rather, the ubuntu guys. On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote:
> You might want to send that to the VirtualBox guys. > > On 17 Jun 2011 20:21, "Vitalie Vrabie" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > for those who feel very tough and are eager to reproduce this with any VM > solution, here are the steps: > > > > 1. create a fresh vm, give it 512m ram, 1 core 1 thread cpu, 20g hdd. > > 2. install ubuntu 11.04 in it, let it partition the hdd automagically (no > idea how much swap it allocates, probably 512m too). > > 3. (optional) run an update on ubuntu. > > 4. install all the required packages as described in > http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html > > 5. checkout froyo "-b froyo", as said in > http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html > > 6. try to compile, as described in > http://source.android.com/source/building.html > > 7. after about 8 hours on a xeon 2.4ghz you will end up with a frozen > (not really frozen, but as described by Jason Gerecke) ubuntu. > > 8. "power off" the VM. > > 9. start it again. > > 10. after some tine, ubuntu will try to update, but will fail *any* > attempt to manipulate the packages. > > 11. usually at this point enlightenment comes. :) > > 12. yes, we fit in under a dozen steps! > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Linux Box Solutions < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Use a paid for VM management system and not those crap free downloads > and you'll see the difference use something professional if you trying to do > a professionals job no something home users use to learn and experience from > >> > >> www.YouTube.com/user/linuxboxsolution > >> www.Krzyview.com > >> www.Email-Marketers.com > >> > >> > >> On Jun 17, 2011, at 1:37 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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