Answers inline below... > 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... > > -- Pasi > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Scot P. Floess 27 Lake Royale Louisburg, NC 27549 252-478-8087 (Home) 919-890-8117 (Work) Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros