow the instructions in the link already provided.
I've seen Core i7 machines behave poorly in virtualbox before, which should never happen.
The instructions were written to solve exactly that issue.
Re: 18.04 running very slow in Windows 10 Host VirtualBox
Hi,
I followed all the instructions mentioned in that link.
However, the response of the Ubuntu guest is still very slow in my machine.
Regards.
Re: 18.04 running very slow in Windows 10 Host VirtualBox
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Pranabesh
Hi,
I followed all the instructions mentioned in that link.
However, the response of the Ubuntu guest is still very slow in my machine.
Regards.
Before we look at other issues, please prove that claim.
Re: 18.04 running very slow in Windows 10 Host VirtualBox
I don't think the problem lies in (or any Guest OS, for that matter) Ubuntu. Case in point, if you create live boot media using the 18.04 image, and boot from that media, it run at comparable speeds, to every other recent version of Ubuntu; furthermore, I'm running a 64 bit windows 10, as my Host, and trying to install Windows XP SP3 64 bit, from an ISO I have; I"m not a fast typist, this response has, at this time, already been about 45 minutes, in the making; so, it got to the part, where I told it to install, to the 80 GB virtual drive, that I set aside for it, that was about an hour ago, and it's thus far, only 45% done.
Re: 18.04 running very slow in Windows 10 Host VirtualBox
I am having the same issue since several months now. For an unknown reason Virtualbox became very slow to the point that it is unusable.
Even after upgrading my host to 18.10 the issue still remains and for all clients (Windows 10, Ubuntu, Fedora etc...). How can I debug it?
Re: 18.04 running very slow in Windows 10 Host VirtualBox
Have you tried building a machine with ordinary packages rather than all those snaps?
Re: 18.04 running very slow in Windows 10 Host VirtualBox
Short version:
Have you tried uninstalling VirtialBox Guest Additions to see if it makes a difference? If not, please see below...
Long version:
I've had the same issue with Ubuntu 18.04 host and Ubuntu 18.04 guest.
The guest machine (has loads of RAM/resources etc and been running without issue for ages) was getting so slow to the point this week it was just totally unusable.
Decided it must have been something I've done so built another Ubuntu 18.04 guest and noticed at the point of installing VirtualBox Guest Additions (as well as some required dependencies), things started to fall apart. The new guest was also slow the the point of being useless. I uninstalled VB Guest Additions and it was lightening fast again.
So a few days later (after ensuring all packages were up-to-date) I tried again and the guest was instantly near-unresponsive so uninstalled GA again and it's been fine ever since.
To uninstall VirtualBox Guest Additions I did:
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Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD Image
Cancel Auto-Run if it's offered
Note the mount point (e.g. /media/{user}/VBox_GAs_5.2.18)
Run in Terminal: sudo sh /media/{user}/VBox_GAs_5.2.18/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run uninstall
(Can easily be put back by running the CD again.)
Both host and guest are Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (4.15.0-44-generic kernel)
VirtualBox is 5.2.18_Ubuntu r123745
VirtualBox Extension Pack is 5.2.18r124319
