Host Memory Low error

[Torben Nehmer]

I recently upgraded to VB 2.2.4 and since then I cannot use any(!) VM anymore. I am using a 6 GB Quadcore System, which normally has 2 GB of RAM available. Even a VM set to 1 GB RAM does sometimes not even start. Right now, the VMs do start to a Windows login, but then freeze:

00:00:34.704 Console: VM runtime error: fatal=false, errorID=HostMemoryLow message="Unable to allocate and lock memory. The virtual machine will be paused. Please close applications to free up memory or close the VM"

When I cannot start the system directly throws a memory related error as well:

00:00:00.620 ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_FAIL (0x80004005) aIID={9511bc54-15ee-4ddf-808e-472aba03809c} aComponent={Console} aText={Unknown error creating VM (VERR_NO_MEMORY)} aWarning=false, preserve=false 00:00:00.627 Power up failed (vrc=VERR_NO_MEMORY, rc=E_FAIL (0X80004005))

I am quite sure, that I do have enough memory available. I even stopped the SQL Server (normally running at around 3 GB allocated RAM) to verify this. The task manager normally does not report more then 4 or 4.5 GB of used physical memory.

Any hints would be appreciated. If you need any more information, please let me know.

[Frank Mehnert]

Please update to VirtualBox 3.0.8 and check if the problem is gone.

[Frank Mehnert]

The original reporter replied that he doesn't use VirtualBox any longer.