el_chupacabra wrote: > I just moved my eeePC from Win7 to Ubuntu. This is a slow-as-molasses > eeePC with the 1.6GHz N270 (single-core, although Ubuntu sees 2 cores!) > processor. That's because it's a hyperthreaded processor: http://ark.intel.com/products/36331/Intel-Atom-Processor-N270-%28512K-Cache-1_60-GHz-533-MHz-FSB%29 If there's an option to turn off the hyperthreading in your bios, you might try turning it off and see if that speed things up.
el_chupacabra wrote: > > So far, LMS is just as slow on Ubuntu as it was on Win7. > > [snip] > > So here's my question: has anybody tried making LMS faster on Linux? > Bonus points if you're also on an eeePC! Or if you're just an idle > lurker, which steps would you take to optimize an LMS installation on > Linux? What do you think of the following proposed strategy: > > 0. Check the LMS "Advanced" settings under "Performance" (did that > already).OK. So what does it say for "Server Priority"? I run mine at -7. > What does it say for "Scanner Priority"? (I run mine at 0, but you could make it a lower number to potentially speed up scans.) el_chupacabra wrote: > 0.5 Connect the LMS machine and the Squeezebox with Ethernet cable as > opposed to WiFi (did that already - big improvement). > 1. Make sure kernel (and/or BIOS) isn't configured to enable any > power-saving features in the CPU (SpeedStep or whatever). > 2. Recompile kernel. > 3. Recompile Perl. I doubt re-compiling perl would help much. el_chupacabra wrote: > 4. Recompile LMS. I don't think this would help much either. el_chupacabra wrote: > 5. Move the media to a filesystem that the kernel offers native support > for (as opposed to NTFS). > > Anything else? Where is the media stored? As I recall, the built-in SSD for the eee-pc is pretty slow. Never tried the hard drive version. Here are some things that may speed things up: Set the server priority at a low number (-8 or -7). What else are you running on the machine? For a low-powered processor like that, best if the machine is dedicated to LMS. Install your linux distro WITHOUT a GUI. (The GUI can chew up a lot of resources on these atom-based machines). You can control the computer from the command line and LMS from the web interface. How much memory do you have? If less than 1GB, upgrade to 1GB. (More than that will have diminishing benefit if you're only using the computer for LMS.) If your eee-pc uses an SSD, try some of these tips to speed things up: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAcerOne?highlight=%28SSD%29#Reducing_Disk_Access_for_laptops_with_SSDs Also, have the media on a separate disk or separate partition from your OS partition. I would have the media on a partition with ext4 installed. Cheers. Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thomas8675309's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91747 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
