On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 17:36 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 15:53 +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > > I've noticed that my Debian testing desktop slows downs significantly > > when copying (and unpacking) large files. Sound stutters and iceweasel > > (and other programs) freeze regularly. This makes working on my > > desktop impossible when copying or unpacking large files, This > > happened on all my Debian desktops, on different hardware and on > > stable, testing and sid. I have also Funtoo installed, Funtoo remains > > responsive during the same operations. Therefor I suspect it must be > > an configuration problem. > > > > Is there an (kernel)option that need to be changed to increase > > performance? Thus far I have tried changing Preemption Model and Timer > > frequency without noticeable results. Thanks in advance! > > > Does top show something unusual? > > I can confirm similar, not as extreme as it seems to be for you, with > Ubuntu Maverick, Debian stable and testing. For Ubuntu Maverick it might ^^^^^^^^ should be Natty > be even more evil as for you. There something uses 90% CPU, can't > remember the name and won't reboot and there's a zombie for every GNOME > session. >
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