removing samba (how to)

[shadowscotland]

is it easy - as ubuntu is killing my download speed now

Wife was downloading a program from bbc iplayer - with F@H running 40k/sec
woithout 550k/sec

never had this problem before

 

[theheyes]

I think its just

sudo apt-get remove samba

but then I'm only just finding my feet with Linux.

What exactly is the problem? Is it killing everyone's speed on the network or just the Ubuntu box?

 

[Mattus]

Are you sure it's not a coincidence? IIRC, iPlayer uses P2P, so it could just be that it couldn't find any decent peers when it was downloading at 40k. Have you tried a speed test?

 

[shadowscotland]

could be a coincidence as sufing the web was a little slower but nothing much.
I think it was a clash with the ubuntu/VM and the P2P as
the download was active for about 2h or 280mb (35-40k/sec)
but immediatly on folding stoping, the speed jumped to 200, climbing quickly to 500k/sec
on ubuntu shutdown/VM close this went upto 580-600

But I've learned a little more about the practical implications of this P2P programme - It like a whole core to it's self on startup and is not folding friendly when active in system tray (fine with standard units but not VM)

Disable it's 'shairing' options and following another reboot (to make the changes active) I'm back at 100% again. Only ever streamed tv before (with folding off)

 

[Snapshot]

Don't forget that running F@H under VM is not the same as running a native client, it's just like running any other Windows app. Is it really surprising that one application is slow when run at the same time as another that is trying to use the whole CPU? Nothing to do with Ubuntu, Samba or Voodoo; just standard Windows behaviour.

 

[shadowscotland]

Nothing to do with Ubuntu, Samba or Voodoo; just standard Windows behaviour.

If I'd realised the download was a cpu intensive process I'd have never posted.
I guess it more like 40x 'dial up connections' (with cpu/ram overheads) than 1x broadband connect stream that I'm used too.

If each needs about 1% - and VM was hogging 92-98% by it's self - logic say only ~3x 'dial up connections' are active

I'm still removing samba - as nopoint in uses even 1 spair cycle on someting I can't use

 

[BillytheImpaler]

apt-get remove samba
might hose your system if it nukes programs and libs on which other programs depend. Your best bet, IMO, is just to remove samba from init.d so it doesn't start anymore.

 

[theheyes]

Thats why my Linux advice comes with a disclaimer! I'm learning!

 

[Berserker]

Try this:

Ctrl-Alt-Del the windows host and start task manager. Go to the processes tab and find vmware-vmx. Right click and set it to Low priority.

Unfortunately you have to do this after each reboot but it does a world of good with Vista hosts so may well help your P2P situation. If the host isn't doing anything then VMWare should still get the same CPU time it had before, but it'll get out of the way if you're actually doing something.