Thank You for Your time and answer, Martin: >Thats a typical workload where certain kernels have lots of problems >with interactivity. I think its best to use at least kernel 2.6.37. At >some kernel version CFQ gained a low_latency mode which is enabled by >default. Best would probably be to update to the most recent backport >kernel. But as thats just a wild guess its better to first find out >what the actual problem is:
I use the 2.6.40 from testing. Oh, well I mean 3.0.0. :) >Please do you what you do when you experience slow operation, run >vmstat 1 and post the output of at least 15 lines here. Also describe >what exactly you do, what stuff is running - for example which desktop >environment with/or without desktop search for example - and if >commands are involved post examples. procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 1 3 0 75052 18640 817556 0 0 12290 6017 1736 1512 42 18 7 33 3 3 0 97116 18448 767564 0 0 5770 14971 1830 1707 42 22 4 32 4 2 0 82400 18544 781748 0 0 7241 9605 1868 1893 48 16 7 30 1 3 0 83608 18584 774596 0 0 7076 6128 1670 1659 49 18 5 28 0 3 0 76028 18624 782088 0 0 3719 8270 1645 1694 48 19 2 31 0 1 0 75396 18624 783652 0 0 848 0 1798 1743 45 12 11 32 2 2 0 73180 18796 785512 0 0 7048 21370 1785 1673 42 19 11 28 2 3 0 70344 18728 789060 0 0 6915 7287 1627 1328 44 13 9 35 1 2 0 74988 18580 784316 0 0 7811 4595 1573 1245 44 14 7 35 1 3 0 75064 18584 784696 0 0 7681 5249 1494 1122 40 19 2 38 1 3 0 74552 18584 784544 0 0 10880 2683 1560 1248 44 17 0 39 1 3 0 73972 18540 785816 0 0 15362 5366 1944 1666 41 27 6 27 1 3 0 70128 18560 789672 0 0 4629 6287 1607 1468 41 13 10 35 1 4 0 73600 18660 785676 0 0 4962 10240 1862 1920 43 14 4 40 4 2 0 74584 18632 784204 0 0 9336 4096 1852 1706 45 17 7 32 1 2 0 71400 18720 787452 0 0 8132 6144 1506 1376 34 12 7 47 1 2 0 66204 18756 792440 0 0 8738 4329 1273 1093 10 10 13 67 1 1 0 74884 18756 782976 0 0 4994 0 1182 910 10 6 16 67 1 4 0 145196 18764 783020 0 0 8852 2937 1259 1109 10 14 25 51 0 2 0 119528 18880 788312 0 0 4680 2190 1680 2049 14 9 13 64 0 1 0 118164 18880 789948 0 0 511 0 1085 662 11 2 40 46 I was coping a 6GB file between dir.s within the same partition of the HDD having at the time of copy process start 17GB of free space. I ran OpenArena that freezed from time to time, say I had 15 secs of playing then 3 secs of freeze, then game farther continues. I use LXDE - now file searching/indexing AFAIK. I had two sessions at the time through KDM or whatever it organizes. >Then also include at least the following: > >- hdparm -I /dev/sda | egrep -i "(model|transport:|likely used|DMA:)" >(replace sda by whatever your drive is) Model Number: Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6; Revision: ATA8-AST T13 Project D1697 Revision 0b Standards: Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0028) Supported: 8 7 6 5 Likely used: 8 Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) Queue depth: 32 Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16 Advanced power management level: 128 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns >- lspci -nn | egrep -i "(ide|sata)" SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA [1002:4380] IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE [1002:438c] >- grep -i "model name" /proc/cpuinfo AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-52 >- uname -a 3.0.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sat Aug 27 16:21:11 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- 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/4e9b1529.4883cc0a.7280.2...@mx.google.com