On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 09:11:05AM -0500, Scot P. Floess wrote:
>
> 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...
>
Does aspell work from the cmdline?
> >
> > 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..
>
So is it aspell version dependant?
> >
> > Any errors in the logs on the guest? how about dom0?
>
> Nope, nothing in the logs on the guest nor dom0...
>
Weird..
-- Pasi
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