On Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 8:31:55 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > Den onsdag den 6. september 2017 kl. 00.14.28 UTC skrev Mark Eubanks: > > On Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 7:55:44 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > > > Den tirsdag den 5. september 2017 kl. 23.48.08 UTC skrev Mark Eubanks: > > > > On Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 12:06:28 PM UTC-4, Mark Eubanks wrote: > > > > > Can someone explain why I can start the work VM but when I start the > > > > > personal I get the ERROR: insufficient mem . Even though the memory > > > > > settings are the same > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > I have 16 gig of ram but if I do a free -m it only shows a total of > > > > 1058 > > > > used 364 free 26 . I'm not doing anything on any of the VM's its pretty > > > > much a new install and I can't open the personal vm .Anyone have any > > > > ideas > > > > > > ah, you did this in Dom0 terminal right? > > > The reason is because Qubes attempts to automatically balance which AppVM > > > gets more RAM than the other. If you right click on each AppVM in the > > > Qubes Manager (Qubes 3.2), you can see the automatic memory setting under > > > the Advanced tab, near the RAM amount fields. > > > So since each AppVM gets their fair share of the RAM portion, Dom0 will > > > have less memory for itself. This might change dynamically, for example > > > if you run a lot of AppVM's, the amount of RAM Dom0 has may shrink. Wnile > > > not many AppVM's are running, or after a fresh boot, Dom0 should have > > > more memory. > > > If you open the Qubes Manager in Qubes 3.2, you can see the allocated > > > memory to Dom0 and each the VM's. If it isnt visible, then you can make > > > it visible at the top in the "View" menu. > > > > > > Also note that automatic memory dyanamics does not work if a VM has a PCI > > > card passed through. So if you have any with automatic memory dynamics > > > disabled, be careful you don't give it too much of your RAM resources. > > > 16GB is a good amount, but it can still quickly run you if you have the > > > wrong settings, or run unusual memory hungry and intensive programs. > > > > Yes, this was in Dom0 term > > > > I tried lowering the mem usage per vm and it seem to take care of the > > problem but I rebooted and it was again not allowing any other vm's to > > start other Dom0 mem shows 1092 mb sys-net shows 401 mb, sys-firewall 151 > > mb ( I lowered it) sys-whonix, 151 mb ( which I lowered it as well) which > > comes no where close to 16 MEG > > What's a good number to run the vm's at for mem min and max ? I'm just not > > sure whats taking up all the mem. > > hmm odd, you shouldn't have memory issues with 16GB memory, unless you run > something big, or way too many VM's. > > Try run > 'XL list' > in Dom0 terminal. > > Grab a calculator, add up the "Mem" sizes of all the running VM's, see if it > adds up to 16GB. > > If it adds up, then you should be able to detect where your RAM is used in > the 'xl list' as well. > > Be careful with loweing the sys-firewall and sys-net memory though. Frankly I > dont know if anything can happen, but I can't imagine it is a good thing if > they run out of memory. It's probably better to keep them at the default > values, just to be safe.
"btw Mark, I noticed it isn't the first time, but give it a day or two for answers. While Qubes is getting more and more popular, there aren't too many people around here. It gets worse since Qubes has many different forums/IRC/mail-posts/etc. so among the Qubes users that are, many are spread out. It will often take time to get answers. So, no need to worry." I will keep this in mind. still looking at it .. it shouldn't be this hard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/7d5793a9-7ece-457c-aa53-ce9cc64c4884%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
