On 9/21/06, Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sean de la Haye wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I just installed LFS 6.2 and a good number of the latest development
> release blfs packages. I noticed that while uncompressing, compiling,
> or installing software in the console, that my mouse sometimes becomes
> slow to respond. I'm using GPM 1.20.1. I did see this issue while
> using the LFS LiveCD to setup the system initially. Now that I've got
> XFree86 and KDE up and running successfully, I've noticed the same
> thing happens to the mouse there. In addition, after installing XMMS,
> I've found that playing CDs or MP3s and streaming audio will stop and
> hang in the middle of me browsing with Konquerer or compiling software
> in Konsole.
>
> My first thought was that there was performance issues, but I'm
> running on an Athlon XP 2800+ with 1 gig of RAM and a GeForce 6600GT
> (On a NForce2 MB). The only weak link is the hard drive. It's 15GB,
> 4-5 years old, and formatted with ext3 (I haven't installed hdparm
> yet). After some research, I found out that when I run xmms as root
> and set the priority to anything less than 0, it seems to prevent the
> audio from failing.
>
> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean de la Haye
Hi,
lets look at the hd first. So get that hdparm going.
For comparison, my hdparm shows...
hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=WDC WD600BB-75CAA0, FwRev=16.06V16, SerialNo=WD-WMA8F1637068
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=40
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=117187500
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: device does not report version:
* signifies the current active mode
I think of interest is the udma mode, BuffSize and WriteCache.
I don't experience problems similar to you, therefore, if your
numbers are at least close to mine or better, then we can rule
out your hd.
Shawn
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Alberto,
I tried changing the priority of kde, but unfortunately I didn't see any
improvement.
I just installed mplayer and tried to play some DVDs. It looks like
it's skipping a great deal of frames when I start it from user mode. Playback
is much
smoother when it run as root. I can't believe I've got to run as root to get
decent performance while running software.
Shawn, here's my hdparm output:
hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=WDC AC313600D, FwRev=J7JOA30K, SerialNo=WD-WT6710540950
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1966kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=26712000
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-4 T13 1153D revision 17: ATA/ATAPI-1
ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3 ATA/ATAPI-4
* signifies the current active mode
Thanks,
Sean
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