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MasterMind00

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Registered: 2019-02-05

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VirtualBox 3D Deacceleration - OfficetimelineSetup.exe bad image error

Hi Arch gurus,

I know this topic has been done to death but I have not found anyone with my specifc problem. I am running a Windows 10 guest. I have installed guest additions and everything runs fine except when I enable 3d acceleration. When I click the checkbox performance grinds to an unusable halt. I am unable to select any icon with the guest behaving as if the computer has frozen. Managing the host also becomes a chore. I am only able to shut down the VM via the console. If I wait a long time a modal message box will show on the screen saying "OfficetimelineSetup.exe bad image", I am not sure what to do about this. I have a 12 core I7 with an nvidia 1060M card with 32GB of ram. I basically split it in half in terms of settings for the VM.

Any ideas ?

Thanks in advance!

twelveeighty

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Registered: 2011-09-04

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Re: VirtualBox 3D Deacceleration - OfficetimelineSetup.exe bad image error

I am not aware of any prior forum messages on this topic, so I'm not sure where the "done to death" comment comes from. I recommend you provide links to older threads for context, if you feel they relate to the same problem.

I very much doubt the "OfficetimelineSetup.exe" dialog has any relevance to your 3D acceleration problems, but to eliminate it as a cause, turn off 3D and then remove that app from the guest and turn 3D back on (after a reboot).

Also provide information on what graphics driver you are using on the host. The hardware specs may be meaningless if used with a driver that doesn't handle 3D acceleration well.

MasterMind00

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Registered: 2019-02-05

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Re: VirtualBox 3D Deacceleration - OfficetimelineSetup.exe bad image error

I confused the virtualbox board as the arch one, they use the same theme. Anyways I removed office and I still get the monster slowdown.

Does this provide enough info?

grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Mobile)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Video
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer UHD Graphics 630 (Mobile)
	Kernel driver in use: i915
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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile]
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: VirtualBox 3D Deacceleration - OfficetimelineSetup.exe bad image error

Does the windows 10 device manager  see an intel, nvidia or other type of graphics card ?

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2019-06-05 12:51:30)

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MasterMind00

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Re: VirtualBox 3D Deacceleration - OfficetimelineSetup.exe bad image error

I do not think so. When I look under display adapter all I see is VirtualBox Graphics Adapter (WDDM). I take it that is my issue. I have VT-x enabled though.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: VirtualBox 3D Deacceleration - OfficetimelineSetup.exe bad image error

All info wrt passing through a videocard to a VM seems to be for qemu/kvm and (to a lesser extent) Xen , not virtualbox.

Did you install guest additions from the iso in the archlinux virtualbox-guest-iso package ?

Your system appears to be a hybrid graphics / Nvidia Optimus system.
What does X see as your primary card ?

post

$ glxinfo -B    # comes with mesa-demos package

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MasterMind00

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Re: VirtualBox 3D Deacceleration - OfficetimelineSetup.exe bad image error

thanks for the reply.

I did install guest additions. I did so using the iso and mounting it as a virtual drive. I installed it by forcing the Win10 guest into safemode. Still no luck.

The output from the command

$ glxinfo -B   
name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
    Dedicated video memory: 6144 MB
    Total available memory: 6144 MB
    Currently available dedicated video memory: 5820 MB
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 1060/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 418.56
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile

OpenGL version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 418.56
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)

OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 NVIDIA 418.56
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20

Last edited by MasterMind00 (2019-06-06 12:41:29)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: VirtualBox 3D Deacceleration - OfficetimelineSetup.exe bad image error

So the more powerful discrete card is in use and vbox should send graphics commands from the guest to it.

Please create a fresh VM and do a minimal install of windows 10 with a recent version[1] .

Does enabling 3D accelaration in that one give the same symptoms ?

[1]
If you're using windows 10 Home or Pro , use https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwar … ndows10ISO
Incase you're using an enterprise  version , check with your IT department for an installation iso.

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2019-06-06 13:10:03)

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