FC13 virtual machine manager excrutiatingly slow

[bugswontgo]

I used my fc13's "Virtual Machine Manager" to install a FC14 vm image from a new iso.

1 gb ram, access to 2 phenom 2 cpu's

# egrep 'vmx|svm' /proc/cpuinfo
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt nodeid_msr
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt nodeid_msr



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update:

After a week of 8 hour days I got fc14 installed, I think that the "minimal" install option was bad. Now it takes yum 15 minutes to get warmed up. and about an hour for 1 simple package.

(It was going in the background while working on other stuff, causing the cpu fan to roar with the extra load)


It would be easier to install Fedora on an abacus or perhaps water clock.




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[bodhi.zazen]

Hard to know for sure, and F13 is at EOL, so no longer supported.

I recently did a fresh install of F15 and virt manager is significantly improved.

So I advise you upgrade (or fresh install) to F14 or F15 as a first step.

[bugswontgo]

Thanks for the advice about upgrading,


yup, I made this VM to trouble shoot a different version of Fedora as it works with other software... I'll probably have to abandon this plan all togather and install on a regular pc. Realizing that a few days ago would have been advantageous.