[Bug 197762] Re: file transfers on USB flash key (pendrive) are slowing down with time

2010-03-18 Thread Digital5700
echo 10 dirty_writeback_centisecs echo 10 dirty_expire_centisecs Now it should basically write to the stick continously instead of every 3000 centisecs (30 secs). I learned when I found that transferring terabytes through my gigabit results in 30s long pauses, then 80mb/s for a few seconds and

[Bug 226692] Re: pidgin hogs all system memory

2010-02-08 Thread Digital5700
This bug is still in v2.6.2 As soon as you offline message someone it will hog all the memory (even the swap) until it either crashes or you kill it. -- pidgin hogs all system memory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226692 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 197762] Re: file transfers on USB flash key (pendrive) are slowing down with time

2010-01-22 Thread Digital5700
elevator=noop solved it for me also, but just as murz says: sometimes under heavy disk activity (dd iso - empty sata drive) some parts of Xorg will pause, sometimes for several minutes. I can also see that noop writes to the usb drives without pausing. Normal elevator writes for a few seconds,

[Bug 197762] Re: file transfers on USB disk are very slow

2009-12-14 Thread Digital5700
sbec67: The difference isn't the file systems, it's that hard drives are treated differently to USB sticks. As I wrote before... copying to external drives gives me 15MB/s sustained. -- file transfers on USB disk are very slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197762 You received this bug

[Bug 197762] Re: file transfers on USB disk are very slow

2009-02-26 Thread Digital5700
Leann Ogasawara: Here are your requested log files. Hold this helps somewhat. ** Attachment added: Log files for 2.6.28.6 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23157695/computer-logs.7z -- file transfers on USB disk are very slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197762 You received this bug

[Bug 197762] Re: file transfers on USB disk are very slow

2009-02-14 Thread Digital5700
Bus 001 Device 043: ID 152d:2338 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA PATA Combo Bridge 20mb/s write. Bus 001 Device 040: ID 1b1c:1a90 (Corsair Voyager GT) 1.5mb/s Differences in attached lsusb -v (pata vs voyager) seem to be... iConfiguration

[Bug 197762] Re: file transfers on USB disk are very slow

2009-01-31 Thread Digital5700
Same problem here. Corsair Voyager GT 16gb (among the fastest USB sticks around) Linux hitler 2.6.28.2 #3 SMP Sat Jan 31 14:04:46 CET 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux 4gb memory Ubuntu 8.10 pci=routeirq has no effect. # time mount-dd-umount.sh 20mb takes 7 seconds = 2.8mb/s 30mb takes 6 = 5mb/s 100 takes