bugreport : system unacceptably slow.
Hi, Every once in a while, my system gets unbelievable slow. So slow that I almost can't do anything anymore. This happens only once in a few months. I think it has to do with sound, because when I start using sound, it happens. "top" gives me then about 90% idle time, and "top" is using this 10% then. This already happens quite a while. I already had this with a 2.2.x kernel and I just had it with the 2.4.2 kernel. Could you tell me what I can do to give you more information ? Do you think it could be in this module ? I use the es1370 driver as a loadable module that gets loaded when asked for it. I always use standard distribution installation. Now I have RH7.1 With kind regards, Edwin. info : [root@CC90001-A /root]# cat /proc/pci PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 0, function 0: Host bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1541 (rev 4). Master Capable. Latency=64. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe000 [0xe3ff]. Bus 0, device 1, function 0: PCI bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5243 (rev 4). Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8. Bus 0, device 2, function 0: USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 3). IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=64. Max Lat=80. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xde80 [0xde800fff]. Bus 0, device 3, function 0: Bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU (rev 0). Bus 0, device 7, function 0: ISA bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV] (rev 195). Bus 0, device 9, function 0: Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] (rev 1). IRQ 5. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=12.Max Lat=128. I/O at 0xd800 [0xd83f]. Bus 0, device 10, function 0: Ethernet controller: Winbond Electronics Corp W89C940 (rev 11). IRQ 7. I/O at 0xd400 [0xd41f]. Bus 0, device 11, function 0: Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21041 [Tulip Pass 3] (rev 33). IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=32. I/O at 0xd000 [0xd07f]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xde00 [0xde7f]. Bus 0, device 12, function 0: SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c810 (rev 35). IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=64. I/O at 0xb800 [0xb8ff]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdd80 [0xdd8000ff]. Bus 0, device 15, function 0: IDE interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE (rev 193). Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=4. I/O at 0xb400 [0xb40f]. Bus 1, device 0, function 0: VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Riva TnT 128 [NV04] (rev 4). IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdf00 [0xdfff]. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe700 [0xe7ff]. [root@CC90001-A /root]# lspci -vvv 00:00.0 Host bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1541 (rev 04) Subsystem: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] ALI M1541 Aladdin V/V+ AGP System Controller Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- SERR- 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5243 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- SERR- Reset- FastB2B- 00:02.0 USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- [disabled] [size=32K] 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21041 [Tulip Pass 3] (rev 21) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- [disabled] [size=256K] 00:0c.0 SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c810 (rev 23) Subsystem: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 8100S Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- [root@CC90001-A /root]# lsmod Module Size Used by es1370 24896 0 (autoclean) soundcore 4432 4 (autoclean) [es1370] ov511 38768 0 videodev4896 1 [ov511] autofs 11136 1 (autoclean) ne2k-pci4864 1
bugreport : system unacceptably slow.
Hi, Every once in a while, my system gets unbelievable slow. So slow that I almost can't do anything anymore. This happens only once in a few months. I think it has to do with sound, because when I start using sound, it happens. top gives me then about 90% idle time, and top is using this 10% then. This already happens quite a while. I already had this with a 2.2.x kernel and I just had it with the 2.4.2 kernel. Could you tell me what I can do to give you more information ? Do you think it could be in this module ? I use the es1370 driver as a loadable module that gets loaded when asked for it. I always use standard distribution installation. Now I have RH7.1 With kind regards, Edwin. info : [root@CC90001-A /root]# cat /proc/pci PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 0, function 0: Host bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1541 (rev 4). Master Capable. Latency=64. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe000 [0xe3ff]. Bus 0, device 1, function 0: PCI bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5243 (rev 4). Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8. Bus 0, device 2, function 0: USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 3). IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=64. Max Lat=80. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xde80 [0xde800fff]. Bus 0, device 3, function 0: Bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU (rev 0). Bus 0, device 7, function 0: ISA bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV] (rev 195). Bus 0, device 9, function 0: Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] (rev 1). IRQ 5. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=12.Max Lat=128. I/O at 0xd800 [0xd83f]. Bus 0, device 10, function 0: Ethernet controller: Winbond Electronics Corp W89C940 (rev 11). IRQ 7. I/O at 0xd400 [0xd41f]. Bus 0, device 11, function 0: Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21041 [Tulip Pass 3] (rev 33). IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=32. I/O at 0xd000 [0xd07f]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xde00 [0xde7f]. Bus 0, device 12, function 0: SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c810 (rev 35). IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=64. I/O at 0xb800 [0xb8ff]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdd80 [0xdd8000ff]. Bus 0, device 15, function 0: IDE interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE (rev 193). Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=4. I/O at 0xb400 [0xb40f]. Bus 1, device 0, function 0: VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Riva TnT 128 [NV04] (rev 4). IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdf00 [0xdfff]. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe700 [0xe7ff]. [root@CC90001-A /root]# lspci -vvv 00:00.0 Host bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1541 (rev 04) Subsystem: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] ALI M1541 Aladdin V/V+ AGP System Controller Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow TAbort- TAbort- MAbort+ SERR- PERR- Latency: 64 Region 0: Memory at e000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [b0] AGP version 1.0 Status: RQ=28 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2 Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=none 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5243 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow TAbort- TAbort- MAbort- SERR- PERR- Latency: 64 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: e000-dfff Memory behind bridge: df00-dfff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e6f0-e7ff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- Reset- FastB2B- 00:02.0 USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium TAbort- TAbort- MAbort- SERR- PERR- Latency: 64 (2ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9 Region 0: Memory at de80 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 00:03.0 Bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU Subsystem: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] ALI M7101 Power Management Controller Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium TAbort-
