Can I speed up the loading of an APP?

Patrick Bouldin

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Dec 20, 2016, 8:53:10 PM12/20/16

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Hi, compared to running a certain app in windows (Anki), installing it in the Fedora template in Qubes means the first time to run is very slow to launch. Maybe up to a minute. To install it to the template I just said "sudo yum install anki"

Otherwise, other things running are very fast. If I do launch it manually from the fedora CLI it's the same slow launch. Maybe it comes down to compiling it?

Thanks,
Patrick

Chris Laprise

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Dec 21, 2016, 2:03:15 PM12/21/16

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Did you accidentally turn off memory balancing in the Fedora VM? That
would slow it down a lot.

Chris

Patrick Bouldin

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Dec 21, 2016, 3:02:34 PM12/21/16

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Hi Chris, well that is a new topic for me, but did some checking. To clarify, one would adjust that at the CLI right? A command like "sudo systemctl stop qubes-qmemman" ? If so, I haven't done that. I also see a setting related to the memory balancing in the advanced part of the memory allocation, a checkmark for "include in memory balancing" - and that is checked, I think it's default.

Is that what you referred to? Incidentally, I've not installed it on the template yet, just testing on a created VM until I see it working well.

Thanks,
Patrick
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Chris Laprise

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Dec 22, 2016, 1:49:35 AM12/22/16

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On 12/21/2016 03:02 PM, Patrick Bouldin wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 2:03:15 PM UTC-5, Chris Laprise wrote:
>> On 12/20/2016 08:53 PM, Patrick Bouldin wrote:
>>> Hi, compared to running a certain app in windows (Anki), installing it in the Fedora template in Qubes means the first time to run is very slow to launch. Maybe up to a minute. To install it to the template I just said "sudo yum install anki"
>>>
>>> Otherwise, other things running are very fast. If I do launch it manually from the fedora CLI it's the same slow launch. Maybe it comes down to compiling it?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Patrick
>>>
>> Did you accidentally turn off memory balancing in the Fedora VM? That
>> would slow it down a lot.
>>
>> Chris
> Hi Chris, well that is a new topic for me, but did some checking. To clarify, one would adjust that at the CLI right? A command like "sudo systemctl stop qubes-qmemman" ? If so, I haven't done that. I also see a setting related to the memory balancing in the advanced part of the memory allocation, a checkmark for "include in memory balancing" - and that is checked, I think it's default.

You can check this in Qubes Manager settings for the VM, on the Advanced
tab.

Chris

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