Hi all, I think my question got berried in the list so I like to add some more info and ask again.
One of my two Debian installations is very slow. On the bottom I have added the output of top & the output of hdparm. Intel 1000 MHz, 1000Mb Ram, 40 + 20GB HD The slow machine: Intel Celeron Processor 1 GHz 100 MHz System Bus 256 KB L2 Cache Amptron �PIII-3758TLM Board v 5.2 � � MicroATX with SiS630eT Chipset Kernel: I have tried many. At first I did not know if the problem was with the hd speed the memory speed or the CPU till I found out that it was the CPU load, meanwhile I have tried following installations with no change in speed 1) Regular of the newest Debian CDs 2) using Knoppix hdinstall 2.4.22-xfs then upgraded to the 686 Kernel did not use xfs 3) using Morphix hdinstall with kernel 2.4.21-xfs and used xfs file system 4) using Morphix hdinstall with kernel upgrade to 686-smp but did not get it to work 5) running now Morphix hdinstall with kernel 2.4.21-xfs but not with the xfs file system The problem is the CPU load when idle it runs between 5-30 % As soon as I start an application it goes up to 100% and stays there till the application is done loading. Loading an application like Kmail takes about 2 to 3 minutes. /dev/hda: �multcount � �= 16 (on) �IO_support � = �1 (32-bit) �unmaskirq � �= �1 (on) �using_dma � �= �1 (on) �keepsettings = �0 (off) �readonly � � = �0 (off) �readahead � �= �8 (on) �geometry � � = 2498/255/63, sectors = 40132503, start = 0 �Timing buffer-cache reads: � 172 MB in �2.00 seconds = �86.00 MB/sec �Timing buffered disk reads: � 72 MB in �3.05 seconds = �23.61 MB/sec bash-2.05b# hdparm -Ttv /dev/hdb /dev/hdb: �multcount � �= 16 (on) �IO_support � = �1 (32-bit) �unmaskirq � �= �1 (on) �using_dma � �= �1 (on) �keepsettings = �0 (off) �readonly � � = �0 (off) �readahead � �= �8 (on) �geometry � � = 4865/255/63, sectors = 78165360, start = 0 �Timing buffer-cache reads: � 100 MB in �2.06 seconds = �48.54 MB/sec �Timing buffered disk reads: � 88 MB in �3.02 seconds = �29.14 MB/sec �PID USER � � �� � �PR �NI �VIRT �RES �SHR S %CPU %MEM � �TIME+ �COMMAND � 704 root � � ���������18 � 0 �1020 1020 �820 R 26.2 �0.1 � 0:09.94 top � 503 root � � ���������9 � 0 15468 �15m �13m S �3.8 �1.5 � 2:23.76 kdeinit � 566 root � � � �������9 � 0 14360 �14m �12m S �3.1 �1.4 � 0:35.08 kdeinit � 507 root � � ���������10 � 0 11804 �11m �10m S �2.9 �1.2 � 0:37.31 kdeinit � 355 root � � � �������5 -10 19948 �11m 1788 S �2.7 �1.1 � 2:30.65 XFree86 � 661 root � � � �������9 � 0 18872 �18m �15m S �1.1 �1.8 � 0:22.56 kmail � 475 root � � � �������9 � 0 �6176 6172 4720 S �0.7 �0.6 � 0:24.50 artsd � � 1 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 492 �492 �440 S �0.2 �0.0 � 0:05.36 init � 117 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.2 �0.0 � 0:01.35 kjournald � 251 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 608 �608 �516 S �0.2 �0.1 � 0:00.60 syslogd � 462 root � � � �������9 � 0 11184 �10m �10m S �0.2 �1.1 � 0:08.46 kdeinit � � 2 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.06 keventd � � 3 root � � ���������19 �19 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.11 ksoftirqd_CPU0 � � 4 root � � ��������� 9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.00 kswapd � � 5 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.00 bdflush � � 6 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.91 kupdated � � 7 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.09 pagebufd � � 8 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.00 xfslogd/0 � � 9 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.00 xfsdatad/0 � �10 root � � ���������-1 -20 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.00 mdrecoveryd � �11 root � � ��������� 9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:04.10 kjournald � �79 root � � ��������� 9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.00 khubd � �86 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.27 kapmd � 115 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.01 kjournald � 116 root � � � �������9 � 0 � � 0 � �0 � �0 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:01.21 kjournald � 182 daemon����9 � 0 � 600 �600 �508 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.07 portmap � 254 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 552 �552 �468 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.93 klogd � 272 root � � � �������9 � 0 �1488 1488 1148 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:01.78 cupsd � 301 mail � � � �������8 � 0 �1328 1324 1116 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.03 exim3 � 306 root � � � �������9 � 0 �1704 1704 1120 S �0.0 �0.2 � 0:05.13 famd � 311 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 520 �520 �464 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.29 inetd � 317 root � � � �������9 � 0 �1092 1092 �952 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:01.31 lisa � 336 root � � � �������9 � 0 �2144 2144 1356 S �0.0 �0.2 � 0:01.67 nmbd � 338 root � � � �������9 � 0 �2508 2508 1632 S �0.0 �0.2 � 0:00.04 smbd � 344 root � � � �������9 � 0 �1428 1428 1200 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.29 sshd � 348 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 712 �712 �600 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.27 cron � 353 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 696 �696 �624 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:00.05 kdm � 356 root � � � �������8 � 0 �1468 1468 1092 S �0.0 �0.1 � 0:01.21 kdm � 376 root � � � �������8 � 0 �1960 1960 1168 S �0.0 �0.2 � 0:37.03 bash � 377 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 472 �472 �420 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.06 getty � 378 root � � � �������9 � 0 � 472 �472 �420 S �0.0 �0.0 � 0:00.06 getty -- Dennis Kaplan http://vmclinks.com http://guyscope.com �CRP�D�Dzf���y���������-�+-�כ��� "�����r��{.n�+�������ਞ֜�X��f�����lu��jz+

