Arch Linux

Description:

Upon install, virtualbox-ose prints the following warning:
===> Tickless Linux timer: VirtualBox currently does not work well on Linux
===> kernels with tickless timer support (CONFIG_NO_HZ enabled).
===> We are investigating the problem but in the meantime you should disable
===> the tickless timer by disabling that config option or by adding nohz=off
===> to the Linux kernel command line.

According to the VirtualBox FAQ (http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ), this warning is no longer true:
* Tickless Linux timer: VirtualBox currently does not work well on Linux kernels with tickless timer support (CONFIG_NO_HZ enabled). We are investigating the problem but in the meantime you should disable the tickless timer by disabling that config option or by adding nohz=off to the Linux kernel command line.
Starting with VirtualBox 1.5.6 the Linux kernel module knows the parameter force_async_tsc. Try loading the kernel module with

modprobe vboxdrv force_async_tsc=1

and see if that helps to improve things for you.
(Should not be necessary anymore since VirtualBox 1.6.0)

Package Versions:
* virtualbox-ose 3.1.4-1