Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Glen Batchelor wrote: > >   Something like this can be a nightmare to debug on a mailing list and I'm > no kernel expert. I did see a few notices where Intel recalled some of the > H67/P67 chips due to them being shipped with failing SATA 3G ports. That was > back

RE: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Glen Batchelor
> From: Aniruddha [mailto:mailingdotl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 2:24 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Desktop performance problem > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Glen Batchelor > wrote: > >  Which disk controller driver is in use, or which

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Glen Batchelor wrote: >  Which disk controller driver is in use, or which drive controller chipset > is in use? If you don't know then a motherboard model# from dmidecode can > help. In addition to that, how is the SATA controller configured in BIOS? Is > it set to

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Aniruddha wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Juan Sierra Pons > wrote: >> Can you make some test with hdparm in both disks (to see disk performance)? >> >> I think the problem can be located in the I/O disk part as it happens >> when copying data (or rsnap

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Whit Hansell wrote: > may or may not help but I've done the following.   Put a process metersystem > monitor in the taskbar and when it shows something working in the > background, as in, a program did not quit(some online video stuff does this > among other items)

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Juan Sierra Pons wrote: > Can you make some test with hdparm in both disks (to see disk performance)? > > I think the problem can be located in the I/O disk part as it happens > when copying data (or rsnapshot is running) from two differents disks Which test do yo

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Whit Hansell
may or may not help but I've done the following. Put a process metersystem monitor in the taskbar and when it shows something working in the background, as in, a program did not quit(some online video stuff does this among other items), I can tell something is still hogging cpu time and then

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Juan Sierra Pons
Can you make some test with hdparm in both disks (to see disk performance)? I think the problem can be located in the I/O disk part as it happens when copying data (or rsnapshot is running) from two differents disks Another test you can do is copyin data using ionice (with differents options: "Be

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Glen Batchelor wrote: > > >  Which kernel are you using?  'uname -r' >  Which desktop system are you using? Here's some additional information: $ uname -r 2.6.38-2-amd64 I use a minimal gnome desktop (no file indexing service). For testing purposes I use the co

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:53:44 +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > I've noticed that my Debian testing desktop slows downs significantly > when copying (and unpacking) large files. (...) What tool are you using for copying and unpacking? Command line, GUI browser (nautilus, dolphin), Midnight Commander...

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
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

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
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

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Juan Sierra Pons
ernel 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 >> S

RE: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Glen Batchelor
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 pe

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Juan Sierra Pons 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 ad

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Juan Sierra Pons
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. Good luck in you que

Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
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 deskt