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On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 08:39:06AM -0500, Scot P. Floess wrote:
I have some weird behavior I can't explain... I've noticed this behavior since CentOS 5.2 (version I started running) through 5.4...
I am running a Xen host/VM. On my guest VM, I use Alpine as my email client and Aspell as the spell-check... For whatever reason, when Aspell is kicked off - there appears to be what I'd call a prolonged pause before Aspell does its job. Should I run Alpine on bare metal (even on the host OS) - there is no pause whatsoever.
The pause is so bad, I've stopped using Alpine in the VM and just running on the host OS itself.
Its really not a big deal, but I can't figure out what or why there is a difference. Initially I thought it might be an issue with the amount of RAM I give the guest OS - I've tried from 256 MB to 768 MB - the pause is the same :(
Any help or anything I can look at to figure this out - is greatly appreciated!
What kind of pause is that? How long?
So, I can see aspell kicking off...and nothing...for a good 30 - 60 seconds anyway...
Do you have DNS properly configured in the guest? Does network function at full speed from the guest?
Yep, DNS works fine...if I run bare metal - no issues. Oddly enough Fedora 9 xen guest runs it fine too..
Any errors in the logs on the guest? how about dom0?
Nope, nothing in the logs on the guest nor dom0...
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