[04:18] <kozmund> I apologize if this isn't the correct venue for this question but I've been running into something odd with the ubuntu installer. Specifically, when I start a kvm/qemu vm with the 11.04 install media, until I get into the install proper, the VM just eats a core.
[04:21] <kozmund> I understand that in the usual use for install media, it doesn't matter if the server is churning cycles as the idea is that nothing is going to be running on a server booted into the install media.
[04:22] <kozmund> My question is, is this a known issue with the ubuntu installer, is there some way to avoid it, or should I just put up with starting a grip of VMs attached to the iso will eat a core a piece?
[04:52] <CarlFK> is the "eating a core" any different than when a kernel boots on an installed system?
[07:12] <kozmund> CarlFK: It's different. By "eating a core" I mean that on a multicore system, it appears to peg a core. Which is to say that if the VM is running, in top it shows as using 100% of a CPU. A VM where the installation has gotten to a certain point (or an installed system) uses a "normal" ammount of CPU.
[07:16] <kozmund> I've just verified that several other distros install media have the same behavior, so I don't think it's ubuntu specific but rather a stock linux thing. I just hadn't run into it with other OSes install media.
[07:23] <kozmund> I will certainly stick in the channel if anyone has any insight, but now I know it's not ubuntu specific and shall also broaden my search.
[09:30] <glitchd> anyone know of a way of setting my password to a shortcut key sequence so i dont have to manually enter it?
[12:18] <CIA-16> debian-installer: cjwatson * r1560 ubuntu/ (5 files in 2 dirs): Move to 3.2.0-1 kernels.
[12:24] <CIA-16> debian-installer: cjwatson * r1561 ubuntu/debian/changelog: releasing version 20101020ubuntu76
[19:22] <JanC> kozmund: isn't this just because during startup not only there is a constant startup of programs and services, but also meanwhile the kernel needs to decompress the compressed image?
[19:23] <JanC> or is it true even after startup settles a bit?