Re: [gentoo-user] new kernel and problems
On Thursday 13 of October 2005 01:29, Iain Buchanan wrote: Do you have a hyperthreaded CPU? There are some problems with virtual CPU's and 2.6.13. A few patches exist, but they're not in 2.6.13.x yet afaik. No, it's AthlonXP 2600+. I have similar problems with my Dell Inspiron 9100 P4 3GHz HT. I'd be interested to know if your problems are from the same cause. I would investigate it more today, so maybe i will found sth myself. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Michal Kurgan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] new kernel and problems
Hello! After upgrading to new stable kernel 2.6.13-r3 i spotted that system is much less responsible, first it runs on little memory, it uses only about 25% of ram for application and disc cache only, next periodically there is some massive memory allocation, it uses whole left memory and sometimes even swap (it's about 1GB allocation) and after some time memory is freed (20-30s). Also system is much less responsible, even in text editors cursor move is slow. Bringing back minimized windows also took much more time. Anyone know what could be a cause of such slowdowns? -- Michal Kurgan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] usb storage transfer is very slow
On Tuesday 30 of August 2005 08:11, Miroslav Flídr wrote: This behaviour is caused by change in the vfat driver. It now respects the sync option and the slow speed is caused by frequent updating of the FAT table. Some info can be found here: http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/22/111748.html Exactly this is the problem... so sync every sector. I have one question, how this work earlier? With sync i know when files where copied in realtime, not after the umount command (there is info that fat filesystem ignore sync option, then why it works differently with and without). The only solution seem to be to use the async option. But this makes copy process to be done at umount, also i don't see then data copy rate so i even don't know if there are no problems. Most suprising is that on gentoo we use hald, by default it uses sync option, as in my case. Whe developers made such big change and don't inform anyone about this. Yes , there are some info but only in bugzillas reports by users who spotted it. So where will by default it will work flawless... In my opinion current situation is quite dangerous, it can even destroy flash memory with fat fs (are there other fs widely used in portable hardware?), by constan overwrite of fat filetable. -- Miroslav Flídr -- Michal Kurgan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] usb storage transfer is very slow
Hello! Recently i spotted that my usb flash memory work very slow, about 5kB/s on write. On internet search i discover that it's problem with new kernel (2.6.12) and sync mount option, that is now correctly(?) respected by fat filesystem. This is my case, but i want to have sth like sync when using removable devices, is there any option to do this? I much prefer that i see that sth is copied, not only then when i will try unmount device (in this case i don't know if there are any problems, earlier with sync i saw transfer rate, and this is what i want) -- Michal Kurgan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] usb storage transfer is very slow
On Monday 29 of August 2005 20:14, Neil Bothwick wrote: Make sure you haven't enabled BLK_DEV_UB in your kernel. I am sure. -- Michal Kurgan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] usb storage transfer is very slow
On Monday 29 of August 2005 22:02, Alvin A ONeal Jr wrote: are you accessing it as /dev/sda or /dev/uba? Ever since the new usb-block device option has been in the kernel I've noticed this as well. I don't believe it has anything to do with the sync option, but I have been known to be wrong. I can't remember off the top of my head, but if you check the help in the kernel configuration (make menuconfig) it gives you a warning or tells you which option is better. I use usb storage driver, with ehci and ohci support and scsi driver... I don't use Low Performance USB Block Driver, i never use it. i acces through /dev/usb/usbdrive hand made udev link :-), but this is only symlink to sd? When i mount by hand without sync my flash work as usual but it start writing on umnount command, this is not what i want... Also i use hald with kdemedia kioslave, by default it uses sync option. -- Michal Kurgan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] problem with unindent shortcut
Hello! I have problems with unindent shortcut 'CTRL+SHIFT+I', it doesn't work in kate (so in kdevelop,quanta), i tried to change it but with no result (new binding doesn't work too). Anyone have any suggestions where there may be problem? kde 3.4.1 -- Michal Kurgan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] change dpi in xorg
Hello! I want to know if dynamic changes of dpi are possible in xorg, and if yes how to do it... here is more specific explanation of my problem. Recently i had fun with tv-out, i want to connect tv through radeon 9700 and fglrx driver, it worked, better or worse. But i found that when i change resolution, which is needed in my situation (i use 1280x1024 on crt monitor, and tv works on 1024x768 maximal resolution), dpi changes too, fonts are smaller, and unreadable, 1024x768 isn't very bad but using this may be hard... Also when i add second monitor to x dpi settings changes if i don't specify my own setting. I never used smaller resolutions than my default so i don't even notice this problem earlier. So there is my question if i can change dpi dynamically, i can do it when starting x, with kdm kdmrc file (kde 3.4.1 version) or DisplaySize section in xorg.conf but this works in static way, once for one resolution, if i use RandR to change resolution dpi setting will be recalculated. -- Michal Kurgan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] kde kioslave media problem
Hello!
I have problems with usage of media kioslave in new-old kde 3.4.0. As i read,
it can use fstab to detect hardware in system, and also additional tools like
hal. I don't use hal, and rely only on manual configured /etc/fstab and udev
to mount devices by hand, with mount commands. I thought that kioslave will
work but it doesn't work, or should i say, not always.
With cds and floppy it works great, i can browse media contents and unmount it
smoothly through kicker applet, but with usb sticks it almost always don't
work (but sometimes does, i don't know why...), i can mount and unmount it
but current state is not detected by kioslave, and i can't use media:/
protocol in konqueror to use usb mass storage.
My /etc/fstab (removable media section)
/dev/dvdrw /mnt/dvd auto noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrw1 /mnt/cd auto noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,users,exec,rw 0 0
/dev/usb/usbdrive /mnt/usbdrive vfat noauto,users,exec,rw
udev rule for usbdrives (/etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules, usb section for few
memory sticks)
BUS=usb, KERNEL=sd?1, SYSFS{product}=Flash Disk,
PROGRAM=/etc/udev/scripts/scsi-devfs.sh sd %b %n, NAME=%c{1}, SYMLINK=%k
%c{2} %c{3} %c{4} usb/usbdrive
BUS=usb, KERNEL=sd?1, SYSFS{product}=USB Storage,
PROGRAM=/etc/udev/scripts/scsi-devfs.sh sd %b %n, NAME=%c{1}, SYMLINK=%k
%c{2} %c{3} %c{4} usb/usbdrive
Any suggestions why sometimes it DOES work with usb sticks and sometimes it
doesn't?
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Michal Kurgan
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[gentoo-user] Net config
Hello all Gentooists! I want to know if it's possible to configure network in that way that if dhcp fails it will use a static IP, written by me in config file. I only want that service will start succesfully if dhcp server is dead, so dependent services will start too (like Apache), because i need them to run always on localhost. -- Michal Kurgan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Net config
On Monday 02 of May 2005 11:58, Tim Igoe wrote: Look in the /etc/conf.d/net.example file (assuming your using a more recent baselayout) - theres a fallback address (fallback_eth0 iirc) to which you can set an IP or say 'apipa' to get an IP in the 169 range like Windows does when it can't find one. HTH Thanks for answer, but i don't have this file, if i had i would already have a resolution :). Could You send me this example, or tell me if i could find it on new Gentoo LiveCD, or somewhere else... I quickly searched witch google, but no results... (i found only that there is such file :)) -- Michal Kurgan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Net config
On Monday 02 of May 2005 13:10, Tim Igoe wrote: I'm using baselayout 1.11.9-r1 currently on my server (not at my workstation so I use 1.9.4-r6, but it's latest stable, also i use 2005.0 default linux profile. can't find out what thats on). But the server has the relevant example file - http://tim.igoe.me.uk/files/net.example if you can't get it through baselayout. thanks for link, copied that You might need a baselayout update for the net scripts to use the changes however. -- Tim Igoe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks for fast answer with solution to my problem. :) -- Michal Kurgan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
