Re: [9fans] 9vx instability

[Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com>]

i run 9vx occasionally.  a while back i built 9vx from ron's
repository.  i was having problems with it under Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64,
where sometimes both cores were pegged at 100%; it was a problem with
linux (judging by ubuntu mailing lists). without changing 9vx, things
got stable after 10.10 (currently on 11.10). so, when in doubt,
suspect the host os.

% ls -l `{whatis 9vx}--rwxr-xr-x M 0 root root 5409005 Apr  9  2011
/usr/local/bin/9vx% uname -aLinux hpamd 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu
SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
-Skip

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Jens Staal <staal1978@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/21/11 18:09, Anton wrote:
>>
>> > If you're on linux, you should consider kvm + kvmtool + plan 9
>> AFAIK, kvmtool wasn't integrated into 3.1. Is it stable/mature enough to
>> run plan 9?
>>
>> > i have to say my experience is quite different
>> Hm, that's odd. 9vx runs ok in ubuntu in tinycore, but not in arch. Maybe
>> the thing is in Arch's kernel config or patches (although, stock kernel is
>> quite vanilla...)?
>> Are there Arch users to confirm?
>
> I have not had any problems, but I run the 9vx-hg package (could be a vx32
> version difference?). The freezing behaviour seems very strange - something
> with the WM? I run dwm now and KDE before and did not experience any freezes
> due to vx32 in either. The only crashes I have experienced have been some
> experimental compiles (never succeeded under 9vx) using the Plan9 port of
> GCC 3.0, but those crashes were quite graceful and did not bother the rest
> of my system.
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