Running VMware6 on Feisty makes everything slow to a crawl

[Corey Cohen]

well, wouldnt the fact that its a single core be part of the reason that it
is slow?

On Jan 21, 2008 3:45 PM, Ahmed Osman <ashex at chipnick.com> wrote:

>  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> 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 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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