RE: [Xen-users] Sluggish user interface using Windows XP in a virtual domain

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Peter Smith
> Sent: 05 October 2006 12:40
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> Subject: [Xen-users] Sluggish user interface using Windows XP 
> in a virtual domain
> 
> I have a working installation of Windows XP as a virtual 
> domain running from 
> its own disk partition. Dom0 is OpenSuse 10.1. 
> 500 Mb is allocated to Windows XP
> 
> I have found that the user interface in Windows XP seems 
> quite sluggish, both 
> using CDL and VNC.
> 
> Is this normal? And if not are there any pointers to 
> overcoming the problem?

I guess that depends on "How sluggish" - also, which version of Xen are
you using? [Sorry, it's hard to keep track of exactly which variant is
used for which distro]. There's been a few improvements in the latest
version, so you may want to give the RC2 of 3.0.3 a try. 

But the virtual user interface has a rather severe performance loss
simply because of the rather complicated chain of processing needed to
achieve a screen draw or mouse-move. 

--
Mats
> 
> Peter.
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