VirtualBox and test releases

[Claude Jones]

On 2/24/2012 1:34 AM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> As ajax says, check if you're getting software rendering of GNOME Shell,
> which is likely to be slow: if so you can force fallback mode from a VT,
> much faster than trying to get through the control center, with this
> command:
>
> gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'gnome-fallback'
>
> run it as user - not root - then log out and back in again.
Well, I'm actually running KDE, though I initially opened Gnome and had 
the same issues.
>
> Aside from that, though, there is a known bug with the kernel in Alpha
> which causes slowness on some systems, it's possible it affects
> VirtualBox 'machines' too. See
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795050  . The latest kernel
> build fixes that issue:
>
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-2304/kernel-3.3.0-0.rc4.git1.4.fc17
>
> so grab that and see if it helps.
I'm running yum update at this moment, and it did pull in a new kernel. 
It's taking forever (44 installed so far out of 252 updates), but, I'll 
report back on the results. I also will re-run Guest Additions install 
using Andre's tip, and I'll report those results as well. I will reboot 
after the yum update finishes, just to isolate one 'fix' from the other.

-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA