Running VMware6 on Feisty makes everything slow to a crawl

[Ahmed Osman]

The AthlonXP is a single-core processor.

Try checking what is locking the file with fuser



Corey Cohen wrote:
> is that a dual core machine or no?
>
> On Jan 21, 2008 1:52 PM, Dexter Filmore <Dexter.Filmore at gmx.de 
> <mailto:Dexter.Filmore at gmx.de>> wrote:
>
>     Posted this on user list, no response, possibly a kernel config
>     thing so I'd
>     like to bring it up here:
>
>     Machine:
>     AthlonXP 3200+ @2.2GHz, 1GB RAM, nForce2 mobo.
>
>     Operating systems:
>
>     -Kubuntu 7.04 with 2.6.22 kernel backported from gutsy, X on free r300
>     -debian 4.0r2, kernel 2.6.18-k7, X on free r300
>     -Slackware 11, kernel 2.6.17.9 <http://2.6.17.9> custom, X on ATi
>     fglrx
>
>     VMware6 installed on all 3 OSses, all can access the same VMs, I
>     used the same
>     WinXP on a 384MB RAM VM on all three environments, latest VMtools
>     installed.
>
>     Results:
>     Slackware performs blazing fast, restoring the suspended XP takes
>     1 or 2
>     seconds before Windows responds, about 15-30 seconds before the VM
>     is fully
>     restored. Suspend happens instantaneous, less than a second.
>     Can switch between VMware and other apps with neglectible
>     performance impact.
>
>     Debian: similar, resume takes a little longer, up to about a
>     minute, then
>     everything is smooth, suspend instantaneous as on Slackware.
>     Can switch between VMware and other apps with neglectible
>     performance impact
>     as on Slack. Kaffeine, Opera with Java, Google Earth all running,
>     all fine,
>     video encoder running in the VM.
>
>     Kubuntu: VMware complains that /dev/rtc is not available because
>     it is used by
>     anothe application. lsof shows nothing accessing rtc. Hints on
>     VMware site
>     unuseful: this cpu doesn't even have throttling.
>
>     Resuming the suspended WinXP VM takes between 4 and 5 minutes (!!).
>     The system performs afterwards as if it was runnign on 256MB and
>     with L2 cache
>     diabled. Working impossible. Suspending the VM takes about 20-30
>     seconds.
>
>
>     Useful hints on where to investigate most welcome.
>
>     2.6.22 was backported to Feisty by me due to USB issues with the
>     stock 2.6.20,
>     but tests show same behaviour with 2.6.20.
>
>     Dex
>
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