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