On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Aljosha Papsch <joschi.papsch@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > David C. Rankin wrote: > >>Guys, > >> >> kernel26-2.6.37.5-1 running in a virtualbox vm is causing a kernel crash on >>shutdown. The full screen of the crash is here: >> >> http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/arch/bugs/kernel/vbox-crash-on-shutdown.jpg >> >> The Call Trace: shows the likes of: >> >> shrink_dcache_for_unmount_subtree >> shrink_dcache_for_unmount >> generic_shutdown_super >> <snip> >> >> I'm not great at reading the screens, so if you are interested in the full >>error, it is shown in the link about. >> >> Has anyone else found a workaround? >> >> -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > > Are you sure it's a kernel bug? Your screen says segmentation fault in umount, > so there must be some bug in that tool, not linux. Also, if the kernel panicks, > the system won't shutdown at all. > BTW, I recommend using png files instead of jpg. :) doesn't vbox have to be rebuilt everytime the kernel changes or something? or the guest additions? or both? btw, have you tried KVM + libvirt[virtmanager/<insert one of several good webapps>]? there are a lot of great options out there now -- i haven't had a single issue with my local KVM setup, and am in the process of moving my companies infrastructure to it as well (+ some LXC goodness) ... when i used vbox it was nice, but ... yeah :-) ... libvirt can handle vbox images in transition, too; just an idea, it's been good to me. C Anthony
