On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 08:58:15PM -0400, Michael Yang wrote: > Hi, > > I have my laptop installed with Debian for two years. It's been working > fine, although some problems happened and got fixed. (Now is Lenny, 2.6.24, > Xfce4). The system has been very stable, but just with performance issues > now. The time to start the system is OK (usually about 22secs in bootchart). > The issue is with GUI applications. When I entered xfce4, it takes about > 14secs for everything is ready, and when I open the Firefox (or Mozilla > product), it always takes about 15secs to 20secs to be ready. > > The system may be getting slower because I have been configuring and > installing new staff on it. I just wonder if there is any way to tune on it,
Keep the staff off the keyboard! :) > I also used ext3 (journal) as my file system when I first time installed the You could mount your filesystems with the "noatime" option. Have a read of: http://valhenson.livejournal.com/36519.html http://lwn.net/Articles/326471/ -- Chris. ====== I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. -- Stephen F Roberts -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
