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Siduction Forum => Experimental => Topic started by: dibl on 2014/01/05, 23:37:59
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Is working better than rc6 here -- my vmware VM starts much faster. Other than rebuilding the nvidia kernel module, I see no issues. Running vmware, skype, browsers, music players, etc.
rc6 had a strange lag when starting vmware -- not a lot of cpu activity, just very very slow launching the package.
System: Host: imerabox Kernel: 3.13-rc7-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop: KDE 4.11.4 Distro: aptosid 2011-02 Ἡμέρα - kde-lite - (201107131633)
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P6X58D-E version: Rev 1.xx Bios: American Megatrends version: 0602 date: 03/24/2011
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7 CPU 950 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx)
Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 1600.00 MHz 3: 1600.00 MHz 4: 1600.00 MHz 5: 1600.00 MHz 6: 1600.00 MHz 7: 1600.00 MHz 8: 1600.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF100 [GeForce GTX 480] X.Org: 1.14.5 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1200@59.9hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 480/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.20
Audio: Card-1: NVIDIA GF100 High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Card-2: Intel 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Card-3: Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX driver: USB Audio
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13-rc7-siduction-amd64
Network: Card: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 20:cf:30:5c:41:1d
Drives: HDD Total Size: 2136.5GB (4.2% used) 1: id: /dev/sdb model: OCZ size: 60.0GB
2: id: /dev/sda model: OCZ size: 60.0GB 3: id: /dev/sdc model: KINGSTON_SS100S2 size: 16.0GB
4: id: /dev/sdd model: WDC_WD1002FAEX size: 1000.2GB 5: id: /dev/sde model: WDC_WD1002FAEX size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID: / size: 19G used: 15G (85%) fs: ext4 ID: /boot size: 495M used: 314M (67%) fs: ext2
ID: swap-1 size: 15.48GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0C mobo: 33.0C gpu: 44C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 1962 psu: 0 sys-1: 0 sys-2: 0 sys-3: 0
Info: Processes: 304 Uptime: 26 min Memory: 1837.6/5976.6MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17
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Hi dibl,
what about virtual machine under KVM or VBox from, just as slow?
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I have vbox installed, but I have not used it for a long while. I will give it a spin today and see what I can do with it. I have never tried KVM. VMware Player has provided a good working platform for me for a few years now.
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I have a 64-bit siduction "Riders" RazorQT VM, that I had not opened or upgraded for a few weeks. I used vbox to open the VMware .vmdk, then ran dist-upgrade -- 360 packages needed upgraded, plus some new packages were installed. It ran quite smoothly and quickly -- I saw no issues of any kind. I used "-d" download only, as I could not figure out how to get to tty1 from inside the VM (I'm not proficient with vbox). This is:
root@imerabox:/# apt-cache policy virtualbox
virtualbox:
Installed: 4.3.2-dfsg-1
Candidate: 4.3.2-dfsg-1
Version table:
*** 4.3.2-dfsg-1 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/contrib amd64 Packages
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable/contrib amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
on
root@imerabox:/# uname -r && uptime
3.13-rc7-siduction-amd64
12:32:56 up 19:22, 3 users, load average: 0.15, 0.20, 0.24
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@dibl: I think with VBox there with the new siduction kernel no problems. I ask because I use VBox to connect me to the network of my employer about Windows7. In other words, VBox has to run smoothly for me;-)
Thanks
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@bluelupo I made a Win 7 VM with VMware Player in 2009 and have been using it continously since then. (I run some proprietary Win-ware.) Of course with Sid kernels we get ahead of the VMware and Vbox developers, and then you have problems. One time I had to use VBox for about 4 or 5 months until VMware updated their stuff ("Big Kernel Lock", I think). I had some problems with VBox networking at that time, so I went back to VMware Player when it was fixed. But I notice that sometimes the VBox guys fall behind too. This is the price we pay to run new Linux software, I think. I don't mind -- I like to follow the new developments.
My 3.13-rc7 kernel is showing 2 days uptime, almost -- no issues of any kind. I loaded it very heavy one time yesterday and I thought I broke it, but after a couple of minutes it showed me it could handle the work and keep going. ;D