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Very slow Bio-linux on VirtualBox?

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7.9 years ago

manekineko ▴ 150

Hi, I have downloaded ova file of Biolinux 8.

My host OS is CentOS 7 and I installed VirtualBox. I have imported OVA file and giving the Bio-linux 8 processors, 8 RAM (I have host machine with 48 cores and 128RAM).

However when I run Bio-linux it loading and runging very very slow. Upon giving me desktop I can hardly select an icon on the desctop and is highlited after 30sec. It is like slow motion?

So probably I'm missing something (I have played with giving the Bio-linux more or less cpu or ram with no difference)

(the same ova image is running on my mac ok)

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ADD COMMENT • link updated 7.7 years ago by Daniel ★ 4.0k • written 7.9 years ago by manekineko ▴ 150

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Any particular reason why you want to run Linux VM in Linux? Your problem sounds like it may be related to graphics driver..

ADD REPLY • link 7.9 years ago by 5heikki 11k

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Probably Cent OS 7 is a remote server and he/she is using BioLinux GUI over network. X11 over network is painfully slow unless you have very fast connections.

ADD REPLY • link 7.9 years ago by lh3 33k

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Yes, I use it on the remote machine. But even in local gigabit situation x11 or VNC the case is the same so maybe is the graphic adapter as I remember we get the server with no intentions of running any GUI on it....

ADD REPLY • link 7.9 years ago by manekineko ▴ 150

score 1 · Answer 1 · 2016-07-25

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7.7 years ago

mkulecka ▴ 360

I have experienced this problem with different Ubuntu-based distributions. Have you tried replacing Unity (the default graphical shell) with something simpler like GNOME?

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I doubt GNOME is much lighter than Unity. Using some tiling window manager like i3 instead of a desktop environment could perhaps result in a noticeable change..

ADD REPLY • link 7.7 years ago by 5heikki 11k

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Well, installing GNOME solved my problem with slow graphics engine on Ubuntu-based virtual machines.

ADD REPLY • link 7.7 years ago by mkulecka ▴ 360

score 1 · Answer 2 · 2016-07-25

The most improvement I found when using virtual box was after installing guest-additions. In my experience it massively reduces the latency, although I've never VM'd linux in linux so YMMV.

"...Guest Additions are designed to be installed inside a virtual machine after the guest operating system has been installed. They consist of device drivers and system applications that optimize the guest operating system for better performance and usability."

https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html