Re: AW: Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-22 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
On Fri, December 22, 2017 8:55 am, '[799]' via qubes-users wrote: > > This I also what I assumed as there must be a good reason why Qubes Team > has switched to HVM instead of using PV VMs. Still I'd like to learn more > about the vulnerabilities, so I can make a decision risk vs. runtime. And >

Re: Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-22 Thread Vít Šesták
As far as I remember, there was an idea to kill stubdoms after boot, which would both reduce risk (as stubdoms run in PV) and CPU+memory overhead. I cannot try it right now, because I haven't installed Q4. > If I switch to disposable VMs, I assume the risk would be reduced. You can sort reduce

AW: Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-22 Thread '[799]' via qubes-users
Original-Nachricht An 22. Dez. 2017, 06:49, MirrorWay schrieb: >> Since watts is already energy/time, >> this should just say 9.5W Ok, thanks :-) >> As I understand it, Xen PV code has bad >> track record of vulnerabilities, hence the >> change to HVM in Qubes 4.0. >> Also why

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-21 Thread '[799]' via qubes-users
Hello, I was able to improve battery runtime following the tips from this thread: I've switched all my AppVMs to virt_mode = pv, using: dom0: qvm-prefs --set virt_mode pv In order to monitor my battery runtime and battery discharge rate, I've setup a small monitor in my xfce4-panel: 1)

Re: AW: Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-14 Thread 'MirrorWay' via qubes-users
Another partial workaround, you can change virt_mode from hvm back to pv for trustworthy VMs, like vault, etc... The bug: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2849 For me it amounts to an overhead of 10% x cpu core per hvm, according to xentop. -- You received this message because

Re: AW: Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-14 Thread donoban
On 12/13/2017 07:30 PM, '[799]' via qubes-users wrote: Hello Chris, Original-Nachricht An 13. Dez. 2017, 19:15, Chris Laprise schrieb > Increased CPU usage is a known issue. > You can see it in the 'xentop' listing. > This may be one of the core tradeoffs > when moving to

Re: AW: Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-13 Thread Chris Laprise
On 12/13/2017 01:30 PM, [799] wrote: Hello Chris, Original-Nachricht An 13. Dez. 2017, 19:15, Chris Laprise schrieb > Increased CPU usage is a known issue. > You can see it in the 'xentop' listing. > This may be one of the core tradeoffs > when moving to R4.0 Thanks for the

AW: Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-13 Thread '[799]' via qubes-users
Hello Chris, Original-Nachricht An 13. Dez. 2017, 19:15, Chris Laprise schrieb > Increased CPU usage is a known issue. > You can see it in the 'xentop' listing. > This may be one of the core tradeoffs > when moving to R4.0 Thanks for the hint. Honestly I can't believe that

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-13 Thread Chris Laprise
On 12/13/2017 01:11 PM, '[799]' via qubes-users wrote: Hello, I'm am running version 4rc3 on my X230 and I am suffering from a very reduced battery runtime. Under Qubes 3.2 I was able to get 10 to 11hrs of battery runtime with "tlp" enabled and powertop optimizations. Runtime is now

[qubes-users] Qubes 4rc3 :: 50% reduced battery runtime compared to Qubes 3.2 on Lenovo X230

2017-12-13 Thread '[799]' via qubes-users
Hello, I'm am running version 4rc3 on my X230 and I am suffering from a very reduced battery runtime. Under Qubes 3.2 I was able to get 10 to 11hrs of battery runtime with "tlp" enabled and powertop optimizations. Runtime is now reduced to ~4-5 hrs under Qubes 4rc3. I have installed tlp and