On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:13:31 +0100
Marko Cupać <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When playing local mp3 files in clementine, there are frequent short
> skips. Listening to the same files over network (icecast) everything
> is ok.
I searched around, and It appears that I have I/O bottleneck, as vmstat
constantly shows blocked processes even though laptop does close to
nothing:
procs memory page disks traps cpu
r b w avm fre flt re pi po fr sr sd0 sd1 int sys cs us sy id
1 5 0 817348 6063372 680 0 0 0 0 0 11 1068 1911 26543 4849 6 6 88
2 5 0 817364 6063352 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 7076 933 4 0 96
2 5 0 817424 6063288 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 7334 983 3 1 96
1 5 0 817436 6067428 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 6822 921 3 1 96
1 5 0 817516 6067348 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 7337 976 5 0 95
0 5 0 817520 6067340 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 7001 939 3 1 96
1 5 0 817744 6067116 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 7419 998 4 0 96
2 5 0 817760 6067100 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 6944 936 2 1 97
2 5 0 818096 6066764 176 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 7668 1147 4 1 95
2 5 0 818124 6066720 34 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 132 6949 941 3 0 97
2 5 0 818420 6066424 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 8124 1058 3 2 95
1 5 0 818416 6066428 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 7435 981 3 1 96
2 5 0 818656 6066236 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168 7714 1069 4 1 95
1 5 0 818672 6075136 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 7140 947 4 2 94
Here's atactl identify output:
Model: KINGSTON SV300S37A240G, Rev: 521ABBF0, Serial #: 50026B72410EC74E
Device type: ATA, fixed
Cylinders: 16383, heads: 16, sec/track: 63, total sectors: 468862128
Device capabilities:
ATA standby timer values
IORDY operation
IORDY disabling
Device supports the following standards:
ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5 ATA-6 ATA-7 ATA-8
Master password revision code 0xfffe
Device supports the following command sets:
NOP command
READ BUFFER command
WRITE BUFFER command
Host Protected Area feature set
Read look-ahead
Write cache
Power Management feature set
Security Mode feature set
SMART feature set
Flush Cache Ext command
Flush Cache command
48bit address feature set
Set Max security extension commands
Set Features subcommand required
Power-up in standby feature set
Advanced Power Management feature set
DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command
IDLE IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD FEATURE
SMART self-test
SMART error logging
Device has enabled the following command sets/features:
NOP command
READ BUFFER command
WRITE BUFFER command
Host Protected Area feature set
Read look-ahead
Write cache
Power Management feature set
SMART feature set
Flush Cache Ext command
Flush Cache command
48bit address feature set
Set Features subcommand required
Advanced Power Management feature set
DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command
Any advice on where should I start looking for solution?
Thank you in advance,
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Marko Cupać
https://www.mimar.rs/
