Johannes Kastl wrote: > On 3/2/09 3:22 PM Eric S. Johansson wrote: >> I need to run virtual box and vmware on the same machine but not at the same >> time. I discovered that the virtual box networking code interfered with the >> VMware networking code causing significant problems (ping times ranging from >> 1.5 >> ms to 1.5 seconds on the local network). > > I am running VB and VMware Server 2.0 on two machines, also not running > at the same time. I had no problems this far with modules for both of > them loaded.
after 24hrs uptime e...@first-triad:~$ ping 192.168.25.30 PING 192.168.25.30 (192.168.25.30) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.25.30: icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=1364 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.25.30: icmp_seq=2 ttl=63 time=857 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.25.30: icmp_seq=3 ttl=63 time=819 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.25.30: icmp_seq=4 ttl=63 time=819 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.25.30: icmp_seq=5 ttl=63 time=765 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.25.30: icmp_seq=6 ttl=63 time=422 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.25.30: icmp_seq=7 ttl=63 time=1014 ms --- 192.168.25.30 ping statistics --- 8 packets transmitted, 7 received, 12% packet loss, time 6998ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 422.655/866.178/1364.060/262.226 ms, pipe 2 this time killing off vbox services did nothing to fix problem. after shutting down and restarting vmware fixed problem. e...@first-triad:~$ ping 192.168.25.30 PING 192.168.25.30 (192.168.25.30) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.25.30: icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=1.83 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.25.30: icmp_seq=2 ttl=63 time=1.72 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.25.30: icmp_seq=3 ttl=63 time=1.72 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.25.30: icmp_seq=4 ttl=63 time=1.70 ms --- 192.168.25.30 ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3000ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.701/1.744/1.832/0.066 ms e...@first-triad:~$ I'll try a series of ad hoc tests to try and figure out how to trigger this problem. > >> Is there any easy and convenient way to switch between the two, loading and >> unloading kernel modules etc.) > > Write a script, which only loads the modules when you start vmware/VB, > and unloads them afterwards. Also do not let the services start > automatically. we are thinking on the same path. > As you are changing services and modules, the script needs admin rights. > And might be problematic (Does unloading work? Does loading work? Do the > services start up alright?). seems to. I really should convert my 2 most frequently used vm's to vbox and see if usb audio works so I can use speech recognition in windows in vbox. that would solve this problem. :-) _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
