From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BbzIZ-0005pD-Pw for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 06:11:39 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BbzIY-0005ol-Ny for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 06:11:39 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BbzIY-0005oi-IN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 06:11:38 -0400 Received: from [193.252.22.29] (helo=mwinf0201.wanadoo.fr) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BbzH1-0001dk-AZ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 06:10:03 -0400 Received: from bellard.org (ATuileries-112-1-4-107.w81-53.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.53.133.107]) by mwinf0201.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 0EEE53000356 for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 12:10:02 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <40D56314.7080307@bellard.org> Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 12:12:36 +0200 From: Fabrice Bellard MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Fedora Core 2 very slow References: <200406172245.18965.jm@poure.com> <200406172350.12784.david.sibai@free.fr> <200406180948.56899.jm@poure.com> <200406191318.22452.jm@poure.com> <40D487DF.40606@libertysurf.fr> <40D554D6.6090705@libertysurf.fr> In-Reply-To: <40D554D6.6090705@libertysurf.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Sorry for this dumb question, but are you using a 2.6 host kernel or did you do the 'echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq' which is written when you launch QEMU ? Otherwise, you have no change of using a 2.6 based guest OS... Fabrice. ben wrote: > After install fediora is still slow : > Only some functions like sleep take 10x the real time. > tried to boot with different clocks > clock=pit > clock=hpet > acpi=off > tried to boot with different kernels : > - 2.6.5.1.358 > - 2.6.6.1.435 > - 2.6.7.1.437 > > Is the problem Windows host specific ? > > Host : Win XP > Guest : Fedora core 2 > qemu 0.5.6 > > > > > > > > > > ben a écrit : > >> On windows while booting i ve got a message "TSC cannot be used as a >> timesource" >> and then computer is very slow. >> It seems that there s a problem with clock timing in fedora and others >> kernel. >> I managed to make it faster with this boot option at the prompt >> linux clock=hpet >> (found with google) >> I m searching for the most appropriate setinng for clock. >> >> Host : Win XP >> qemu 0.5.6 >> >> >> Jean-Michel POURE a écrit : >> >>>> I tried it as well, and IMHO, to say that it is very slow is a very >>>> delicate understatement. I've tried giving it more RAM, but it is >>>> nonetheless unbelievably slow. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Dear friends, >>> >>> For debugging purpose, I uploaded an 833 Mb image of Fedora Core-2 to: >>> http://www.poure.com/qemu/fedora-c2.img.tar.bz2 >>> >>> Installing a Fedora Core 2 distro can take up to 10 hours (also very >>> slow!).Downloading will save you a lot of time. After unpacking, you >>> can boot the image with the following parameters: >>> >>> qemu -hda fedora-c2.img -boot c -m 128 -pci -cirrusvga -user-net >>> >>> The upload is intended for people willing to understand the bugs >>> #9373 and #9374 entered on http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=qemu >>> >>> Also I contacted Stefano to participate in the OS Zoo project. We are >>> going to work in team to provide ready-to-run images for a wide >>> variety of OSes. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Jean-Michel Pouré >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qemu-devel mailing list >>> Qemu-devel@nongnu.org >>> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qemu-devel mailing list >> Qemu-devel@nongnu.org >> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >