Which kernel are you using? 'uname -r' Which desktop system are you using?
GlenB > -----Original Message----- > From: Aniruddha [mailto:mailingdotl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:51 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Desktop performance problem > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Juan Sierra Pons <j...@elsotanillo.net> > wrote: > > Hi > > > > This can be an I/O and/or CPU problem > > As a workaround you can use: > > - ionice - get/set program io scheduling class and priority for I/O > problem > > - nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority for CPU problem > > > > To adjust scheduling priority of the offending process. > > Thanks for help! When I monitor with htop there are no processes above > 5% during unpacking/copying. I have fairly fast hardware ( Intel Core > i7-2600, 8 GB DDR3, samsung 7200 rpm), which shouldn't be the problem > especially since the same hardware works fine in Funtoo. I suspect > that the problem is that Debian (kernel) configuration is optimized > for servers not desktop. I'm interested to learn which (kernel) > options need to be changed in order to increase performance in Debian. > I have no interesting messages in the logs, is there additional > information I can provide? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTinhPssQ2ZQJiL+7V=mtraid6...@mail.gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/63FED6463B3C48FE9AAE213A086FF13C@Glen