Re: [coLinux-users] Vista SP1 - complete failure

[Jason A. <ja...@ha...>]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Henry Nestler wrote:
> Jonathan Deitch wrote:
>> However - and this is the puzzling part - when the system goes into the
>> slow-mode, there is no abnormal CPU load.  Yep, that's right ... no high
>> CPU in either task manager, or top.
>>
>> Both colinux and Vista are still usable - they're just very very slow
>> with a 4-5 second leg between any action and system response.

Sounds familiar...

>
> Than I have an idea: The cpu has a buggy or a special timer chip? I have
> read some about buggy TSC, and Windows has shipped an update for such
> chips in a service pack.

How about an alternative theory?  Is your page file usage changing?
If so, you can configure your taskman process list to show you memory
usage and/or VM size.  If something spirals out of control (and it
will take a little while to do so), your system will start swapping
memory with disk until it's painfully slow.  coLinux, however, should
not be torturing you with memory leaks.

It's not as esoteric a theory as buggy system timer handling, but it's
a simple test.

Cheers,
Jason