Graphics performance issues as virtualbox guest

Hi everyone,
I've been running arch natively on my 2013 macbook pro retina for a while but recently decided to run it in virtualbox hosted in OSX. I've got arch installed and am running gnome shell in the virtual machine, the problem I'm having is that the graphics performance is terrible, windows judder and lag when moving them around the desktop and scrolling is extremely jerky. Things i have done:
- I have installed the guest additions and made sure the guest modules are loaded.
- I have checked the 'enable 3D acceleration' box in virtualbox settings
- I have also checked that DRI is enabled using glxinfo.
One possible complication is that i am running virtualbox beta 5 but I have also tried with the stable edition and experienced the same issues.
I have no idea how to diagnose this and don't even know if acceptable performance is possible with this set up so any help is very welcome.
Thanks
Alex
Last edited by ZeroGravitas (2015-05-26 12:02:20)

Does your glxinfo show "Gallium" or "Chromium" as the renderer (not related to the browser)? If it shows Gallium, 3D acceleration is not working.
You mention running Gnome; If you're using GDM as your desktop manager, that's likely to be your issue. Gnome itself is fine, but GDM 3.16 breaks 3d acceleration in virtualbox guests. There's a bug open on the Gnome Bugzilla about it: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749390
Try switching to LightDM; that fixes it for me. If that solves your problem you might want to add to the bug report.
Last edited by mwillems (2015-05-27 16:13:25)

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(picture 1)
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(picture 2)
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(picture 3)
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Adobe Creative Cloud
This issue is costing me time I could be working every day, and I'm about ready to begin searching for alternatives and cancel my membership if I can't get this resolved.

Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00) x64
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:10, Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, HyperThreading
Physical processor count: 4
Logical processor count: 8
Processor speed: 3392 MHz
Built-in memory: 16350 MB
Free memory: 12070 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 14688 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 61 %
Image tile size: 1024K
Image cache levels: 6
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Basic
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
OpenCL Version: 1.1 CUDA 4.2.1
OpenGL Version: 3.0
Video Rect Texture Size: 16384
OpenGL Memory: 1024 MB
Video Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Video Card Renderer: GeForce GTS 450/PCIe/SSE2
Display: 2
Display Bounds: top=0, left=1920, bottom=1080, right=3840
Display: 1
Display Bounds: top=0, left=0, bottom=1080, right=1920
Video Card Number: 3
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Driver Version: 9.18.13.1106
Driver Date: 20130118000000.000000-000
Video Card Driver: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Video Mode:
Video Card Caption: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Video Card Memory: 1024 MB
Video Card Number: 2
Video Card: LogMeIn Mirror Driver
Driver Version: 7.1.542.0
Driver Date: 20060522000000.000000-000
Video Card Driver:
Video Mode: 1920 x 1080 x 4294967296 colors
Video Card Caption: LogMeIn Mirror Driver
Video Card Memory: 0 MB
Video Card Number: 1
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Driver Version: 9.18.13.1106
Driver Date: 20130118000000.000000-000
Video Card Driver: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Video Mode: 1920 x 1080 x 4294967296 colors
Video Card Caption: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Video Card Memory: 1024 MB
Serial number: 90970233273769828003
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\
Temporary file path: C:\Users\ANDREW~1\AppData\Local\Temp\
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
C:\, 111.8G, 7.68G free
Required Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Required\
Primary Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Plug-ins\
Additional Plug-ins folder: not set
Installed components:
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   boost_threads.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0
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   data_flow.dll   AIF   3.0   62.490293
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   dvacore.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0
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   dvamediatypes.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0
   dvaplayer.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0
   dvatransport.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0
   dvaunittesting.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0
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   ExtendScript.dll   ExtendScript 2011/12/14-15:08:46   66.490082   66.490082
   FileInfo.dll   Adobe XMP FileInfo 2012/01/17-15:11:19   66.145433   66.145433
   filter_graph.dll   AIF   3.0   62.490293
   hydra_filters.dll   AIF   3.0   62.490293
   icucnv40.dll   International Components for Unicode 2011/11/15-16:30:22    Build gtlib_3.0.16615
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   image_runtime.dll   AIF   3.0   62.490293
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   libifcoremd.dll   Intel(r) Visual Fortran Compiler   10.0 (Update A)
   libmmd.dll   Intel(r) C Compiler, Intel(r) C++ Compiler, Intel(r) Fortran Compiler   12.0
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   mediacoreif.dll   DVA Product   6.0.0
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   Photoshop.dll   Adobe Photoshop CS6   CS6
   Plugin.dll   Adobe Photoshop CS6   CS6
   PlugPlug.dll   Adobe(R) CSXS PlugPlug Standard Dll (64 bit)   3.0.0.383
   PSArt.dll   Adobe Photoshop CS6   CS6
   PSViews.dll   Adobe Photoshop CS6   CS6
   SCCore.dll   ScCore 2011/12/14-15:08:46   66.490082   66.490082
   ScriptUIFlex.dll   ScriptUIFlex 2011/12/14-15:08:46   66.490082   66.490082
   svml_dispmd.dll   Intel(r) C Compiler, Intel(r) C++ Compiler, Intel(r) Fortran Compiler   12.0
   tbb.dll   Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks for Windows   3, 0, 2010, 0406
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   WRServices.dll   WRServices Friday January 27 2012 13:22:12   Build 0.17112   0.17112
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Performance issues with Motion (position, scale, rotate) and GTX 590

I'm experiencing performance issues with my Premiere Pro CC when I scale, position or rotate a clip in the program monitor.
I have no performance issues with playback! It's only, when i move something with the mouse or by changing the x,y-values of Position in the Motion-Dialog in video effects.
Premiere then lags terribly and updates the program monitor only about once per second - this makes it very difficult and cumbersome to work and position things.
On a second Premiere installation on my laptop, performance is fine and fluid - allthough it doesn't have GPU support and is a much slower computer.
I'm pretty sure this has somehow to do with my graphic card, which is a Nvidia GTX 590.
I was told by the support, that it is actually a dual graphic card, which is not supported/liked by Premiere.
The thing is, until the latest Premiere update, I did not have performance issues at all with this card.
I also read on the forum that others with the GTX 590 did not experience any problems with it
So where does this come from?
There is no change in performance whether or not I activate Mercury Playback Engine GPU acceleration.
I also tried deactivating one of the 2 gpus, but there also was no change.
Does anyone else know this problem and has anyone a solution?
I'm running Premiere CC on a Win 7 64bit engine, Nvidia GTX 590, latest driver (of today),

I am suffering from the same phenomenon since I updated just before christmas, I think.
I am hardly able to do scaling, rotating and translating in the program monitor itslef - whil motion has been highlighted in teh effect controls.
In the effect controls I can scale, rotate etc however.
Also I have noticed there is a yellow box with handles in teh program monitor. I remember it was white before.
I cannot figure out what to change in my preferences. What has happened?
best,
Hans Wessels
Premiere CC
Mac Pro OSX 10.7.5
16 GB 1066 MHz DD3
2 X NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB

MacBook Pro performance issues w/2nd monitor and FCP7

I have this MacBook Pro bought brand-new in January 2010:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
and until today had never attached a second monitor to it. Today I hooked up my Samsung 24" to do some dual screen editing in Final Cut 7.0.3. I was unable to play back my video at full speed in the second monitor, and after a few seconds of skippy playback I'd get that error message about unable to play back video at full speed and to check my RT settings. I was using a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter. My computer has no issues playing the video in the laptop's monitor at any resolution and any quality settings (I've never changed the RT settings or anything else in the menu ever but I tried every combination this time). I then tried using my TV as a 2nd monitor with an HDMI adapter. Same performance issues. I then tried my friend's newer 13" MBP 8,1 and it performed flawlessly with the same project & footage. I feel like my $3,000 computer should outperform a $1,200 one even if mine is a year and a half older. Any advice?
Chris

Wow, you posted this perfectly to coincide with an identical problem, albeit using Logic Pro 9.1.5 rather than FCP.
Last week, I purchased a 23" external monitor to use alongside my "flagship" 2011 15" hi-res, 2.3 i7 Macbook Pro with 8Gb of RAM.
It is connected via a mini-DVI to D-sub analog (not that that should matter?) and all appeared fine.
The first issue I had was with my MBP's fan now running CONSTANTLY, when I have the second monitor attached. Even when the machine is completely idle.
When using the machine to record audio, this is a fairly hefty problem and not something I had anticipated - indeed why would I anticipate such a thing?
What is far, far worse though is that over the last few days I have had repeated problems with performance drop-outs and errors in Logic and I have trying to fathom out why. Realising that the only major system change made, was the above monitor connection, I ran some tests.
I restarted my MBP, no other apps were running and with my new 23" monitor attached acting as main display with MBP built in display on as secondary
I loaded up a fairly demanding Logic project which was hitting 40% to 60% CPU usage when using the built in MBP display last week
I ran activity monitor and had CPU usage history open
The above project now repeatedly overloads and playback halts in a given 8 bar section - with CPU at 80% most of the time
I disconnected the external display, no shut down, I just let the machine switch to the built in 15".
Started the same project, the same 8 bar section and hey presto - CPU usage back down to 40% to 60%
The above was reflected in the CPU usage history with the graph showing CPU use down by about a half, when running this Logic project WITHOUT the external display.
There is a very useful benchmark Logic project that has been used as a test by many users to gauge Logic performance on given Apple hardware.
The project has about 100 tracks pre-configured with CPU intensive plugins, designed to tax the CPU.
The idea is that you load up the project with tracks muted, press play and then unmute the tracks steadily until Logic us unable to play contiunously because of a system performance error.
On my MBP, with the external monitor NOT attached, I can play back around 50 of the audio tracks in this benchmark project.
With the monitor attached, I can get about 22 tracks playing.... which is actually a far worse a performance drop (-50% I think!?) than with the first example!
I did also try with just the external monitor attached and not the MBP display and performance was about 10% better than with dual monitors - so still extremely poor, to say the least.
This machine is the flagship MBP and has a dedicated AMD Radeon HD6750 GPU which should take care of most if not ALL graphics processing - I mean it's capable of running some pretty demanding games!
Putting aside the issue of constant fan noise, there is no reason AT ALL, why using an external monitor should tax the i7 CPU this way - it's not as though Logic is graphically demanding... far from it.
I am on 10.6.8, Logic 9.1.5, all apps up to date via "Software Update".
I will of course, be contacting Apple...

Performance issues since upgrade

I am on a late 2011 MacBook Pro and am having severs performance issues since upgrading to Mavericks. I fear my issues may be related to company installed anti-virus (which I cannot remove), but I was hoping someone could look over my EtreCheck for other potential solutions.
One really odd issue I am having, which I cannot seem to find good information for on Google, is at least 4-5 times a day my Mac just stops. No beach ball, no anything, for about 1-5 minutes. Then it's fine. Maybe just me grasping at straws, but it seems related to a when webpage loads a bunch of images? I always use Safari btw, but testing other browsers, like Chrome & Firefox, it happens as well.
I have also removed TotalFinder and have noticed no improvement and still have the above issue.
Thanks in advance!
Here is my EtreCheck:
Problem description:
slow performance on Mavericks
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 11, 2014 at 8:51:26 AM EST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,3
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 1024 MB
Color LCD 1920 x 1200
LED Cinema Display 1920 x 1200
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0:46:22
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD HTS727575A9E362 disk0 : (750.16 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.30 GB (256.69 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Fitbit Inc. Fitbit Base Station
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Tablet PTZ-630
Logitech Logitech USB Headset
Apple Inc. Display iSight
Apple Inc. Apple LED Cinema Display
Apple Inc. Display Audio
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Firewire Information: ℹ️
Iomega HDD unknown_device 800mbit - 800mbit max
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 32 KB
Iomega HDD (disk1s3) /Volumes/Iomega HDD : 500.04 GB (22.88 GB free)
Files (disk1s5) /Volumes/Files : 499.90 GB (416.87 GB free)
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Library/Application Support/Symantec/Protector
[not loaded] com.symantec.kext.protector.panther (1.0f5) Support
[not loaded] com.symantec.kext.protector.tigerplus (1.0f5) Support
/Library/StartupItems/SymAutoProtect
[loaded] com.Symantec.kext.SAVAPComm (11.0.6) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.1) Support
[loaded] com.InnovationTechnology.driver.ComputerAudio (1.01 - SDK 10.7) Support
[not loaded] com.cisco.nke.ipsec (2.0.1) Support
[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.3.7 - SDK 10.8) Support
Startup Items: ℹ️
CiscoVPN: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN
NortonMissedTasks: Path: /Library/StartupItems/NortonMissedTasks
SMC: Path: /Library/StartupItems/SMC
SymAutoProtect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/SymAutoProtect
SymProtector: Path: /Library/StartupItems/SymProtector
Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.jamfsoftware.jamf.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[running] com.symantec.quickmenu.application.plist Support
[running] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist Support
[running] net.juniper.pulsetray.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.fitbit.fitbitd.plist Support
[running] com.fitbit.galileod.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.jamfsoftware.jamf.daemon.plist Support
[not loaded] com.jamfsoftware.startupItem.plist Support
[loaded] com.jamfsoftware.task.1.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.rogueamoeba.instanton-agent.plist Support
[running] net.juniper.AccessService.plist Support
[loaded] net.juniper.UninstallPulse.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
[running] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
gfxCardStatus Application (/Users/[redacted]/Downloads/gfxCardStatus.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Microsoft Database Daemon Application (/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Daemon.app)
cdn Volume (/Volumes/cdn)
TotalFinder Application (/Applications/TotalFinder.app)
SAVDiskMountNotify Application (/Library/Application Support/Symantec/AntiVirus/SAVDiskMountNotify.app)
ScanNotification Application (/Library/Application Support/Symantec/AntiVirus/ScanNotification.app)
SymSecondaryLaunch Application (/Library/Application Support/Norton Solutions Support/Scheduler/SymSecondaryLaunch.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.223
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.0.2 Support
Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.5.4f1 - SDK 10.6 Support
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.5.9r620 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60310.0 Support
MeetingJoinPlugin: Version: (null) - SDK 10.6 Support
net.juniper.DSSafariExtensions: Version: (null) Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.1.2 Support
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.2 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.5 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
WacomNetscape: Version: 2.1.0-1 - SDK 10.8 Support
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
SOEWebInstaller: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 Support
Aspera Web 3.1.2.72265: Version: (null) - SDK 10.6 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
1Password
Adblock Plus
Reddit Enhancement Suite
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Java Support
MacFUSE Support
SymAutoProtect
Symantec\nQuickMenu Support
WacomTablet Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Destinations:
Iomega HDD [Local]
Total size: 500.04 GB
Total number of backups: 37
Oldest backup: 2014-10-14 14:11:11 +0000
Last backup: 2014-11-11 13:27:48 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 500.04 GB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      36% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
      34% SymAutoProtect
      13% WindowServer
      9% Unity
      4% Activity Monitor
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
455 MB Safari
361 MB com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
292 MB Unity
77 MB com.apple.WebKit.Networking
77 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
2.08 GB Free RAM
2.39 GB Active RAM
1.34 GB Inactive RAM
1.40 GB Wired RAM
1.11 GB Page-ins
5.54 GB Page-outs

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Activity Monitor in Mavericks has significant changes
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