From: Richard-tx <rich.andr...@gmail.com> Reply-To: "beagleboard@googlegroups.com" <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> Date: Sunday, September 14, 2014 at 5:05 AM To: "beagleboard@googlegroups.com" <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> Subject: [beagleboard] Re: Ubuntu 14 - poor performance
> I forgot to mention that this is on a BBB. > > > > On Sunday, September 14, 2014 7:02:17 AM UTC-5, Richard-tx wrote: >> I just installed Ubuntu 14.04 (eMMC flashed) and something seems wrong. I >> have a software package that I compile. When I compile it under Debian, it >> takes about 45 minutes to complete. Now with Ubuntu 14 it has takes 76-78 >> minutes. Is there something that I should look at or do? I did add a swap >> file but that did not help. >> >> Has anyone else seen a performance hit with Ubuntu 14.04? >> >> Here is the link to the instructions for downloading and building the >> application. >> >> http://wiki.rocrail.net/doku.php?id=buildrr-en >> The problem is the memory taken by the Ubuntu desktop. Try a light weight desktop like XFCE, LXDE or Lubuntu. Remember, BBB only has 512MB RAM so it isn¹t advisable to use a memory hog like Unity. You can test this by running top or atop in a terminal while you run your app. You will see that available memory will be almost zero and that is why it is sssooo ssslloooww. Regards, John >> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
