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 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
