i think it is hanging precisely because swap is overwriting fs.
and besides, i didn't know that this process is well known already and even
has a name ("trolling"). :)now i'm freshly installing ubuntu with swap on a completely different vhdd so it can't troll the fs anymore. On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Jason Gerecke <[email protected]> wrote: > I've actually been seeing similar issues under VirtualBox 4.0.8 r71778 > with a virtual quad-core 64-bit Ubuntu 11.04 guest and 64-bit Windows > 7 host. However, in my case, the VM seems to kinda-freeze (its hard to > describe -- the VM isn't locked up, but it doesn't really respond to > most input) for no apparent reason. High memory pressure, or not; high > CPU load or not. I haven't had a problem with other guests (Ubuntu > 10.11, Arch Linux, RHEL6, etc) though to be honest I haven't been > working with them as much recently... > > Since I have to reset the VM every-so-often, I've enabled full > journaling on the VMs ext4 disks. Perhaps your package manager's files > got corrupted when you reset the machine? > > Also, I'll mirror the comments that 512MB of RAM isn't going to be > enough -- my VM was swapping up a storm when compiling with "-j4". > Allocating 1 GB seemed to have solved the swapping issue, though the > more the merrier. > > Jason > > --- > Day xee-nee-svsh duu-'ushtlh-ts'it; > nuu-wee-ya' duu-xan' 'vm-nvshtlh-ts'it. > Huu-chan xuu naa~-gha. > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Vitalie Vrabie > <[email protected]> wrote: > > what can i say... > > i really feel very happy this happened in a vm and not on my host os. > > despite its age, linux is not mature enough to live outside VMs. > > sad but true. > > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Linux Box Solutions > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Agreed > >> > >> www.YouTube.com/user/linuxboxsolution > >> www.Krzyview.com > >> www.Email-Marketers.com > >> > >> On Jun 17, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Sounds like you're getting a little too emotional now. > >> In a nutshell; Get some more RAM. You'll probably need 10+GB to give 8GB > >> to the build. > >> Beyond that I'm afraid to tell you your view of OSes, VMs, and what > should > >> be and should happen is, unfortunately, unlikely to have any effect on > the > >> situation. > >> Enjoy, > >> > >> Al. > >> -- > >> T: @alsutton W: www.funkyandroid.com > >> > >> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > >> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or > >> it's subsidiaries. > >> On 17 Jun 2011, at 16:14, Vitalie Vrabie wrote: > >> > >> oh is it the vm? > >> or rather this supposed-to-be os, which turns out to be just an insult > to > >> humanity? > >> > >> no ram - fail the allocation, fail the compiling. > >> but dont write swap over fs. > >> > >> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Because a Machine Emulators can have bugs, and running them low on RAM > >>> and Swap is never a good idea. > >>> I ended up getting a refund from one vendor of a VM solution because I > >>> saw disk corruption every time a shut down particular VMs. > >>> Al. > >>> -- > >>> T: @alsutton W: www.funkyandroid.com > >>> > >>> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > >>> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or > >>> it's subsidiaries. > >>> On 17 Jun 2011, at 15:19, Vitalie Vrabie wrote: > >>> > >>> not the case of this xeon. > >>> > >>> physical ram is 1.5G, vm is 512, lots of swap space in the vm, make -j1 > >>> > >>> still dont understand HOW A COMPILE PROCESS CAN MES UP THE PACKAGE > SYSTEM > >>> OF UBUNTU. :( > >>> > >>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> 32 bit OSes can address more than 4GB using PAE ( > >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension ). > >>>> > >>>> Al. > >>>> -- > >>>> T: @alsutton W: www.funkyandroid.com > >>>> > >>>> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > >>>> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > >>>> subsidiaries. > >>>> > >>>> On 17 Jun 2011, at 15:06, Linux Box Solutions wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > No it doesn't a limitation of 32 bit systems is 4gb max > >>>> > > >>>> > www.YouTube.com/user/linuxboxsolution > >>>> > www.Krzyview.com > >>>> > www.Email-Marketers.com > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > On Jun 17, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Alessandro Pellizzari <[email protected] > > > >>>> > wrote: > >>>> > > >>>> >> Il Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:53:37 +0300, Vitalie Vrabie ha scritto: > >>>> >> > >>>> >>> where've you seen 8g on 32bit??? 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